Online gaming revenues for Asia-Pacific will rise to $6.8bn in 2010

Asia-Pacific facing online gaming explosion

Research firm predicts Japan will lead growth

Written by Robert Jaques

vnunet.com, 10 Jan 2007

The international online gaming market is set to explode in the Asia-Pacific region, market watchers predicted today.

Total online gaming market revenues for Asia-Pacific in 2005 stood at $3.2bn and will rise to $6.8bn in 2010, according to market research firm In-Stat.

"The increase in speed and consistency of internet connections provided by ISPs and telecoms operators [in Asia-Pacific] continues to greatly facilitate the development of online gaming," said In-Stat analyst Bryan Wang.

"Online games are no longer restricted to slow-action strategy games."

The In-Stat research, Asia Pacific Online Gaming Market: Understanding the User, predicts that Japan will lead the regional online gaming market with estimated revenues of $2.8bn by 2010.

China is expected to be the second largest market in the region, with revenues of $2.1bn by 2010.

Some 53.2 per cent of Asia-Pacific respondents in In-Stat's survey indicated that they play online games.