China’s gaming market has earned a total of $5.5 billion in revenue so far in 2013, according to new data gathered by the Games Working Committee, IDC, and Gamma Data. The dragon’s share of that revenue comes from online gaming on both PC and mobile platforms which accounted for $5.1 billion of the total, and Chinese-developed games brought in a majority of the sum.
PC-based online games accounted for $3.8 billion in revenue, showing that MMOs and other online PC games have a chokehold on the market. Mobile online game revenue grew an astounding 119 percent over last year, bringing in over $400 million. Unsurprisingly, console games only accounted for $100 million in revenue because of the console ban in the nation, though these numbers could change by next year as the ban may soon be lifted.
Source: TechInAsia
