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Online Games Market in China - MarketWatch (press release) Mar 29th 2012, 13:19 NEW YORK, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Online Games Market in China http://www.reportlinker.com/p0187741/Online-Games-Market-in-China.html #utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Toy_and_Game Pearl Research is pleased to present our new, 160-page China report covering webgames, MMO, mobile, social games and much more. The study analyzes : Web games, which can be played in a browser, and are accessible and user-friendly is expected to grow to $1 billion in 2013. Included in the study are an analysis of top web game companies and titles. The top web game from Tencent has more than 800,000 peak concurrent users. One emerging trend is the popularity of micro-client version of games. Micro-client files are generally less than 50MB compared to more than 1GB for a typical client-based game. This significantly cuts down on download times to under 15 minutes with a broadband connection. The micro-client software is far more compatible with users of large platforms including social network platforms. Social games - report covers projections, trends and top titles on Qzone/Pengyou and top genres. Most of the titles in China are locally-produced with the exception of Zynga's titles which were able to crack the top 10. New profiles on Taomee, Kunlun, ZT Games, Joyport along with updated profiles of Tencent, Netease, Giant, Shanda, Perfect World, Changyou, Renren, and Sina among others. Demographic profile of MMO and casual gamers Table of Contents Methodology 1 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations 3 Executive Summary 4 China PC Hardware 7 Internet and Broadband 9 "The Great Firewall of China" 11 Games Market Top Trends 12 Emergence of Web Games 12 Micro-Client Games 14 Focus on Mobile 16 Social Games Connects with Users 17 Games Market Forecasts 21 Drivers to Growth 24 Inhibitors to Growth 26 Top Online Games 28 Taomee Profile 35 ZT Games 42 Kunlun 45 Joyport 46 Giant Interactive Group 48 NetEase 62 NetDragon 68 Shanda Games 73 Changyou 81 Tencent 93 Perfect World 101 Guangyu Huaxia 109 Kingsoft 110 LineKong 114 KongZhong 115 Renren 122 Sina 129 Appendix: Socio-Economic Overview, and Government Regulations 134 Internet Cafes 135 Billing and Payment Methods 138 Unique Characteristics of Online Games 140 Online Games Marketing 142 Sources of Game Content 145 Co-development 145 Co-operation 145 Licensing 146 Original Content 146 New Game Development 147 Socio-Economic Overview 148 Regional Differences 148 One-Child Policy 149 Unique Characteristics of Chinese Society 150 Guanxi 151 Transparency and Corruption 151 Government Regulations 152 Government Agencies Involved in Regulating Games 154 Fatigue System 156 Virtual Currency Regulations 157 Demographic profiles of gamers 160 To order this report: Toy and Game Industry: Online Games Market in China More Market Research Report Check our Industry Analysis and Insights CONTACT Nicolas BombourgReportlinkerEmail: nbo@reportlinker.comUS: (805)652-2626Intl: +1 805-652-2626 SOURCE Reportlinker Copyright (C) 2012 PR Newswire. All rights reserved This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.

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