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**Online & Mobile: [http://www.slideshare.net/hibigogo/review-of-the-global-game-market-2011-and-forecast-of-2012 CN¥20 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=20&C1=CNY&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=07&YYYY1=2008&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=12&YYYY2=2008&btnOK=Go%21 $2.93 billion]
  
**Online & Mobile: [http://www.slideshare.net/hibigogo/review-of-the-global-game-market-2011-and-forecast-of-2012 CN¥20 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=20&C1=CNY&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=07&YYYY1=2008&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=12&YYYY2=2008&btnOK=Go%21 $2.93 billion]
 
***Online: [http://www.edge-online.com/news/chinese-online-gaming-revenue-jumps-61-percent $2.75 billion]
  
***Online: [http://www.edge-online.com/news/chinese-online-gaming-revenue-jumps-61-percent $2.75 billion]
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*2007, online gaming market: [http://www.apira.org/data/upload/Fumi_OnlineGamesandOnlineVideosinJapan_WIt7JF.pdf JP¥158.6 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=158.6&C1=JPY&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=03&YYYY1=2008&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=03&YYYY2=2008&btnOK=Go%21 $1.64 billion]
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*2007, online game market: [http://www.apira.org/data/upload/Fumi_OnlineGamesandOnlineVideosinJapan_WIt7JF.pdf JP¥158.6 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=158.6&C1=JPY&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=03&YYYY1=2008&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=03&YYYY2=2008&btnOK=Go%21 $1.64 billion]
 
**[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TgkXKra9kowC&pg=PA147 40 million] online gamers
  
**[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TgkXKra9kowC&pg=PA147 40 million] online gamers
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*2006, online gaming market: [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TgkXKra9kowC&pg=PA147 $788 million]
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*2006, online game market: [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TgkXKra9kowC&pg=PA147 $788 million]
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*2005, online gaming market: [http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://web.archive.org/web/20061206080227/http://www3.jetro.go.jp/jetro-file/search-text.do?url=05001279 26.34 million] online gamers
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*2005, online game market: [http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://web.archive.org/web/20061206080227/http://www3.jetro.go.jp/jetro-file/search-text.do?url=05001279 26.34 million] online gamers
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*2004, online gaming market: [http://www.apira.org/data/upload/Fumi_OnlineGamesandOnlineVideosinJapan_WIt7JF.pdf JP¥37.1 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=37100&C1=JPY&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=01&YYYY1=2005&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=01&YYYY2=2005&btnOK=Go%21 $363 million]
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*2004, online game market: [http://www.apira.org/data/upload/Fumi_OnlineGamesandOnlineVideosinJapan_WIt7JF.pdf JP¥37.1 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=37100&C1=JPY&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=01&YYYY1=2005&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=01&YYYY2=2005&btnOK=Go%21 $363 million]
 
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| $7.784 billion<ref name="korea"/><ref>http://www.kocca.kr/knowledge/publication/indu/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/10/30/BW3rWbGbtuvJ.pdf</ref>
  
| $7.784 billion<ref name="korea"/><ref>http://www.kocca.kr/knowledge/publication/indu/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/10/30/BW3rWbGbtuvJ.pdf</ref>
 
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| <ref>South Korea
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*2007, online gaming market: [http://www.kocca.kr/knowledge/publication/indu/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2010/05/02/74414.pdf ₩5143.6 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=5143.6&C1=KRW&C2=USD&DD1=15&MM1=10&YYYY1=2007&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=15&MM2=11&YYYY2=2007&btnOK=Go%21 $5.71 billion]
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*2007, online game market: [http://www.kocca.kr/knowledge/publication/indu/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2010/05/02/74414.pdf ₩5143.6 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=5143.6&C1=KRW&C2=USD&DD1=15&MM1=10&YYYY1=2007&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=15&MM2=11&YYYY2=2007&btnOK=Go%21 $5.71 billion]
 
*2006: [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TgkXKra9kowC&pg=PA3 $2.877 billion]
  
*2006: [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TgkXKra9kowC&pg=PA3 $2.877 billion]
 
**Online: $1.776 billion
  
**Online: $1.776 billion
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**Console: $136 million
  
**Console: $136 million
 
**PC (offline/retail) market: $26 million
  
**PC (offline/retail) market: $26 million
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*2004, online gaming market: ¥122.2 billion [http://www.apira.org/data/upload/Fumi_OnlineGamesandOnlineVideosinJapan_WIt7JF.pdf] [http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://web.archive.org/web/20061206075657/http://www3.jetro.go.jp/jetro-file/search-text.do?url=05001271] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=122.2&C1=JPY&C2=USD&DD1=25&MM1=01&YYYY1=2004&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=01&YYYY2=2005&btnOK=Go%21 $1.19 billion]
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*2004, online game market: ¥122.2 billion [http://www.apira.org/data/upload/Fumi_OnlineGamesandOnlineVideosinJapan_WIt7JF.pdf] [http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://web.archive.org/web/20061206075657/http://www3.jetro.go.jp/jetro-file/search-text.do?url=05001271] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=122.2&C1=JPY&C2=USD&DD1=25&MM1=01&YYYY1=2004&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=01&YYYY2=2005&btnOK=Go%21 $1.19 billion]
 
*2003: [http://www.oecd.org/internet/ieconomy/34884414.pdf €3 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=3&C1=EUR&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=01&YYYY1=2004&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=02&YYYY2=2004&btnOK=Go%21 $3.85 billion] [http://www.cs.lamar.edu/faculty/osborne/COSC1172/elspawhitepaper3.pdf]
  
*2003: [http://www.oecd.org/internet/ieconomy/34884414.pdf €3 billion] = [http://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=3&C1=EUR&C2=USD&DD1=01&MM1=01&YYYY1=2004&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=02&YYYY2=2004&btnOK=Go%21 $3.85 billion] [http://www.cs.lamar.edu/faculty/osborne/COSC1172/elspawhitepaper3.pdf]
 
**Online: [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TgkXKra9kowC&pg=PA4 $855.1 million]
  
**Online: [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TgkXKra9kowC&pg=PA4 $855.1 million]
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Revision as of 21:51, 28 April 2014

Main article: Video game industry

Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific market revenues

Region / Country 2013 2012 2011 2010 Note(s)
Asia-Pacific $47.823 billion $44.403 billion $43.208 billion $39.92 billion [1]
Japan $20.49 billion $22.63 billion $23.89 billion $22.28 billion [2]
China $14 billion[3] $9.8 billion[4] $7.3 billion[5][6] $6.9 billion[7] [8]
South Korea $9.64 billion[9] $9.23 billion[10] $9.082 billion[11][12] $7.784 billion[11][13] [14]
Australia $2 billion[15] $1.16 billion[16] $1.5 billion[16] $1.67 billion[17] [18]
Taiwan $825 million[17] $773 million[17] $713 million[17] $660 million[17] [19][20]
Indonesia $492 million[17] $463 million[17] $429 million[17] $396 million[17]
India $376 million[21] $347 million[22][23] $294 million[24] $230 million[25] [26]

Japan

Main article: Video games in Japan

China

Australia

Popular titles

  • First person shooters [13]

New Zealand

Software

  • SingStar series - 266,000
  • SingStar Abba - 12,000 (first six weeks)

Hardware

Total as of December 2008:

2008

Yearly software sales: ~ 1,220,000
Sony: 818,000 (67%)

Yearly hardware sales: ~ 180.000
Sony: almost 100,000 (55%)

  1. Playstation 2 - 40,000

Source of All Data

South Africa

Hardware

Total as of October 2008:

  1. Xbox 360 - 72,000 - released October 2006 - 3,000 units per month
  2. Nintendo Wii - 58,000 - released October 2007 - 4,850 units per month
  3. Playstation 3 - 45,500 - released March 2007 - 2,400 units per month

2008

In 2008 Nintendo had 40% more sales as of October 2008 as the year before. Quarter 3 2008 percentages:

Console Market:

  1. Wii – 36%
  2. PS2 – 29%
  3. 360 – 22%
  4. PS3 – 14%

Portable Market:

  1. Nintendo DS - 51%
  2. Playstation Portable - 49%

Portable Market share development:
Quarter 1 2008: NDS: 39% PSP: 61%
Quarter 2 2008: NDS: 42% PSP: 58%
Quarter 3 2008: NDS: 51% PSP: 49%

Seventh Generation First Year

  1. Nintendo Wii - 58,100 - 4.841 units per month
  2. Xbox 360 - 39,500 - 3.292 units per month
  3. Playstation 3 33,200 - 2.767 units per month

All Data by Core Gaming, distributors of Nintendo in South Africa

References

  1. ↑ Asia, 2006, consumer market: $14 billion [1] [2]
  2. ↑ Video games in Japan
  3. ↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/07/china-gamesconsoles-idUKL3N0KH16C20140107
  4. ↑ [3] [4] [5] [6]
  5. ↑ http://kotaku.com/what-about-companies-like-spicy-horse-that-moved-to-sha-1491520578
  6. ↑ $6 billion (PC) (2011) [7]
  7. ↑ China, 2010: CN¥44.6 billion = $6.9 billion
  8. ↑ China
  9. ↑ ₩10 trillion = $9.64 billion
  10. ↑ South Korea, 2012: ₩9.752 trillion = $9.23 billion
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 http://www.slideshare.net/hibigogo/review-of-the-global-game-market-2011-and-forecast-of-2012
  12. ↑ http://www.kocca.kr/knowledge/publication/indu/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/10/30/BW3rWbGbtuvJ.pdf
  13. ↑ http://www.kocca.kr/knowledge/publication/indu/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/10/30/BW3rWbGbtuvJ.pdf
  14. ↑ South Korea
  15. ↑ Grand Theft Auto 5 best selling game in Australia in 2013
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Australian game industry sees $1.16 billion in sales in 2012
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.8 Video Games, Entertainment Business, 2012
  18. ↑ Australia
  19. ↑ Taiwan, online game market
  20. ↑ Chou, Yuntsai (Fall 2003). "G-commerce in East Asia: Evidence and Prospects". Journal of Interactive Advertising 4 (1). Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20130119102219/http://jiad.org/article43. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  21. ↑ 20 billion Indian rupees = $376 million
  22. ↑ 15 billion Indian rupees = $347 million
  23. ↑ http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/indian-video-games-industry-grew-16-in-2012/
  24. ↑ 13 billion Indian rupees = $294 million
  25. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20111209145902/http://capcom.co.jp/ir/english/business/market.html
  26. ↑ India, 2004: $30 million [11] [12]
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