Analytical company Niko Partners in a recent study examined how the Chinese console market is changing. There are still few games made by foreign developers on it, but the number of local titles is growing. But this is not yet enough for the sector to fully compete (financially) with mobile and PC.

Consoles account for a small share of the Chinese gaming market compared to other platforms. However, their popularity will only grow, according to Niko Partners. According to analysts’ forecasts, by 2025, the revenue of the Chinese console market will approach $ 2.5 billion. We are talking about sales of both legal and gray products.Console market revenue and the number of gamers in China for 2020, 2021 and 2025

The Chinese video game market is growing rapidly. According to the forecast of the analytical company Niko Partners, by 2025 the turnover of the mobile and PC segments alone will reach $55.1 billion. This is $12 billion more than in 2020.

The analytical company Niko Partners calculated that by mid—May 2021, Tencent had managed to conclude over 50 deals with gaming companies. This is already 1.6 times more than in the whole of 2020, and five times more than in 2019. In their new study, analysts told what forces the Chinese colossus to invest so actively in the industry.

Analytical company Niko Partners told about the key events and trends of last year in the Asian mobile games market. Among them are a record number of Tencent investment deals, the growth of esports and increased interest in Genshin Impact.Genshin Impact is the most popular streaming game in China

Although Cyberpunk 2077 has not officially launched in China yet, the game has already proved to be in great demand among gamers in China. For example, on the opening day alone, the CD Projekt RED title was broadcast by 7.5 thousand Chinese streamers at once, and more than 19 million people watched their broadcasts.

Until recently, there was no unified age rating system in China. Now the country’s authorities have obliged game publishers to label their products. The practice is designed, among other things, to combat gambling addiction.Its introduction was announced by analyst Daniel Ahmad.

A new study of the Chinese market by Niko Partners has shown that 76% of 720 million local gamers live outside major cities. They generate the bulk of the revenue.Key data from the study

Analysts from Niko Partners analyzed the results of the Asian gaming market for 2019. Fritupley projects continue to dominate, bringing the greatest income. This segment accounts for 80% of revenue from all digital sales.Key data from the report

PC games, which used to dominate in these countries, began to give way to mobile, according to Niko Partners. Over the past two years, mobile games revenue has grown by $135 million, and PC games – by $35 million.

China’s NetEase earns more from games than Activision Blizzard and EA. Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad drew attention to this.

Naughty Dog celebrates the 10th anniversary of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. In honor of this, Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad appreciated how the popularity of the studio’s games has grown over this decade.

Physical sales of Gears 5 in the UK are many times inferior to previous games in the series. The only hope is for digital downloads, the expert believes.

Last year, mobile esports titles earned $15.3 billion. In terms of income, they are rapidly approaching desktop gaming disciplines.

China’s two largest gaming companies are predicting a great year. As well as the entire local digital games market. Its turnover may reach $33 billion by the end of the year.

In the next 5 years, the Chinese mobile games market will maintain and strengthen its global leadership. According to the analytical company Niko Partners, by 2022 the number of gamers in China will exceed 1 billion people, and mobile games will generate more than half of all gaming revenue.

The mobile games market in China will reach $11.1 billion by 2019. This forecast was given by analysts of Niko Partners.

Mobile games in the Southeast Asian region have overtaken online PC games in popularity, according to a report conducted by the analytical firm Niko Partners.