China’s MMO revenues to top $11 billion by 2012
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On December 8th, 2009 in Uncategorized -
China’s arguably biggest Internet population in the world results in a huge MMO crowd as well. Despite Internet censorship and crackdowns on MMO games, the revenues from online gaming is said to top $11 billion by 2012, according to a report from research firm Analysys. The report suggests that revenues this year will reach $3.8 billion this year, with an MMO penetration of 27 percent of the Internet users.
Earlier this year, China banned foreign investments in MMOs, and shut down over 200 MMO games as well.