Revenues of top 10 online game publishers in Asia are expected to rise 25 percent to $2.5 billion in 2008 from more than $2 billion in 2006 boosted by growth in China, Vietnam and India, according to Pearl Research’s “Online Game Publishers in Asia” study. [via emarketer.com]Pearl Research is a San Francisco-based consulting and research firm specializing in the interactive games sector. Readers please note that the growth is over two years and not year over year.
The study found that the number of online game publishers in Asia who topped the $100 million revenue mark will rise to 13 in 2008 from 10 in 2006. Pearl studied the following online gaming firms in Asia: CJ Internet, NCsoft, Neowiz, Netease, NHN, Perfect World, Shanda, Soft-World, Tencent and The9. The report didn’t say if any of these companies were clients of Pearl.
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