China’s online game market has expanded noticeably. To date the number of online gamers in China has reached 55.5 million, a recent report said.
The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) recently released the 2008 Research and Analysis Report for Online Game Users in China.
Online gamers have shown a trend of “three lows,” namely low in age, low in education background, and low in income, which has undoubtedly increased the difficulty of supervision and administration of the online gaming market.
Statistics show that, of the total number of online gamers, those under the age of 22 accounted for 52.5 percent, gamers with education backgrounds of junior college level and below made up 77.1 percent, those with no income accounted for 30 percent. Gamers in the group with an income are mainly concentrated at the income level of 1,001 to 2,000 yuan.
The user structure of the online gaming market, which is mainly made up of low-end users, has not only caused a negative effect on the overall development of the market, but has also led to more pressing requirements for supervision of the online gaming market. The users in this group, increasingly low in age and low in education backgrounds, are relatively unable to control their behavior, and in terms of values are easily influenced by their external environments. Moreover, online gaming products, a major feature of which is the creation of virtual worlds, have particularly long term and tremendous impacts on this type of user.
According to the CNNIC report, further improved supervision and administration of the online gaming market can offer effective protection to online gamers, especially minors. This will be favorable to the healthy and sustained development of China’s online gaming industry.
One reply on “Gaming in China: 55.5 million Chinese play online games”
55.5m is a hugggeeee number. Gosh if i could get that many on my site id be super rich lol. Even though it is chinese traffic!
Dan,
Games Monster