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posted by martyb on Saturday November 05 2016, @08:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the games-making dept.

The Chinese are coming and they're hungry for games companies.

They need new content to feed their 560 million avid gamers, who contribute to the biggest gaming market in the world - worth an estimated $24.4bn (£19.8bn) in 2016, according to Newzoo.

And this market is growing at around 15% a year.

Chinese firms have already spent more than $111bn on foreign acquisitions this year, according to Dealogic, with some of the biggest deals involving gaming companies.

Internet giant Tencent - which owns the WeChat and QQ Games platforms - bought Finnish Clash of Clans mobile games maker Supercell for $8.6bn earlier this year.

Should games firms welcome or fear Chinese conquest?


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  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday November 05 2016, @08:07PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday November 05 2016, @08:07PM (#422913) Homepage

    We could see more games with America as the enemy, which may be a refreshing change of perspective.

    As long as they make good games without the hilarious Engrish [11points.com] of old NES games, who cares?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 06 2016, @02:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 06 2016, @02:20PM (#423107)

    Do you know anything about China?

    Japan has been, is, and always will be the enemy.