GMGC shares 2014 snapshot for mobile games market

Source: SuperDataResearch website.

A recent blog post by the Global Mobile Game Confederation (GMGC), an international platform for companies in the mobile game ecosystem to network and access new markets, has noted that the global mobile games market is set to grow. The post quotes SuperDataResearch estimates that mobile gaming revenue is to increase to US$21.1 billion by the end of 2014 worldwide. 

Source: SuperDataResearch website. Why mobile gamers buy a game.

Within Asia, Japan is the largest market, followed by China, where mobile game revenues are projected to exceed US$3 billion in 2014. Southeast Asia is expected to account for revenues of US$661 million in 2014, GMGC shared.

GMGC forecasts that emerging markets in Asia will be the next frontier for mobile gaming as smartphone penetration rises, particularly India and Indonesia.

GMGC's Global Mobile Game Congress will be held in Beijing from April 24 to 25 in 2015 while Mobile Game Asia is to be in Bangkok on January 23, 2015.