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China gaming market boom incoming?

. 5 33.33%
 
... 1 6.67%
 
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Taken from http://m.ign.com/articles/2014/07/10/guild-wars-2-sales-more-than-double-thanks-to-chinese-launch

GUILD WARS 2 SALES MORE THAN DOUBLE THANKS TO CHINESE LAUNCH

Worldwide sales could now stand at over 7 million.

 

BY: LUKE KARMALI

JULY 10, 2014

Guild Wars 2 has over 3.8 million Chinese players according to a census uploaded to Reddit, all accrued in just two months after launch.

 

This means ArenaNet's MMO has more than doubled its global playerbase since launching in the new territory. The last update we got on Western sales was back in August 2013, when the figure stood at 3.5 million. This figure is likely to have risen since then but, even if we assume it hasn't, this means global sales of Guild Wars 2 should now be well past the 7 million mark.



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Ka-pi96 said:
Chinese PC gaming market really is huge!


Yes but I don't think hardly anyone was expecting this much pickup this quick for a game that you have to buy to play in China. The gw2 forum was always filled with doubt about this focus arenanet had but it turned out to be a big payoff.



Nice! Bought the game and never really managed to enjoy it (unstable internet speed + lack of time needed for that type of game), but I couldn't be happier. The developers really deserve the sales for the incredible effort they've put in the game and for the fact that it's subscription free.



China is going to save gaming, who would have predicted that?



...Let the Sony Domination continue with the PS4...

Seems like china has the potential to put pc back on the map. Hope they dont all just play mmos and mobas. Rts needs a resurgence desperately



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PC gaming saved by China?



to all those claiming PC gaming is on the decline notice how this is the year that global pc games market revenue overtook their console counterpart :


http://hexus.net/gaming/news/industry/69141-global-pc-games-market-revenue-overtakes-consoles/


The PC expansion in Asia is still in full expansion mode and europe is getting back on it harder than ever



Wow that's massive. China is the second largest gaming market in the world, so hopefully consoles can sell well there.



    

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