| ___O_o______ said: You guys are way overestimating china's role in this generation. but in 50 years or so, AND if china's gonvernment changes, China will be the biggest gaming market in the world. right now, china has little effect on this current gaming market. |
I have to agree with you there __O_o____, at least in part. I'm living in central china the moment in an 'average' city, i.e. not Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and the like. The average income in this part and much of China is in the order of 100-150 USD/month. What's more all kids from the age of 12-16 go to school from 7am-8+pm, 6 days a week. There's simply not enough money or time to support a lot of gaming here at the moment.
If we just consider the richer cities, the average income is in the order of 500 USD/month and given the population just in the top 10 centres in China it's possible that it can have an effect on the world gaming market, but i still think it's going to take time for brand awareness and hence the gaming market to grow.
And that's not taking into consideration any affect the government may have on the development of the console market.
my 2 cents worth
No grand predictions, i'm just looking forward to playing some good games on my Wii.
