An important element in the shift from traditional video games to digital games segment worldwide has been the rise of the free-to-play model. Under this model, games are free to enter, while revenues are generated from sale of additional features and other upgrades through in-game transactions. In advanced markets, the…
In Europe’s largest gaming market, Germany, the virtual goods segment is booming: revenues from micro-transactions in games more than doubled in 2014, while smartphones and mobile phones overtook PCs as the device most used to play games. In the UK also the freemium games model was the growth driver, especially…
Hamburg-based global E-Commerce intelligence company yStats.com’s new publication, “Asia-Pacific Online Gaming Market 2015” reports that Asia-Pacific was the biggest mobile games market worldwide in 2014. The countries of the region also ranked high in the share of Internet users playing online games on computers. The region promises further growth in…
A new publication by Hamburg-based global E-Commerce intelligence company yStats.com confirms that online gaming is booming worldwide. The report, titled “Global Online Gaming Market 2015” highlights mobile as the fastest growing and most promising segment of digital gaming worldwide, while social gaming also is important. Yücel Yelken, yStats.com CEO, pointing…
Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com has published a new report, “Global Online Gaming Market Snapshot 2014”, which highlights the continued growth of online gaming worldwide. Among other findings, the publication reports a trend in gaming away from consoles and pre-installed PC games toward online and mobile games. The online gaming…
A new publication by Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com, “Europe Online Gaming Market 2014”, reports that Internet users in Europe spend more time playing games online than residents of other nations. Game players in Western Europe tend to spend more time online through consoles or the computer compared to their…