Weekly Twitter Posts
Seems that more online games, new & expansion,
are being released in China in the 1st half of '10 than there were in
the 2nd half '09. 11:30 May 7th from web
Korea's reluctance to permit StarCraft II
shouldn't impact China's decision - should do well when/if China
approves it http://bit.ly/a8rcY5
5:54 PM May 5th
via web
No wonder China's social games companies look to
Japan - the social games craze is big there per DeNA's annual report http://tcrn.ch/bsoayI
1:11 PM May 4th
via web
New! Niko 2010 Annual Review & 5-Year Forecast
Report http://www.game-newswire.com/index.php/the-news/168.html
2:32 PM Apr 28th
via web
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As industry executives, analysts, and developers get
excited to attend the 2010 E3 Expo in Los Angeles, the industry's biggest trade
show (and the one with the best parties), Niko Partners is gearing up to track
the presence of Chinese online game company exhibitors at E3. Niko Partners will also track other Asian online game companies whose games have been successful in China and
who now are taking a chance on the US and other western markets. In addition to
E3, China Joy will take place this summer in Shanghai. GDC China will take
place in December, but GDC China in Chengdu was a successful show on April
19th, just a few weeks ago. That show was attended primarily by government and
development studios headquartered in Chengdu. We were pleased that Niko
Partners' own Ms. Li Jun was a speaker there on the topic of "What do Chinese
Gamers Want?"
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While sales of the Nintendo Wii may be "plummeting"
worldwide for the second year in a row, in China sales of the Wii are
vibrant and rising - all on the illegal market, unfortunately for everyone
(including potential Chinese tax collectors who must cringe to calculate how
much money is going uncollected). By Niko's latest survey of 250 pirate stores
in 10 Chinese cities, sales of illegally imported Wii consoles outnumbers sales
of all other consoles in 2009, and from casual observations of stores selling
them in 2010, they are the hottest sellers this year too. We might see
competition for the Wii from casual online games in China the way we see it
happening in the West, but for now there is still a lot of clout associated
with owning a Wii.
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People who play World of Warcraft are getting very wary of
having their true identities unveiled via Facebook, per the recent news that
Blizzard will integrate Facebook into Battle.net. Battle.net is being rolled
out in China too, and while there is no "Facebook" per se, there are several Chinese
Facebook competitors that serve the fast-growing segment of social networking
gamers there. We will watch to see whether Blizzard China and NetEase integrate
Qzone, Kaixin001, or RenRen into Battle.net in China.
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