The story appears on

Page A10

April 17, 2018

GET this page in PDF

Free for subscribers

View shopping cart

Related News

Home » Business » IT

E-sport revenue set to climb nearly 22%

CHINA’S e-sport market revenue is set to expand 21.5 percent annually amid a huge pool of gamers, rising sales of mobile game gadgets and professional tournaments offering big prize money, said China Insights Consultancy yesterday.

The market revenue is expected at 78.6 billion yuan (US$12.5 billion) in 2018, up from 64.7 billion yuan last year, with match advertising and sponsorship, game broadcasting, professional gadgets and e-commerce services being major contributors, said CIC.

However, mobile e-Sport market is predicted to soar 93.4 percent annually on average between 2015 and 2019, one of the rapidly growing sectors in e-sport.

Smartphone has now become an essential part of the game and e-sport ecosystem, said Peter Wu, founder and chief executive of Black Shark, a startup smartphone brand boasting investors including Xiaomi.

IT



 

Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.

沪公网安备 31010602000204号

Email this to your friend