Women are the fastest growing demographic in gaming, both as players and increasingly as industry leaders. Niko Partners finds that this growth is often complimentary. As more women Identify as gamers, more are pursuing careers in the field. And, as more women work in the field of gaming, we see more games developed that appeal to [...]
On February 14, Indonesia held its general election, the biggest single-day election of any democracies in the world, with the electorate voting for both presidential and legislative candidates. Both official and unofficial counts show the Chairman of Gerindra Party, Prabowo Subianto significantly leading the other candidates in the presidential race, he is expected to be Indonesia’s [...]
Niko Partners is celebrating its 22nd anniversary of providing high integrity data, insights and analysis as local experts with global expertise. In 2024, Niko Partners continues to cover five regions: China (Mainland China), East Asia (Japan and Korea), Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore), South Asia (India) and MENA (Saudi Arabia, United [...]
We’ve teamed up with Coda Payments to bring you market insights and trends that will elevate your 2024 content monetization and distribution strategy. Check out these top themes from last year on this video infographics. For a much deeper dive, download our white paper, Access for All: Expanding Opportunities for Players and Publishers Worldwide.
Southeast Asia (SEA) known for its vibrant and rapidly growing gaming community, has emerged as a hub for mobile esports, vividly demonstrated by the record-breaking M5 World Championship. The first four iterations of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship were hosted in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, with M1 (2019) held in Kuala Lumpur, while M2 [...]
Last week the entire senior analyst team at Niko Partners gathered at Tencent America headquarters in Palo Alto, California in front of a roomful of gaming professionals to discuss their latest research and insights focused on the Asian, Middle East, and Northern Africa video games markets. At the event, Niko Partners provided additional context and detail [...]
Tencent and Niko invite you to join us at the Tencent America offices in Palo Alto for a deep dive into the Asian and MENA video game markets. For the first time, the Niko Partners senior team will be gathered in one place to discuss and answer questions about their latest research, providing additional context and [...]
This insights article is written by Niko Partners in conjunction with gamescom asia. Did you know that it is Southeast Asia that is taking the lead in terms of growth in the video games market and esports industry? The region generates $6 billion in market revenue and hosts nearly 300 million gamers in 2023. That [...]
When foreign game companies decide on localizing languages in games to be published in Asia, the list of languages considered is typically limited to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean due to the massive game revenue of the markets using those languages. This could cause issues as not all gamers in the region are proficient in either English [...]
Esports at the IOC-sanctioned 32nd Southeast Asia Games (SEA Games) in Cambodia have drawn to a close. Running from May 6 to 16, the regional sporting event saw competition in six titles that are popular in Southeast Asia: Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Attack Online 2, Crossfire, League of Legends: Wild Rift, Valorant, and PUBG Mobile. This [...]
