{"id":20195,"date":"2021-07-13T14:49:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T14:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=20195"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:39:20","slug":"indian-gaming-to-double-revenues-by-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indian-gaming-to-double-revenues-by-2025","title":{"rendered":"Indian gaming to double revenues by 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PwC predicts video games and esports revenue will reach INR 24,212 crore in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- A report by PwC titled\u00a0“Entertainment & Media Outlook 2021\u20112025”<\/strong>\u00a0predicts that the\u00a0Indian gaming industry will continue to grow<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the report,\u00a0video games and esports revenue reached INR 11,250 crores in 2020<\/strong>\u00a0and will hit INR 24,212 crores in 2025, with a 16.5 per cent compound annual growth rate (CAGR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The social\/casual category accounted for\u00a077 per cent of all video games and esports revenue<\/strong>\u00a0in 2020, while the mobile esports sector is expected to see rapid expansion, at a 31.6 per cent CAGR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June, Maple Capital Advisors\u2019 report \u201cIndian Gaming \u2013 At an inflexion point\u201d analysed the growth of the online gambling sector<\/a> in India during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report revealed that investments in the online gambling sector passed US$500m <\/strong>in the period, exceeding what was invested in the previous five years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to analysts, India, which has over 15 per cent of global gaming traffic<\/strong>, is strongly positioned as a gaming market and is increasingly of interest to global majors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report revealed consumer awareness and engagement rose during the period, with 47 per cent of internet users spending time using gaming apps<\/strong> and 50 per cent of smartphone users playing mobile games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salone Sehgal, managing director of Lumikai, said: \u201cHaving tracked the\u00a0Indian gaming market for the last decade<\/strong>, I have never seen gaming usage, consumption, monetisation and infrastructure converge in the manner it has in 2020.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, between April and June 2020, companies saw daily downloads increase five times and traffic surge of 44 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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