US$46bil e-gaming industry


E-warriors at play: Students practising computer games in this file picture taken during an eSports class at the Lanxiang technical school at Jinan, Shandong province. This school trains eSport champions while tapping into the booming industry. — AFP

BEIJING: Electronic games developed in China helped push the gaming industry to 296.5 billion yuan (RM196bil or US$46bil) in total sales this year, according to an industry report.

The bulk of that – revenues for self-developed games – rose 6.51% year-on-year to 255.82 billion yuan (RM169bil) in 2021, the report released on Thursday said.

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