South Korean game market estimated $2 billion in 2007

by Ross Miller on Jul 12th 2006 2:25PM

According to research firm Pearl Research, South Korea's game market will surpass $2 billion next year. The largest gaming platform, PC online gaming, will be $1.2 billion in 2006, the report suggests. It also asserts casual games that are free to play for ten minutes or less comprise 30 percent of all online gaming in the country.

Mobile games is predicted to be worth $275 million this year, and home console gaming only $160 million -- we know of at least one company who is hoping to elevate that figure next year (and hopes to earn some of that $2 billion payoff).

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Reader Comments (5)

and that's where Nintendo just opened up shop.

...Interesting!

$2 billion and not a penny of that on Missile Commander. Priorities people, priorities!

(Can't believe I just said that, I'm going to hell.)

I love how the article this is cited from characterizes gaming as a disease. :D

Whoops, that was an old Joystiq title. My props go to you guys instead!

Don't be too optimistic guys. Nintendo is virtually nonexistant here. It's PC Land...next is Sony.
Sony is NOTHING compared to the amount of PC gamers here. Not to stereotype or prejudice, but most play PC games cause they're much cheaper.