Niko Partners is a leading provider of market research and market-entry consulting services for the Chinese videogame industry. We are well known for our on-the-ground market intelligence and analysis that is based on primary research and relationships with important Chinese industry executives and gamers. We publish syndicated and custom reports, conduct primary research, focus groups, marketing road shows and translation services. 

Since 2003 we have tracked demand and trends of Chinese games, game hardware, gamers, developers, online operators, Internet cafés, regulations, distribution and retail. Our data-oriented primary research covers the holistic market including PC online, PC offline, console and handheld games and hardware. We are often asked to be speakers at videogame industry conferences as Chinese market experts, and have been interviewed and cited in nearly 100 press articles about the Chinese videogame industry.

If your company competes in the global videogame industry you need to understand the market opportunity in China and Chinese outsourced development of games. Niko provides strategic guidance to developers, publishers, hardware makers, and videogame industry service providers for success in the Chinese market.
 
Niko’s Research Topics:
• Market size & five-year forecast, units and revenue, by segment
• Rankings & trends for MMORPG, Advanced casual, Casual,
  PC offline, Console and Handheld Games
• Hardware installed base
• Internet café usage and hardware
• Sales & marketing trends
• Distribution & retail trends
• Gamer demographics & their gaming preferences
• Online game operators & other key companies in the industry
• Outsourced game development studios, analysis & directory
• Regulatory policy, piracy & overall market structure


Recent Research
NEW!
2008 Annual Review & Forecast

PC games and console hardware sales surge in China's booming economy.
2008 Internet Cafés Study
2008 China Videogame Industry Regulatory Landscape Report
2007 Outsourced Development of Games in China, Report and Directory
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