Global video game industry companies that strive to take part in China's tremendous video game market require reliable, actionable market intelligence. In 2010 more than 70 million Chinese gamers are eager to play hit titles on systems with the latest technologies - Niko Partners will help you reach them efficiently.

Niko Partners is the premier provider of market intelligence and custom research services on China's video game industry. Since 2003 we have provided critical information to the world's leading game publishers, developers, hardware makers and game service providers. Renown trade associations, policy makers, and hedge fund managers turn to Niko for key data on China's video game market. Niko's primary data, analysis, market model, and five-year forecast by game segments and hardware platforms help decision-makers understand market trends. We cover essential themes including:
  - Game rankings by segment
  - Gamer psychographics and preferences
  - Online, SNS, offline, console, and handheld games
  - Key game operators and developers
  - Retail and distribution
  - Internet café hardware, usage, and trends
  - Regulations and piracy
  - Outsourced development for global markets

China’s regulatory landscape for online games significantly changed in 2009. Niko’s market expertise and eight years of Chinese market analysis provide you the insight required for success.

Our staff in Shanghai and Silicon Valley collects data from 20 Chinese cities broken down into four city tiers via thousands of face-to-face and online surveys and interviews resulting in more than 75,000 new points of data annually with which we build our proprietary market model and five-year forecast.

We offer an annual market research subscription on China’s video game industry as well as special studies and custom data cuts. Our proprietary market model has primary data on every segment of China’s game market from 2001 through 2010, plus a forecast through 2014. We have published the Annual Review and Forecast every year since 2003.

Investors in China's game market will benefit from phone or in-person consultations with Niko regarding the overall market, publicly traded online game operators and online games. We also provide critical feedback on games during their closed beta periods from gamer surveys conducted in local language.
Niko Partners
Silicon Valley Headquarters
info@nikopartners.com 
+1.408.354.0888
 
 
"Niko's market intelligence studies were a major contributor to helping us greater understand the Chinese market and the nuances within the industry, which provided key on-the-ground intelligence in forming our strategy."
- Tim Page, THQ China
Niko’s Syndicated Market Research Reports
2010 Annual Subscription - contact us to purchase!
- Annual Review & Five-Year Forecast Report (4/10)
- Chinese Gamers Focus Groups Findings (12 groups in 2 cities, summer 2010)
- Six-Month Update Report (10/10)
- 10 hours of consulting time (ongoing)
- On-site presentation about China¹s market (upon request)

Special Studies - contact us to purchase!
- Chinese Game Development Studios Compensation & Benefits Analysis (2009)
- Chinese Gamers Study (2009)
- China's Internet Cafés (2008)
- Outsourced Development of Games in China, Report & Directory (2005, 2006)