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BGM ban could negatively impact India’s gaming market growth in 2023: Report
Despite the BGM ban, India will remain the fastest-growing market in Asia in terms of the number of gamers and gaming revenue
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By: Tech Desk
New Delhi | November 23, 2022 2:16:56 pm News guard
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Battlegrounds Mobile India, the once super-popular battle royale shooter, was banned in July this year by the Indian government due to safety and privacy concerns (Image credits: Screen Post on Unsplash)
The Indian gaming market’s growth could be negatively impacted in 2023 due to the 2022 ban on Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGM), according to market research and consulting firm Nikon Partners. South Korean developer Grafton’s BGM, one of the most popular battle royale games, was banned in July this year by the Indian government over alleged safety and privacy concerns. According to Nikon Partners, as a consequence of the ban, the Indian gaming market growth could be lower than expected in 2023.
But despite this ban, India’s PC and mobile gaming markets will continue to grow, with the number of gamers in 2022 expected to double from 396.4 million to 630 million in 2026. Gamers across both segments are expected to spend $704.5 million in 2022, and that amount is predicted to rise to $1.4 billion in the year 2026. The report does not include the figures from the real money games (RMG) market, which comprises card games cards like Poker and Rummy, and Fantasy sports. India is the fastest-growing market in Asia in terms of gamers and revenue, adds the report. Currently, the country stands second to China in the total number of gamers.
The report also found that Indian gamers spend 14.1 hours per week on mobile, with the country having the highest proportion of gamers who play over 5 hours per week. The fact that data costs are the lowest in the world in the country with 5G on the way also helps boost numbers. A whopping 98.8 percent of Indian gamers play games on smartphones, as opposed to PCs and consoles, with cost being the most obvious reason. On a similar note, another recent report by technology staffing firm Team Lease Digital highlighted that the gaming industry is expected to add 1 lakh direct and indirect new jobs by the financial year 2023-24. We’ve reached that point of maturity with laptop design where you no longer need to choose between a gaming laptop or a productivity laptop You can now buy hybrid designs that embody the best of both worlds, offering understated elegance in a slim form factor and unrestricted performance for gaming. The devices that best embody these ideals are MSI’s Stealth GS line of laptops. For the creatively inclined, MSI also has a dedicated line of ‘Creator’ laptops.
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