Online gaming revenues in South Africa are forecast to grow by a small-double digit percentage between 2013 and 2017, reports German secondary research organization yStats.
Mobile gaming outperforms pure online gaming by far in South Africa, with the revenues differing by several times, according to the report.
yStats.com recently published its report “EMEA Online Gaming Market 2014”, revealing a trend of gamers away from console and PC games toward online and mobile games.
This move to mobile and social is especially pronounced in emerging markets such as Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa compared to Western Europe, where a high percentage of gamers still play on their console or PC, but even there the trend is apparent as smartphone and tablet penetration continues.
In African countries, such as Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and Senegal, online and mobile gaming is also gaining popularity, with a small double-digit share of Internet users engaging in this activity on their mobile devices and PCs.
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