New China MMO stats

• 63% growth in 2008
• $2.8b in revenue
• Six operators brought in more than $200m last year…
• …but each of them tended to have just one title that did it for them
• Social networking continues to grow there (55m users) and cross-pollinate with games

Top games in terms of concurrency:

• Netease’s Fantasy Westward Journey : 1,800,000 concurrent users.
• Giant’s Zhengtu Online : 1,500,000 (this is the one that’s controversial for its “gambling” nature)
• Tencent’s Dungeon and Fighter: 1,200,000 (see here, sidescroller)
• Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: 1,000,000

from China’s MMO market to hit $5.5b by 2012 // News.