China's Online-Games Beat the Box-Office

China's online-games industry generated revenues of $455 million in 2005, more than the box-office gross at China's cinemas according to BDA China. BDA estimates that online-games revenues will rise 44% to $655 million this year and expand to $1.8 billion by 2010.

Disney has just stuck a deal Shanda Interactive Entertainment to create games featuring Disney Characters.

Total average concurrent users for all Shanda's games in commercial service increased to 1.35 million in the first quarter of 2006 from 1.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2005, according to the company. Average concurrent users for Shanda's massively multiplayer online games increased to 706,000 in the first quarter of 2006 from 548,000 in the fourth quarter of 2005.

 

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May 24, 2006 1:08 PM |

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