In 2021, Taiwan had the highest share of high income users in the video games market in the Asia Pacific region representing approximately 40.9 percent of video game users. The remaining 59.1 percent were medium and low income users. According to estimates of the Statista Digital Market Outlook, Malaysia had the highest share of low income earning video game users with a value of approximately 59.6 percent.
Distribution of video gamers in countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region in 2021, by income
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Video Games are defined as fee-based video games distributed over the internet. Download games include downloads of full versions for gaming consoles or PCs (installation required), mobile games for smartphones and tablet devices (paid app downloads and in-app-purchases), paid or free-to-play online games which can be either played directly in the internet browser or via clients that need to be installed (subscription-based or including in-game purchases) as well as subscription-based gaming networks such as Xbox Live Gold, PlayStation Plus or Nintendo Switch Online. Physical video game sales and demo/trial versions are not included.
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Statista. (May 5, 2022). Distribution of video gamers in countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region in 2021, by income [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1306772/asia-pacific-of-video-games-users-by-gender
Statista. "Distribution of video gamers in countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region in 2021, by income." Chart. May 5, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1306772/asia-pacific-of-video-games-users-by-gender
Statista. (2022). Distribution of video gamers in countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region in 2021, by income. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1306772/asia-pacific-of-video-games-users-by-gender
Statista. "Distribution of Video Gamers in Countries and Territories in The Asia-pacific Region in 2021, by Income." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/forecasts/1306772/asia-pacific-of-video-games-users-by-gender
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