Released on: March 19, 2008, 2:00 am

Press Release Author: Aileen Brucal

Industry: Telecommunications

Press Release Summary: According to InfoCom's latest report FTTX - EXPERIENCES AND
STRATEGIES - Filling the pipe of the NGN, In 2007, the global online games revenues
- estimated between 3.5 to 4.5 Euro billion - are made 90% by PC games.

Press Release Body: In 2007, the global online games revenues - estimated between
3.5 to 4.5 Euro billion - are made 90% by PC games. 50% of revenues are generated in
Asia, while North America accounts for about 30% and Europe 20%. This results from
InfoCom's report FTTX - EXPERIENCES AND STRATEGIES - Filling the pipe of the NGN,
which contains an entire chapter dedicated to games applications.

South Korea represents indeed a large gaming community with around 17 mn of 48 mn
total inhabitants playing regularly online games. Most of the online games are free
to play, but require purchases to get to more advanced stages according to a
so-called "free-to-play backed-by-item-sale" model. Online gaming providers generate
revenues mainly by micro-transactions, i.e. sale of "items" like avatar
customisation. The South Korean PC online games market in 2006 was estimated at EUR
800-850 mn, around 25% of the total online gaming revenues worldwide (and over 40%
of the revenues generated in Asia), of which over 40% represented by Massive
Multi-Player Online games (MMO). The study illustrates NCsoft's and Webzen's
business models with fee structure for massive multi-player games, with detailed
figures on single games, by country and number of users.

As of Japan, opinion poll among online gamers in 2006 revealed that the most popular
equipment for game access was the PC (35%), followed by the mobile phone ( 14%),
the game console (

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