This document analyzes the Vietnam game market. It finds that the market size was $243 million in 2013, is forecast to grow 50-70% by 2017, and is dominated by mobile games. Role playing games are most popular and profitable. The top publishers are VNG, Garena, VTC and FPT. Opportunities exist due to growing internet and smartphone use, while challenges include game cloning, licensing issues, and competition from China.

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Outline
Vietnam Game Market Research
 Characteristics of game market in Vietnam
 Vietnam Game Market Analysis
• Market size and growth rate
• Market trends
• Profitability
• Major publishers and producers in Vietnam
• Key success factors
 Opportunities for game publishers in Vietnam
 Challenges to game publishers
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Main characteristics of Game Market in Vietnam
 A new but an exciting market for game industry
 Revenue in 2013: US $ 243M
 6th largest market in Asia after China, Japan and Taiwan
 Forecast growth to 2017: 50-10% in revenue, reach 20M gamers.(Nikko Partners)
 80% of revenue from Chinese and Korean game, published by Vietnam company.
 4 key players: VNG (Vinagame), Garena, VTC and FPT
 Booming market for Mobile games due to smartphone and internet users growth.
 2013 is the year of awaking smartphone games – Flappy Bird phenomenon
 Local games producers are still struggling to compete with imported games, licensing
issues and copy rights infringement.
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Market Size and Growth Rate
 Forecast revenue of 2014: US $280M
 Forecast active gamers to reach 20M in 2017
 Mobile online game is the most excited segment
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Market Trends
 Game Mobile online will be the future trends for Game Market in Vietnam
 Role Play Games (RPG) dominants
 Most of the revenue comes from SRPG type
 GMO revenue is forecasted to grow rapidly, especially
on smartphone games
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Market Trends
 Higher users retention rate
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Profitability
 RPG games are the most profitable genes with 60% of revenue
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Profitability
 Top 5 MMORPG by monthly revenue
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Major Publishers
 Teammobi
Successful games: KPAH online, Mobi Army, Avatar Online
 CMN Online
successful games: Mãnh Tướng, Phong vân truyền kỳ, iBoom,
Thiên Địa Quyết
 VTC Mobile
successful games: Ngũ Đế online, Hoàng Đế online, Kiếm hiệp, Au Mobile
 Mecorp
successful games: Mãnh thú online, Gopet online,
Khan mobile, Thiên Thần Truyện
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Key Success Factors
 High quality games is a must
 Aesthetic characters designs also helps to win player’s heart
 Contents or game story is important to retain player
 Localization of imported games is important to its success
 Be cautious in promoting media
 Intractability between gamers within game is the key to build game eco-system
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Opportunities for Publisher and Producer
 Internet users market is forecasted to saturate in 3-5 years, will reach 50M users in
2017
 Booming in cheap smartphones and 3G, foster the accessibility of users and the
growth of mobile online games
 Local government have a more friendly look at online mobile game than before
 Game communities (Facebook group, forum) is the best channel for promoting and
retaining game player
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Challenges to game publisher and producers
 Illegal cloning and game character copy rights are the main challenges
 Very high cost of payment gateway also hampers publishers
 Shortage in talents for local game producers
 Games censoring and license for shooting games are also the challenge for game
publishing company
 Important distribution channels are still depending on Google and Facebook ads
 Tough competition from imported games from China
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