South East Asia is an attractive region for gaming companies due to its large gaming population estimated to exceed $5 billion in revenue by 2016. The region has over 100 million gamers across diverse countries with different cultures and languages. Game development in South East Asia is lower cost compared to Western countries, with some projects up to 1/8th the cost. This makes the region appealing for outsourcing work. South Korea in particular has very fast internet that helps drive high gaming spending per capita and mobile/web game development is emphasized across South East Asia due to quick turnarounds.

1. South East Asian Games
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2. What is the benefit of South East Asia?
• Gaming revenue estimated to exceed to $5
billion by 2016, the estimated figures are
based on sales generated from about 100
million gamers within the regions.
• Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the
Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam are all very
diverse in both cultural and language. So
creates a very good environment for anyone in
the world.

4. • South Korea has Insanely fast internet which helps to
produce the highest per capita spending on gaming in
the world. It is predicted to spread to everywhere as
broadband improves way past its current 170 million
internet users!
• Game companies focus a lot on mobile and web game
development because of their quick turnaround
• The lower cost of development to projects are one of
the main attractions of South East Asia. Some projects
are up to 1/8th the cost of western development
projects. This is one of the main reasons why a lot of
work is outsourced there.

5. In the news
• Nexon – South Korean MMO company(the maker
of several put in bid to buyout EA, as they see
them as their main competitor. This sparked a 6%
increase in EA’s shares.
• Bangkok based games company sandbox global
releases SE Asias first premier facebook game
(stylista) estimated to take in 1million+ players.
• South Korean government is rumoured to start
taxing ingame currency

6. The many games companies of South
East Asia