China's mobile gaming market will reach $2.9 billion by the end of this year

In 2014, revenue from mobile games in China will grow by 93%, amounting to $2.9 billion, Shanghai—based Niko Partners reported in its latest research.

She also estimated that the number of mobile gamers in China will reach 288 million people, 38% of whom are payers.

Every year, 4,000 (!) mobile games are published in China. The most popular are casual titles for Android, like match-3.

By 2018, mobile games will earn about $7.4 billion in China.

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