Video games in Indonesia
overview about video gaming in Indonesia
Video gaming in Indonesia is a growing sector, holding the 16th largest market in the world and about half of the Southeast Asian market in 2017. Over 40 million people in the country are active gamers, with mobile gaming being the dominant sector in terms of revenue. The development of video games in the country began with imported consoles and arcade centres, prior to developments of online gameplay in PC games and increasing prevalence of the internet cafés. Mobile games only began gaining importance as smartphones were introduced.
The Indonesian video game industry contributed about US$1.1 billion to the national economy in 2015, despite only earning a small fraction of the local gaming revenues. Video game piracy is also prevalent across the country, making up the majority of installed games.
History
Development of video games in Indonesia began in the mid-1980s through imported video game consoles such as the SNES, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PlayStation and Xbox. Arcade centres also appeared, including major chains Timezone which started in Indonesia at 1995 and Amazone which was established in 2001. Local entertainment chains such as Funworld which was established in 1983, have also began introducing Arcade machines and games as a part of their brand expansion. According to a designer from Namco Bandai, 1,000 of the 1,500 arcade machines distributed in Asia Pacific operated in Indonesia.
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