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Online Gaming 2005 Grows by 43 percent
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Worldwide online game subscription revenue grew 43 percent to $2 billion in 2005, according to a video gaming market research firm.
Online subscriptions remain a fraction of the estimated $29 billion in overall video game sales in 2005, but San Diego, Calif.-based DFC Intelligence expects the segment will reach $6.8 billion in sales by 2011.
MMORPG, such as the WOW accounted for more than half of the subscription sales in 2005 while one-fifth came from casual games. The remainder was split among sports, strategy, first-person shooter and children's games.
The vast majority of subscriptions are generated from games played on
PCs, but in five years, DFC forecasts that console-based online games
will become a bigger driver, accounting for 29 percent of worldwide
online subscription revenue.
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