E-Gamers gather in Turkey for international championship
by Daily Sabah
ISTANBULSep 24, 2014 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Daily Sabah
Sep 24, 2014 12:00 am
Point Blank International Championship (PBIC) will gather e-game junkies for the first time in Istanbul from Sept. 27 to 28. The e-game competition is known as the only FPS (first person shooter) international championship tournament across the world. Among the participating countries, Turkey will compete with two teams.
The forthcoming event now turns heads toward e-game industry in Turkey. Founded in 2010 with Korean investments, Nfinity Games is the only game publisher that aims to develop Turkey in electronic sports. The company's first game "Point Blank MMOFPS" (Massively Multiplayer Online First Person Shooter) is the leading online game in the country and also national and international tournaments. This year, the company folded its shares in e-game industry with a new massively multiplayer online social game (MMOSG) "Freestyle Football."
Obviously, rapidly evolving e-game industry with a significant share in global economy should be regarded beyond as children game. Nfinity Games emphasizes Turkish game industry has strong potential for professionals, investors and players. Young e-game professionals are one of the main factors of its success. Executives at Nfinity Games reportedly rejected to work at higher- salary jobs and preferred e-game industry. The million-dollar business is gradually developing in the hands of professionals in their 20's.
The company recently announced Turkey's e-game industry rates according to the information by global market research company Newzoo. There are 30.3 million active internet users aged 16 to 50 in Turkey. Among them, there are 22.5 million active gamers.
Sixty one percent of Turkish gamers spend money on or in games. They prefer PC-MAC games with 15.7% followed by smart phone games with 11.3%, TV/Console games with 13.2%, MMOG with 13%, tablet with 4.5% and handhelds with 2.7%. Social and casual games come first with 20.7%. Turkey ranks 3rd in the world when it comes to share of total game time spent on PC. Turkish gamers spend 70% of their total game time on PC. It is reported that $400 to $500 million dollars spent for e-games in Turkey per annum.
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