According to “The Global MMO Games Market: Payments, Intelligence and Trends” report by Netherlands-based payment services provider GlobalCollect, the Asia Pacific region, which is currently the largest games market in the world, generates 36 percent of global game revenues, but accounts for 64 percent of MMO revenues. The same source indicates that the top 10 countries by average transaction value in video gaming transactions all come from Europe and the Middle East.
Research shows that consoles remain the largest gaming segment worldwide but will decrease by 1 percent in 2013. Mobile gaming will see the biggest growth (+35 percent) followed by the MMO games market which will grow by 14 percent.
When it comes to fraud issues, the report unveils that Northern Africa and Central America are emerging as hubs for video game fraud according to statistics produced by GlobalCollect for transactions initiated in Q4 2102 resulting in a chargeback.
GlobalCollect has processed more than USD 14 billion in transactions for international e-commerce companies in 2012. The company’s video gaming-related revenue has jumped by more than 40 percent in 2012.
GlobalCollect’s payment platform processes consumer transactions in more than 170 different countries using local currencies and supports more than 150 different payment methods. GlobalCollect provides e-payment services for international customer not-present channels such as internet, mail and telephone orders and serves a range of industries such as travel, ticketing, telecommunications, retail, publishing, portals, online gaming and digital content.
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