Growth of the web + Mobile gaming in India
Is the Growth of the Web Slowing Down or Just Taking a Breather? There are now 231.5 million websites according to Netcraft. But last year the number of new sites added to the Web slowed down to 29.9 million, from 48.7 million in 2007. The total for the year will almost surely be much greater than the 2007 increase, and is already larger than all the sites added in 2008. Does that mean the global economy is already on a rebound or simply that countries like China and Russia are embracing the web in a big way?
Over the past year, China exponentially added new websites into the internet everyday. However, many of these websites were duplicate websites. Overall, it is unclear based on internet growth whether the global economy is already on a rebound. Nevertheless, one thing is for sure, developing countries like China, India and Russia are becoming increasingly more influential on the internet world.
On another note (also concerning growth) mobile gaming in India is still up’n’coming (SMS still constitutes the largest chunk of the pie, mobile gaming is approximately 1%). With the onset of 3G, the mobile gaming industry is estimated to grow by up to 200% by the next financial year, say industry experts. Today variety of games are available and many games are offered for free downloads, making games very popular among the mobile users.
India is famous for their cheap mobile rates and a huge youth market. Propelled by the onset of 3G games, sheer size of the market and the continual growth of the youth subscriber base, gaming is certainly the next big thing to enjoy on the go.
