Potential For Chinese Online Gaming Market Huge

Thanks to GameGossip for pointing out the NPD article discussing the swift growth of online gaming in China. According to the piece, "In 2002, China's online game industry pocketed 910 million yuan(about US$110 million), compared to 310 million yuan (about US$37.34 million) in the previous year.", and "the number of online game players... doubled from four million of the previous year." In related news, since most Chinese online gamers don't have their own PC, CNET is reporting on the consolidation of Net cafes "under the management of larger, mainly state-owned companies."