[Qoo News] GameStart Inaugural Gaming Survey Sheds Insights on Gaming in SG

Eliphant, the organizers of GameStart Asia, has recently conducted an online survey with over 2,000 gamers between the age of 17 – 45 years old from Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Brunei. Compiling the feedback they received, here are some of the trends of SEA gamers. How many of them do you share?

▍SEA Survey Findings

In the SEA survey, the majority of the participants were students, being at 51%, with 82.1% being male gamers. 80.8% of SEA gamers preferred to game in the comforts of their own homes and 11.9% preferred to play in cybercafes and arcades. Surprising, 2.7% of the participants preferred to play on the move. There is one thing that most gamers agree on, and that is playing with others is more fun as almost 60% of the participants game with their friends.

▍Top 5 Most Popular Game Genres in SEA

RPG: 21.5%
FPS: 18.3%
MMO: 11.6%
MOBA: 13.6%
Fighting: 11.4%

▍Trends in Singapore

Similar to the results from the SEA survey, most Singaporean gamers prefer to play at home (89.7%) with PC being the favored platform (53.6%). Surprisingly, only 54.6% of the participants in the Singapore survey indicated that they play with friends, suggesting more solo players in Singapore.

▍Top 5 Most Popular Genres in SG

RPG: 22.1%
FPS: 9.3%
Simulation: 7.8%
Third Person Shooter: 13.6%
Fighting/MMO: 6.8%/6.8%

▍More News on GameStart 2019!

In addition to the previous announcement of having a demo for the highly anticipated Final Fantasy VII Remake, attendees will also be able to try a number of Asia exclusive (outside of Japan) demos including:

MARVEL Super War
Marvel’s Avengers
Disney Tsum Tsum Festical
Just Dance 2020
BlazBlue Cross Battle Tag 2.0
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CDProjekt Red will also showcase a special gameplay video for Cyberpunk 2077. The special video has only been shown in large conventions in the west including E3 and Gamescom.