"Rapid broadband growth is one of the driving forces behind growth in the video gaming industry," said Greg Unsworth, partner and technology sector leader with PwC in Singapore.
"The emergence of higher speed processors, which allow improvement in gaming reaction times, has also contributed to the growth," he said.
According to Unsworth, video games are also rapidly becoming a social outlet for the younger generation and no longer just the domain of so-called tech geeks.
"Increasingly, video and PC gaming offers youngsters a venue to meet and socialize. For example, `PC baangs,' as the parlors are known in Korea, are usually clean and safe places, where some teenagers even meet for dates," Unsworth said.
"With the World Cyber Games, it shows that video gaming is becoming more mainstream, and is no longer just for `tech geeks,'" he said.
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