Acer Gaming Inc (宏碁遊戲), the gaming console and PC game distribution arm of Acer Inc (宏碁), yesterday said it expects revenue to grow each quarter this year and annual sales to surpass last year’s total, on the back of new title launches and distribution channel expansion.
Acer Gaming, which is about 70 percent owned by Acer, reported revenue of NT$5.52 billion (US$174.63 million) last year, up 28.4 percent year-on-year.
Game distribution in Taiwan accounted for about 50 percent of the company’s total revenue, followed by the Philippines at 10 percent, Hong Kong at 8 percent and Singapore at 5 percent, while game art outsourcing unit Winking Corp (唯晶) contributed the remaining 27 percent, Acer Gaming president James Hsu (徐挺洋) said at a business presentation event in Taipei.
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Acer Gaming has been the exclusive sales agent for Sony Group Corp’s PlayStation 5 in Taiwan since 2020, with its focus gradually shifting from hardware sales to expanding the overall player base and driving growth in related software and merchandise, Hsu said.
The company has also served as a PlayStation sales agent in the Philippines, Hong Kong and Singapore since 2022 and plans to expand into additional markets, he said.
In its game distribution segment, hardware accounted for about 80 percent of total revenue, while software contributed the remaining 20 percent, he added.
Acer Gaming is confident about its business prospects, driven by increasing economies of scale, rising gaming software revenue and improved earnings from game art outsourcing, Hsu said.
The recent surge in memory prices has not affected the company’s operations, as it has not received any notice from suppliers about console price increases and has not seen significant front-loading of orders, he said.
The console and PC markets differ in structure, with console platforms typically having a smaller player base and longer product cycles, and more centralized inventory planning and pricing giving them more pricing power, he added.
Acer Gaming plans to make its debut on the Taiwan Innovation Board before the end of this month at the earliest at NT$40 per share.
Separately, Winking CEO Johnny Jan (詹承翰) said the company is evaluating about 10 more potential acquisition targets after completing three deals over the past two years.
Winking is optimistic about its performance this year after securing US$48.6 million in art services contracts, of which about US$34.6 million would be booked this fiscal year, he said.
Europe and the US are its biggest markets, accounting for about 30 percent of its total revenue, he added.
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