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CYOP Systems
International, a developer and provider of online skill-games and video
games, has announced that it will be targeting Asian portals for
integration of its new Texas Holdem Poker software.
Claiming that Asia is fast
reaching the critical mass and interest needed for online poker, CYOP
hopes to become the early leader in the field. With its backend licensed
CrediPlay financial systems already localized into Traditional and
Simplified Chinese, CYOP has begun working on the front end game
translations of its poker games.
According to a
recent report from IDC Online, gaming revenues in the Asia-Pacific
region will reach $1.84 billion by 2008. Overall, online gaming
subscription revenues in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) are
projected to more than double by 2008 to $1.84 billion from $760 million
in 2003.
‘Recent reports have
Chinese Internet users spending an average of 12.3 hours per week online
with gaming and entertainment being the second most popular online
activity,’ said Mitch White, CEO of CYOP ‘Combined with reports that
China expects it will have a total of 120 million Internet users by the
end of 2005; a 28% increase from the 94 million users in 2004.’
‘If the numbers bear
out, China will have the second largest number of Internet users, after
the US. And given the propensity for online games, Texas Holdem Poker is
a perfect fit.’ |
