Gaming revenue of eSports in China 2016-2024
Home to over 490 million eSports users, China reported a total game sales revenue of 143 billion yuan in its eSports market in 2024. A supply of new high-quality games resulted in a 7.5 percent revenue growth compared to the previous year. Since November 2019, the Chinese government has imposed stricter video game time limits on players under the age of 18. The current regulation prohibits play time over three hours per week, which makes it difficult for eSports clubs to recruit teenage gamers in a fiercely competitive field where most pro players retire in their mid-twenties.
