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Thu, 09/09/2010 - 11:14

Online games sector faces challenges and opportunities - analysts

by Nancy Zhang

Shanghai. September 9. INTERFAX-CHINA - Mixed second quarter results this year from China's leading online game operators show a leveling off in the robust growth of the industry that has lasted for over a decade. Not only is the online games industry going through a short-term transition, according to analysts, it is facing a challenging long-term slowdown. Rooted in macro-level changes in China's demographics and consumer environment, these challenges threaten to change the rules of the game. But investors say these changes also contain new growth opportunities.

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