• Source: Video games in Russia

      • Russia has one of the largest video games player bases in the world, with an estimated 65.2 million players nationwide as of 2018. Despite piracy being widespread in the Russian gaming industry,
      by 2019, the market more than doubled over the course of five years to the worth of over $2 billion.
      In 2001, Russia became the first country in the world to officially recognize competitive video gaming as a sport.


      History


      The history of gaming in Russia began in the early 1980s in the Soviet Union, when various personal computers such as the Atari 400/800, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum 48/128 were brought to the country from the United States, Europe, Japan, and China. At the same time, a local brand, Electronika, released a series of portable game consoles which were mostly clones of Nintendo products. By the mid 80s, Soviet programmers and enthusiasts began trying to develop their own games. The most famous Russian game designer of this era is Alexey Pajitnov, who is best known for creating Tetris.
      The Dendy, a Taiwanese hardware clone of the Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System, was released for the Russian market in 1992. By 1994, over one million Dendy units were sold in Russia. The Dendy went on to sell a total of 6 million units in Russia and other post-Soviet states.
      In 2010, Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of Russia encouraged Russian video game companies to make video games that were deemed "patriotic," as it was felt that foreign video game publishers made games that were anti-Russian.


      Arcades


      The first Soviet arcade game machines did not contain digital graphics, and the games' interface had to be emulated with help of physical objects.


      Russian game developers




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      Video game publishers in Russia




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      Demographics and popularity


      One in 5 Russians self report that they play video games, according to the Moscow Times. Video games enjoy mass appeal in Russia. Males make up 58% and females 42% of gamers. Russians tend to be impulse buyers. According to Newzoo 60% of PC gamers are male and 46% of mobile gamers are female.
      According to J'son and Partners Consulting, the biggest growth in gaming in Russia was mobile and PC games in 2016.


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