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Originally Posted by raymond_turney
Hi,
Does anyone know how gaming is doing in India?
As India liberalizes and becomes more prosperous, there should be more people with time to game. They are not yet as rich, on the average, as we in the US and Great Britain are. So everyone might not have signed up for World of Warcraft. Many Indians {about 200 million, I think} are literate in English. There is no obvious reason to assume that the percentage of Indians literate in English who might take an interest in RPG's if exposed to them is any lower than the percentage of US citizens or British subjects who have taken an interest in RPG's. So for all I know, gaming might actually be expanding there, and I'm just unaware of it because I don't happen to know any Indian gamers.
Ray,
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From what I know about India, they hardly take any stock in leisure time. It's pretty much work, work, and more work, which conventional wisdom would say would make them rich. But it's the countries that work hardest to have leisure time in style that are always the richest--because a lot of money circulates when people are buying leisure items and activities.
India isn't exactly known for it's creativity, mainly due to its over-emphasis on just working.
Besides, there's a push to bring most of those jobs that have been outsourced back to the U.S. Many politicians are talking about tax breaks for companies that keep the jobs in the country. So India's future isn't quite certain for the near future.