The growing popularity of smartphone games like PUBG Mobile and Fortnite is a huge leap forward in India’s gaming market. According to the recent research study conducted by JetSynthesys, a Pune-based digital entertainment company, India is expected to reach 310 million gamers in by 2021. The study took into account the gaming preferences of over 1,100 gamers belonging to various age groups and platforms.
Currently, India has 735 million Internet users, further indicating that 1 out of 2 Indians would have played a mobile game by 2021. The research also points out that gamers under the age of 24 accounts for a half of the gaming population of India. Out of the remaining half, the majority of gamers are under 36 years of age.