Outsource to India game development

Outsource to India because India is emerging as a major international gaming industry—both in terms of a consuming market as well as a game development industry for outsourcing companies. According to gaming experts and research firm AC Nielsen, India is fast emerging as a key one-stop destination for game development in all gaming genres including PC and online gaming, mobile gaming, and console gaming.

Game development analysts say that the Indian gaming industry is expected to grow at a robust CAGR (compounded annual growth rate) of 30-50 per cent between 2010-13. This has given added impetus to companies to outsource to Indian game development vendors, who have produced gaming products related to Hollywood films, and for the global commercial gaming industry.

Many clients also outsource to India to take advantage of individual game developers to work on small projects. Being a major outsourcing market on the back of cost advantage, many clients want to outsource to individual and professional game development outsourcing firms. More and more global game developers are now choosing to outsource to India for completion of international projects.

And the surprising factor is that while India has talented game developers and game development companies, it does not have, technically, a “gaming industry”. It also does not have many “gaming institutes” to impart game development education.

Despite these drawbacks, India as a creative force and a consuming nation, has grown by leaps and bounds, and clients want to outsource to India based on India’s reputation and proven skills as an outsourcing destination.

Companies outsource to India game development due to the price factor
The advantage of looking at India for game development services can also be seen in terms of input costs. The growing costs of game development are a matter of worry for firms and studios globally. Thus, they are on the lookout for affordable solutions. India is capable of providing cost-effective services for various crucial and complex game development projects, which is why they outsource to India game development.

It's not just price, clients outsource to India for skills
It’s not beyond comprehension that companies around the world outsource to India due to the impeccable graphic design skills and back end software of Indian gaming vendors. Companies outsource game development to India also because they know Indian game development professionals will combine skill with high levels of quality assurance and testing.

As a result, Indian game development professionals are capable of handling multiple and complex projects. They also ensure quick turnaround time, faster development, and support deployment as well.

Companies outsource to India projects in the three broad segments

• Computer games that are delivered on disks or CD- ROMs and played on a PC
• Video games that use dedicated consoles to play the game
• Wireless games market that is dominated primarily by games played on mobile phones

Clients are outsourcing game development to Indian outsourcing vendors to aggressively develop games in all these three segments.

Clients want to outsource to India to access Indian gaming market
Apart from choosing to outsource to India projects originating outside India, clients want to outsource to India game development projects to cater to India’s exploding gaming market

Console gaming in India is expected become a $203 million segment by 2013 on the basis of favorable demographics, rising urban disposable incomes, and new generation consoles penetrating the Indian markets. Clients are thereby encouraged to outsource to India console game development.

The PC and online industry is expected to record a CAGR over 36 per cent in 2009-13. The primary growth drivers for PC games in India are the growing broadband subscriber base, multifunctional nature of PCs and availability, and price points of PC game titles.

No wonder companies want to outsource to India game development projects to gain from the lucrative Indian gaming market.

All in all, companies want to outsource to India because India has various advantages in game development, and the young demographics of the country is creating a boom for gaming products in all major gaming platforms.