To diversify the gaming landscape, the industry must first understand the economic realities of playing video games in developing countries.
As part of its planned expansion, Galaxy Racer will allocate money to set up gaming infrastructure, including servers and tournaments, so Pakistani gamers can showcase their skills and compete for real money both at home and abroad. In the long haul, Alam also suggests that the company will invest in Pakistani gaming studios to ensure that the games of the future won’t be bogged down by orientalist representations of the East.
But for Sadia Bashir, to diversify the gaming landscape, the industry must first understand the economic realities of playing video games in developing countries. In Pakistan, where almost 65 percent of the population is under the age of 30, the market for video games is potentially huge, but with a GDP per capita of around $1,200, console and high-end PC gaming is out of reach for all but the richest segment of society.
In fact, it is difficult to buy games even if one has the money. Playstation, for instance, doesn’t have a store region for Pakistan, so Pakistani credit cards cannot be used to purchase games online. Instead, gamers are forced to create US-based accounts and buy exorbitantly priced gift cards that are brought in from America and sold at a premium by local vendors. The same goes for Xbox—Pakistan is not one of the platform's supported countries.
The solution, as far as Bashir is concerned, is to apply a Netflix-style model where the annual subscription charge takes into account the purchasing power of a given country rather than applying a uniform price point across all geographies. “We have to pay 800 rupees a month to use Netflix, and it’s so cheap that people are actually buying it.”
Of the projects Bashir currently has in development, the one she is most excited about is an educational video game that allows young mothers to navigate the challenges of breastfeeding their children—but increasingly her focus is on furnishing local creators with the skills they need to develop products that will appeal to the global market. “My ambition is to grow and support the ecosystem,” she says.
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