China's online gaming numbers are out!

The money shot:

San Francisco firm Pearl Research has published a report detailing the growth of the online games market in China. Seems it grew over 63 percent in 2008 to $2.8 billion.

It’s estimated that the market will grow to $5.5 billion in 2012. Over 70 percent of China’s 298 million internet users are under 30 years old.

That's pretty awesome. How about adding console gaming to the mix, eh China???

(Thanks Edge via VG247!)