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Combined Tencent-Supercell could have game sales of $13 billion in 2016

Newzoo turns over the envelope

Combined Tencent-Supercell could have game sales of $13 billion in 2016

Following the news that Tencent has acquired a majority stake in Supercell, the beancounters have been hard at work on some back-of-the-envelope calculations.

Granted, it's a large envelope.

Newzoo reckons that the acquisition gives Tencent $11.1 billion in annual game sales.

That compares to $6.7 million for Activision Blizzard (and King).

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The company also predicts that at current rates of growth, the combined Tencent-Supercell could generate $13 billion in 2016.

That's around 13% of the total game market.

As well as Supercell, Tencent also has investments in games companies ranging from Riot Games, Epic Games and Pocket Gems, to Glu Mobile and Miniclip.

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