Report: Prepaid Game Cards To Generate $495M by 2014

SuperData Research, an analyst firm, released a report that predicts the prepaid game cards industry will generate $495 million a year by 2014. The report is an effort undertaken by the firm to analyze the prepaid game card market landscape and assess consumption patterns and behavior of digital consumers. Data analysis of over 250,000 prepaid card transactions suggests the growth to be explosive.

There are many reasons for this growth, ranging from consumers unwilling to use plastic (credit / debit cards), a rise in popularity of gaming, special benefits of prepaid cards, spontaneity and others.