Omdia Market Radar: Cloud Platforms for Games, Asia & Oceania – 2025
Cloud technologies are significantly transforming the global games industry, especially in Asia & Oceania, where cloud platforms are crucial for game developers. These platforms provide essential infrastructure and services like development workflows, analytics, and live operations, supporting the rise of multiplayer and free-to-play games. Asian developers, leading in these genres, rely on cloud services for tools such as player matchmaking and data analytics. Understanding major cloud providers and their tailored solutions is vital for industry players in this increasingly cloud-centric market.
Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services
Tencent Cloud is a Niche Player in this Magic Quadrant. Tencent sets itself apart by prioritizing cloud-native services that not only support its commercial cloud business but also cater to other business groups within its parent company Tencent Holdings. Tencent Cloud has a wide portfolio of public cloud services available internationally, with an emphasis on container-based PaaS services.
Magic Quadrant for Communications Platform as a Service
Tencent Cloud is a Challenger in this Magic Quadrant. The China-based publicly traded cloud provider is also active in infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, SaaS, gaming, digital content and meetings. Tencent also owns WeChat and WeCom. Tencent Cloud’s CPaaS platform provides a wide base of services, from SMS and SIP trunks, to advanced capabilities like 5G, IoT and biometric security. It also offers a one-stop shop for audio and video services, which is a big part of its CPaaS business. Tencent Cloud continues to promote RTC and chat for gaming and entertainment, integration of CPaaS capabilities and digital transformation, user-experience-driven UI innovations, and AI strategies for future growth.
Voice of the Customer for Cloud Database Management Systems
Cloud database management systems store and manage data for transactional and/or analytical work in the organization. Data and analytics leaders can learn from ratings and reviews by their peers shared on Gartner Peer Insights.
Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Developer Services
Tencent Cloud is a Niche Player in this Magic Quadrant. Its CAIDS offering, Tencent AI, provides an AI code assistant, vision, language and tabular data services. Its AI vision capabilities have been accelerated by its knowledge from and access to its WeChat social media superapp. Tencent Cloud has increased its AI capabilities for vertical-specific use cases, with solutions for child care, cybersecurity and manufacturing.