Ahmedabad Tops Indian Cities for Mobile Gaming, Opensignal Study Finds
- IBEF
- October 21, 2020
According to a report by Opensignal, Ahmedabad is the top town in India in terms of smartphone gamers. In terms of the number of users, the mobile analytics firm has published a list of India's top cities for mobile gaming. Navi Mumbai and Vadodara were second and third respectively in the rankings. It should be noted that Ahmedabad and Mumbai are the only tier 1 cities in the country that have been classified among the top 10. Opensignal says that tier 2 and tier 3 cities commanded an increased foothold on its list owing to the increasing penetration of affordable smartphones, low-cost data, and boost bandwidth in the world.
For its list of the country's top cities for mobile gaming experience, Opensignal examined mobile network experience in 48 of the largest cities in India. "The ranking, rated on a scale of 0-100, tests how" users view real-time mobile multiplayer gaming on cellular networks. "The study considered popular multiplayer battle arena games such as Call of Duty: Mobile, PUBG Mobile, and Clash Royale.
Though Ahmedabad ranks first with a score of 71.7, Navi Mumbai (70.1), Vadodara (69.8), Surat (68), Bhopal (67.8), Mumbai (67.8), Gwalior (67.7), Indore (67.7), Thane (65.7) and Rajkot (64.3) are the other top 10 cities. With 47.9 marks, Thiruvananthapuram placed last. Other Tier 1 cities have the following scores: Chennai (63.6), Hyderabad (63.1), Pune (61.5), Delhi (59.8), Bangalore (61.3) and Kolkata (57.2).
The research states that a successful gaming experience depends on three main variables: latency, packet loss, and jitter of the User Datagram Protocol (UDP). UDP latency, or packet delay, for time-sensitive applications such as gaming, tests the responsiveness of a network connexion. The sum of data packets that never reach their destination is denoted by packet loss. The variability in the arrival time of data packets is shown by Jitter. All three variables need to be strong for a stronger, smoother gaming experience.
Disclaimer: This information has been collected through secondary research and IBEF is not responsible for any errors in the same.
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