r/Mali • u/Civil-Lynx-1921 • Oct 27 '24

Gaming in Mali?

Hey guys! I look at gaming cultures around the world and I am a racing game fan. I have asked all of these questions on different subreddits, simply because I am curious about how each and every single country on this planet experiences video games. I am also curious about gaming in Mali. My questions are:

What is more popular? PC or console?

What was more popular in the late 90s and early 2000s? PC or Console?

What racing game was popular in the late 90s and early 2000s!

What do racing game fans in Mali play today?-(I get it might not be the most popular genre, but for people who like it, what do they play?)

In general, what games are played there?

Thanks for your responses!!!!

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u/Isenki Oct 27 '24

you can get an idea by going to https://www.facebook.com/Maligameservice/photos or https://ml.coinafrique.com/categorie/jeux-video-et-consoles

Few people have the income to buy this stuff. I guarantee you most people play games on their phone.

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u/Age-Checker Oct 27 '24

The few who have the income prefer console games in my experience

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u/CraftoML Oct 28 '24

What is more popular? PC or console?
Console (PS2 is the more common but richers also have PS4 , Switch, wii and a very minority have PS5)
PC is also popular but less than PS2&3.

Most Popular games includes: (As majority of games have ps2)
- GTa san andreas / vice city
- Mercenaries
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
- DOWNHILL DOMINATION
- MX Unleashed
- God of War (Especially on ps2)
- PES ans Fifa
- Jet Li
- James Bond
.......

peoples with PS4 and 5, Switch and PC plays moden games like gta5, call of duty, Mario etc.... same preference as Western Audience

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What do racing game fans in Mali play today?-(I get it might not be the most popular genre, but for people who like it, what do they play?)
- BB Racing and Asphalt on mobile is the more popular one
- Also racing games above.
- Mario Cart for people with nintendos
- Grand Turismo and others are also played but by very few.

I don't know if this is enough, i'm myself is a malian and a genshin impact player.

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u/Civil-Lynx-1921 Oct 28 '24

When did video games become common in Mali? It seems to me that many countries in Africa started out later due to economic hardships. Some countries say that video games became mainstream around 2004-05. Is that the case for Mali?

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u/CraftoML Oct 29 '24

Gaming is somehow something pretty universal, only his acces are limited by the buying power of young citizen, As ps2 is the more common gaming device, i think it may has started to grow since ps2 went out. I'm a gen Z person i can't give detail to it since i growed with gaming bying already popular,

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u/Altruistic-Bison5134 Oct 27 '24

I don't know but you can find this in Planete A festival

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u/JackMension Oct 29 '24

I have a cousin in Mali 🇲🇱 who has a switch! It depends I think older generation sees them as vices but that just imo.

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u/Civil-Lynx-1921 Oct 29 '24

Do you happen to know when video games became a thing there?

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u/JackMension 20d ago

Not really. I do however know of a video game industry being developed in Africa!