Mei Ri Jing Ji Xin Wen·2025-09-18 02:37Group 1 - The gaming sector has shown strong performance recently, driven by new product release expectations and industry recovery, with the gaming ETF (159869) gaining nearly 1.5% [1] - Major stocks in the gaming ETF include Xunyou Technology (300467) leading with over 10% increase, followed by Beiwai Technology (002148) with nearly 6% rise, and others like Kaiying Network (002517), G-bits (603444), Baotong Technology (300031), and Giant Network (002558) also showing significant gains [1] - The gaming ETF has seen a net inflow of funds for two consecutive days, accumulating a total of 5.92 billion yuan [1] Group 2 - In the first half of 2025, the gaming sector achieved revenue of 54.452 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.17%, with net profit rising 74.95% to 8.052 billion yuan [2] - The profit increase is attributed to leading companies like Perfect World (002624) focusing on core product operations and self-developed IP iterations, alongside contributions from hit games and new game version updates [2] - The overall profitability of the gaming sector improved, with gross margin and net margin rising by 0.37 percentage points and 4.13 percentage points to 67.80% and 14.74%, respectively [2] Group 3 - Wanlian Securities notes that the media sector's overall performance is recovering, with significant improvement in the gaming sector's performance in Q2 2025 [3] - The long-term outlook for the industry is positive, with expectations of recovery in industry prosperity driven by gradual restoration of content supply, deepening AI technology empowerment, policy support, and consumer recovery [3] - Companies in the film and television industry, as well as those in the gaming sector showing strong performance, are recommended for attention, along with those involved in digital assets and AIGC-related technologies [3]