Japanese smartphone game market $2.7 Billion in 2012 | dedicated gaming software $2.8 Billion | Total Mobile > dedicated gaming

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NiKKoM said:

Soundwave said:
Well I guess that explains Square-Enix and Capcom's fascination with cell phone gaming.

The 3DS to Japan is more like what the 360/PS3 are to the West. It's the "standard" core gaming console in Japan, it just so happens in Japan the home console concept is basically gone. The 3DS fills that void.

3DS can't even fill in the handheld void left from the DS and PSP.. it's pretty sad:

numbers stolen from gaf:
http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=76061855

comparing numbers from  2006-2007 is really quite pointless, that is the two most succesful years for any console in japanese history