| Seece said: I just can't imagine people caring about mobile gaming so much??? Surely if they're that into gaming they'll get something more suitable???? |
Gaming is gaming even if said game is just a simple block smasher. One only needs to look at the download and revenue count for games like candy crush and the naver line games to see that in both peniteration rate and title revenue, the mobile device obliterated Nintendo and Sony handhelds combined a long time ago.
If we compare raw numbers for example, as of 3rd of jan 2013 Apple had shifted 500m IOS devices, having moved 100m since July, 2012 to Jan 2013, we can then safely assume that number is now closer to 600m.
If we compare then just apple devices, with nintendo and sony handhelds, we see the following.
DS - 154.77
GB - 118.69
GBA - 81.51
3DS - 34.25
389.22m total for Nintendo
PSP - 79.85
PSV - 5.75
85.6m total for Sony
Handheld total: 474.82
So combining ALL handhelds by nintendo AND sony together, is still 25.18m less than iOS sales figures, 9 months ago.
and this is just apple devices, not including the hundreds of other android based phones available.
Don't kid yourself people, mobile took the handheld crown a long time ago, in both device sales and revenue, people just like to make excuses as to why mobile doesnt count to make themselves feel a little better.
