Skullwaker on 13 August 2015
| OdinHades said: Just for comparison: Since 2007 there were at least 94 Million iPhones sold in the US - that's the number of active iPhones according to this article: http://www.cnet.com/news/nearly-100m-iphones-in-use-in-the-us-new-study-shows/ Worldwide, we are looking at an unbelievable number of 700 million iPhones. Add Android and you are at 2 billion devices. Now, if we assume that only 10 percent of smartphone users ever play games on their device, we still have an install base of 200 million people. That is insane. And your reason for the dying handhelds. I know you already heard it a bagillion times, but it's the hard truth. People play on smartphones today, end of story. |
I'm not sure I understand the point of this post.
Yes, smart phones are insanely popular. Yes, they have crippled the handheld market. But honestly, is it a fair comparison? No one buys a smart phone to play games. They buy them to communicate with others. People buying handhelds are buying them solely to play games. They're honestly two different things.
