Apr 18, 2011

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Portable Video Game Market Continues Losing Ground To Smartphones

Portable Video Game Market Continues Losing Ground To Smartphones

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Revenue in the gaming market (Catucha and applications) laptops in the U.S.

The title of the post is not just a scoop, but shows a trend toward more concrete: that the portable gaming market is increasingly threatened by smartphones. The data released by Flurry Analytics consulting can be up to a cold water bath for Nintendo, which also celebrates the undisputed success of the launch of 3DS.

This is the first paragraph of an article found on UOLtecnologia. It contains some interesting insights that fit the consumer and business insights focus of our blog. The article continues …

Let the data: according to Flurry Analytics (in partnership with the NPD Group) Nintendo DS had 70% of revenues in the U.S. market for portable games in 2009, while the Sony PSP and 11%. Only one year later, in 2010, Nintendo appears in the study as having 57% of revenue, down 13 percentage points, while the PSP has declined by two percentage points.

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Read full article on UOLtecnologia

 

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