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Report: iPhone Game Revenue Overtakes PSP's
by Brian Leahy, Mar 22, 2010 7:00pm PDTUsing publically available data sources, Flurry Analytics is estimating that in 2009, game revenue from iPhone and iPod Touch games surpassed PSP game revenue in the United States.
Culling data from the NPD Group sales figures for the DS and PSP and estimating "iPhone game sales using a combination of data made available by Apple and using ratios and calculations from an aggregated set of data [from Flurry's own analytics data]," the group puts the iPhone's game revenue at almost 400% growth in 2009 over 2008.
On the iPhone, this represents a jump from a 5% share of portable game revenue in 2008 to 19% in 2009. In the same time period, Flurry puts the PSP at dropping from a 20% share to 11%. The DS held it's massive lead, but dropped from 75% to 70%.
Though these figures rely heavily on estimation and extrapolation, it appears that Apple has a legitimate gaming platform on its hands. Throw in sales for non-gaming applications and there is money being made on iPhone OS.
Apple's iPad, which will run iPhone OS games, will be released on April 3rd.
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I love my Wii and DS, but just ask Nintendo about this, it works.
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What (even halfway) good games has the psp come out with? howabout lately?
Last game I bought on the PSP I picked up was Final Fantasy 1&2. (or was it FF tactics?)
Sony just isn't even making an effort on the PSP anymore.
If it wasn't for pr0n, I wouldn't hardly touch the psp.
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It could also go the way of the nokia n-gage. I think the iphone does so well because it is a good smart phone first that handles custom apps VERY well. Also, the n-gage may have been ahead of it's time a little.
The suprising thing is that the horrilbe apps on the Iphone are selling... do people have that much free time that a "fart" app (yes a fart app was a #1 app for awhile, I think if i was apple i would have that one low key too) is entertaing them.. oh ya.. that is considered a "game" for this study too...
The Iphone will have a tough time soon if they sign more exclusives with AT&T after the current contract is up.. TO many phones almost as good (or maybe as good or better) out or comming down the pipe. And the other phone are on Networks that work..
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