Comments on: Smartphones Sucking Dollars Out of Portable Games http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/ios-and-android-take-1-in-3-dollars-of-portable-game-revenue/ Sat, 18 May 2013 17:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ken http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/ios-and-android-take-1-in-3-dollars-of-portable-game-revenue/#comment-617762 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:29:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331158#comment-617762 The games are for the most part just flash games you would find online,and for free.Angry birds is a clone of a flash game.

Oh the future looks fantastic.

]]> By: Eric http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/ios-and-android-take-1-in-3-dollars-of-portable-game-revenue/#comment-617349 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:30:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331158#comment-617349 The winner may be Microsoft.. they now have xbox360 and wp7 which to them does not compete. They should do what dreamcast did. Mini game tie-in’s on wp7 for xbox360 games. Also, unlockables for xbox360 games that you can only get on wp7 games. etc.

]]> By: RomiFoeb http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/ios-and-android-take-1-in-3-dollars-of-portable-game-revenue/#comment-617173 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 05:49:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331158#comment-617173 this is a tad bias considering who’s counting the numbers & that it’s being posted on a mobile site. meaning, I would never come here expecting to hear about how great Nintendo/Sony are selling (3DS BTW is selling incredibly well).

also, of course Nintendo/Sony marketshare is going to decrease when a new successful competitor enters the arena, remember 100% is still the max ;-)

bottom line is, if Nintendo is still seeing substantial profits then they will continue to do what they do regardless of marketshare. I think Sony is in a far more dangerous place with an upcoming super expensive handheld looking to follow the same fate as the PS3, especially after a lackluster initial PSP.

BTW, I agree that dedicated mobile & console gaming have no future, but the Big 3 can ride it out for another decade. by then I expect them too all jump ship to Android/Windows 8+ as iOS will suffer the same fate as MacOS & have too small a marketshare for game devs too care (just like now, PC vs Mac games).

]]> By: pk de cville http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/ios-and-android-take-1-in-3-dollars-of-portable-game-revenue/#comment-617112 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:23:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331158#comment-617112 It’s interesting that we have Android and iOS games grouped together. Who’s Flurry’s client? Google or Apple? I’m sure Flurry know the split numbers, but chose not to report them.

Also, is Flurry counting ad revenue in their game sales? Or just true purchase or subscription revenue?

]]> By: Steve http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/ios-and-android-take-1-in-3-dollars-of-portable-game-revenue/#comment-616989 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:20:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331158#comment-616989 When it was time for my elementary school aged children (and many of their friends) to upgrade / replace their Nintendo DS units they opted for a iPod touch. For about the same price it plays games, but it has so much additional functionality with a camera, music player and app platform. Sure, the Nintendo is slightly better at games, but slightly better isn’t good enough to compete with the Swiss Army Knife versatility of the iPod. The fact that Nintendo can’t impress the kids in its core target market doesn’t bode well for the future of dedicated handheld game devices.

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