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According to a new report from Juniper Research, mobile games revenues reached $5.4 billion in 2008. Not surprisingly, markets that led this growth include India, Africa & Middle East, as well as developing nations across the Asia Pacific region.
In the report titled “Mobile Games: Subscription & Download (5th edition),” Juniper awarded two companies with its Future Mobile Awards for their achievements in the mobile gaming space. Apple took the Gold Award with its AppStore, while the silver medal went to Fishlabs for their work in development of premium 3D titles and their mobile gaming community – myFISHLABS.
Other findings from the Juniper report include:
- The Far East & China is the largest regional market in terms of games downloads.
- The Indian Sub Continent will overhaul Western Europe to become the second-largest such market by 2010.
- More than 50% of games downloaded by 2012 will be funded by advertising.
- Operators in Europe and the US need to reduce their demands on game revenue share to encourage developers.
Want to know more? Check out Juniper Research’s website to get more details about the report.
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
