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The global mobile gaming market will grow at 16% CAGR to reach $18 billion in 2014. According to Pyramid Research’s latest report titled “Mobile Gaming in Emerging Markets: Five Year Forecast and Impact Analysis,” it’s the mobile users in emerging markets that will be the main engine of this growth.
Manager of mobile content at Pyramid Research and coauthor of the report, Jan ten Sythoff, says that the mobile gaming is a promising industry to which we say “well, daaaa.” 
Unlike us, he does have some numbers to put behind the claim: “Global mobile gaming revenue reached $6.9 billion in 2008, having grown strongly in recent years, with emerging markets contributing heavily.” The growth, according to Jan, will not only come from emerging markets, but from increased usage in developed markets, as well.
He went on to say: “Declining handset and data access prices have been central to the increased use of data services in emerging economies; also, because devices such as PCs and gaming consoles are less common, the mobile phone has become the primary device for accessing content such as Websites and games. This, combined with improving economic conditions, is resulting in increased adoption of mobile content and data services.”
More information about the report is available from Pyramid Research’s website.
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.
