Besides all of the incredible games that have been released on the iPhone OS platform over the last couple of years (can’t believe we can actually type that about the iPhone, it seems like only yesterday, teardrop) the iPhone has not really been seen as a ‘gaming device’ to many users. Once again the good ‘ole iPhone teaches us a lesson. Apple’s iPhone OS is taking bites at Nintendo and Playstation’s market share, according to Flurry Analytics and according to them these aren’t small bites we are talking about. Did anyone think it was eating the market share of the mega gaming companies? Quite frankly I didn’t, but I am always kind of wrong at market share predictions anyway. The evidence was always SMACK dab in my face – I mean come on. At any given time you can see that 7 of the 10 Top AppStore apps are consistently GAMES, and if you think about it your first download to your iPhone or iPod Touch was probably a game.
Also keep in mind the iPad, the newest member to the Apple family is arriving April 3 and it’s been reported by Flurry Analytics that 44% of the apps tested on the Apple iPad are GAMES (and we all thought this was just going to be a reading device, lol)!
So now for the questions. If in 2008 Apple only skimmed 5% from the largest players in the game industry and in 2009 they grabbed 19%, what will Apple’s market share be after this? Have you given up your Nintendo DS or your Playstation portable device to simply consolidate your handheld entertainment all into the iPhone? Have you decided against purchasing one of these devices for the all-in-one iPhone? Let us know, we wanna hear you!
[via iPhone Savior]
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