subject: Survey Says Iphone And Android Handsets Squeeze Nintendo Handheld Market [print this page] According to a copy of the current United States gaming market survey, iOS and the rise of Android terminals, gradually beginning to compressed video game handheld gaming market. Last year, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduction iPhone 4 o'clock, it means Apple gaming handheld disruption requires no additional development, because already there are thousands of games to play in the App Store. Under City control company Flurry against United States territory of statistics made application for mobile device market, found in a large number of anonymous respondents, with up to 80,000 applications each month, which contains about 40 per cent of the game.
While phase more Yu 2009 only for iPhone phone for statistics, 2010 years within is is append has contains iPad and Hou potential rise of Android phone, and platform such as moved device of data, and for game platform by occupy of market proportion in the, iPhone in 2009 of when only occupies 5 around of City homes subscribing to, Palm machine market also has 24, and stand-alone platform (such as PS3, and Xbox 360 such as) is homes subscribing to has 71 city accounted for rate.
But in 2010 years between, contains iOS, and Android, device of city accounted for is upgrade to 8, generally Shang should is because Android phone large launched, while iPhone 4 also large hot, and in stand-alone platform part is may because new body sense device or new host (such as PS Move, and Kinect, and new Xbox 360 host,), therefore accounted for rate also rose to 76, turn let Palm machine city accounted for rate only left 16.
If the segment for mobile device category, so in 2009 largely to iPhone , PSP and NDS as a third of the world situation, but seems to Nintendo still has the greatest advantages, about 70 per cent of market share, iPhone and PSP respectively 19 and 11 per cent of market share. But after that by the year 2010, but also because much more Android handsets, while the new iPhone also be launched, thus overall market share has changed markedly, although still to Nintendo NDS account according to the highest, but slipped to 57, Sony PSP or joint affected, slipping to 9, then the potential rise of iOS and Android devices was down 34 per cent of market share.
At present appear to PSP on United States gaming market is kind of dangerous, and Nintendo released in March, when the new handheld Ninrendo 3DS, hopes that by stripShow 3D stereo vision game successfully attract players ' attention, but relative to the invasion of the iOS and Android devices, seem to have a bit difficult to resist.
