A new report says that games spending on both the iOS App Store and the Google Play Store overtook portable gaming last year.
App Annie’s 2013 Retrospective report says that global App Store games spend overtook dedicated games portable software spend at the end of 2012 and Google Play overtook it in Q1 2013.
In Q4 2012 handheld console games spend ranked above both App Store and Global play. By Q2 2013 Google Play had overtaken portables and while portable gaming grew between Q2 and Q3 it was unable to catch Google Play, while App Store had surged far ahead.
The portable console numbers are inclusive of both digital and packaged games sales. Ad revenue is excluded from the figures.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/app-s...n-2013/0127423