wraggster
March 28th, 2014, 21:03
Smartphone games now account for 50 per cent of entire games market
The market for smartphone games in Japan almost doubled in size last year, reaching $5.4 billion in total sales.
According to data released by the Japanese internet firm CyberAgent, the domestic smartphone game market generated ¥546.8 billion ($5.4 billion) in 2013, an increase of 178 per cent over the ¥307.2 billion earned in the prior year.
And the smartphone market now represents a more significant percentage of the software market as a whole. In 2013, the entire Japanese software market was worth ¥1103.6 billion ($10.8 billion), so smartphone games accounted for around 50 per cent of the whole. In 2012, it was only 30 per cent.
http://images.eurogamer.net/2013/articles//a/1/6/6/6/0/1/3/JapanMobile.png
However, this rate of growth is expect to slow over the next few years, rising to around $6.5 billion in value in 2014, $7.4 billion in 2015, and $8.2 billion in 2016.
http://images.eurogamer.net/2013/articles//a/1/6/6/6/0/1/3/JapaneseMobile.png
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-03-28-japanese-smartphone-market-doubled-in-2013
The market for smartphone games in Japan almost doubled in size last year, reaching $5.4 billion in total sales.
According to data released by the Japanese internet firm CyberAgent, the domestic smartphone game market generated ¥546.8 billion ($5.4 billion) in 2013, an increase of 178 per cent over the ¥307.2 billion earned in the prior year.
And the smartphone market now represents a more significant percentage of the software market as a whole. In 2013, the entire Japanese software market was worth ¥1103.6 billion ($10.8 billion), so smartphone games accounted for around 50 per cent of the whole. In 2012, it was only 30 per cent.
http://images.eurogamer.net/2013/articles//a/1/6/6/6/0/1/3/JapanMobile.png
However, this rate of growth is expect to slow over the next few years, rising to around $6.5 billion in value in 2014, $7.4 billion in 2015, and $8.2 billion in 2016.
http://images.eurogamer.net/2013/articles//a/1/6/6/6/0/1/3/JapaneseMobile.png
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-03-28-japanese-smartphone-market-doubled-in-2013