For the first quarter of this year, consumers spent more for games to be played over
iOS devices than was spent for games to be played over dedicated handheld gaming units. The latter includes handheld models like the Sony PSP and the Nintendo 3DS. The report was released by IDC and App Annie. According to the report, this quarter will see spending in the Google Play Store for games also overtake spending on games for dedicated handheld gaming devices.
Games represented
40% of the downloads coming from both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store in the first quarter. The top grossing game on both iOS and Android was the same title,
Puzzle & Dragons. Rounding out the top five iOS games was
Clash of Clans,
Candy Crush Saga,
Hay Day and
The Simpsons: Tapped Out. For Android, after
Puzzle & Dragons, the top five games consisted of
Everybody Cha Cha Cha followed by
Windrunner,
Candy Crush Saga and
Million Arthur.
According to the report,while iOS and Google Play saw Q1 increases in downloads, consumer spending and install base market share, all of these categories declined for handheld dedicated game players.
source:
AppAnnie via
FierceMobile via
PhoneARENA 
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