Gaming is huge business, there's really no way around that. We can talk
all we want about the success and revenue generated by the iOS App Store
or Google Play, but what we're really talking about is how much money
games pull in. The new numbers from IDC are out and gaming is continuing
to boom. According to IDC, in the fourth quarter of 2013, game revenue
doubled on iOS and quadrupled on Android compared to Q4 of 2012.
iOS is still leading when it comes to game revenue. The chart below
is awkwardly designed, because 100 is the iOS revenue from Q4 2012
rather than using actual revenue amount totals, which would make far
more sense. But, it does show that iOS more than doubled in the past
year; and in Q4 of 2013, Google Play generated about 1.25 times what iOS
pulled in for Q4 2012. Google Play almost made as much as handheld
gaming consoles like the Nintendo 3DS/2DS and Sony PS Vita combined.
Overall, game revenue made up 75% of all consumer app spending for
the quarter, which just serves to prove our original point. As you might
expect, two of the biggest revenue generators were the same for both
platforms with Candy Crush and Puzzle & Dragons, though rounding out
the top three for iOS was Clash of Clans, and on Google Play it was
Monster Taming for Kaoko, which is a Korean title.
source: The Next Web
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