Smartphones boost mobile games industry

The rapid growth of smartphones have changed the face of mobile gaming platform industry. The iPhone and BlackBerry Curve, according to comScore,  have replaced the RAZR and low-end flip phones as the most popular gaming platforms.

iphone_simcityiPhone users accounted for 14 percent of mobile game downloaders in November. At least 32.4 percent of all iPhone users downloaded a game in the month, compared with a market average of 3.8 percent.

Mobile game downloaders grew 17 percent from November 2007 to November 2008, when 8.5 million people, or 3.8 percent of mobile subscribers, downloaded a game to their gadget.

[via Cellular News]

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