The constant growth of mobile gaming isn’t really news to most people, but it’s always interesting to put numbers to impressions, and the latest Global Games Market Report by Newzoo does just that. Gaming revenue is expected to continue growing this year, with mobile gaming being the most lucrative segment of the gaming industry with a 19% growth year on year to claim about 42% of the market in 2017. The growth of smartphone and tablet gaming is expected to continue, with mobile gaming representing just over half the total games market by 2020.
Mobile gaming is expected to generate over $46 billion this year, with smartphone gaming easily leading tablets, the former brining in around $35 billion to the latter’s $10 billion. This gap shouldn’t surprise anyone since tablet sales have plummeted in recent years, although the study points out that the 280 million tablets used actively still contribute to the success of mobile games.
Gaming as a whole is growing more rapidly in Asian countries than in the west, and that’s true of mobile gaming as well. For instance, China’s growth mostly comes from mobile gaming, with Tencent and NetEase leading the charge. Most of North America’s growth will also come from smartphone gaming but to a lesser degree than in China’s case. So, as I said early on, nothing too surprising in this study, but it’s definitely interesting to see that mobile gaming continues to grow and that Asian countries are becoming increasingly important, a fact that will definitely affect game developer decisions. Read the whole study here.
Hey guys. I literally spend 1000's a year on Amazon but live in Canada. Do you have a referral link for the Canadian site or does it only work at the .com domain?
That is... a good question. One I don't know the answer to but will figure it out.
Eli, did you figure this out for Canada and the UK?
Working with a service called Georiot to get it done, nothing final yet.
Same for the UK 🇬🇧
If the touch arcade app had a in app purchase to use as a donation I would have certainly given some additional monies to yall. I try and check out the games from your sponsors regularly too.
Have you ever considered adding an in app donation button.
We can't update the app so it's sort of moot.
Why can't you update the app? Just curious.
Core functionality violates the App Store guidelines.
If you had a nickel for every time you explained this, TA would be good on cash.
I've never heard this before so I was curious. If the core funcionality violates guidelines, why do they allow you guys to keep the TA app on the AppStore?
http://toucharcade.com/2016...
This article explains things pretty well.
If I could tell you why Apple does things I wouldn't need to beg people to click an Amazon referral link. :P
Touché
How much does touch arcade need per month to be "secure"? Maybe worth investing into? I'm listening if TA wants to talk...