iPhone users lead way in mobile game downloads

Dawn Kawamoto | Feb 03, 2009

(Credit: ComScore)

The number of iPhone users downloading mobile games to their devices jumped 14 percent in November, putting them in the lead of all mobilephone game downloaders in the US that month, according to a ComScore report released Friday.

The figures, based on a year-over-year comparison of three-month averages, showed that game downloads in November rose 17 percent overall to 8.5 million.

Although mobile subscribers users are increasingly putting their phones to work to download games, only 3.8 percent of all US mobile phone users took the time to download a game in November, according to ComScore.

However, a significantly higher percentage of all iPhone users, 32.4 percent, downloaded a game that month, according to the report.

Mark Donovan, a ComScore senior analyst, said in a statement:

The rapid growth in smart phone adoption in the United States has provided a boost for mobile gaming, as 34 percent of those downloading a game in November did so using a smart phone.

Last year, not one smart phone appeared in the top 10 devices used for mobile downloads. This year, six out of 10 are smart phones, excluding devices with smart phone-like functionality, such as the Instinct and Voyager, which also make appearances.

Via CNET News

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