Archive for the ‘Research & Stats’ Category

M:Metrics: iPhone Hype Continues

April 8th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Mmetrics According to fresh M:Metrics research, the iPhone hype is still standing strong. With 85% of the owners using the device for browsing the internet, it’s an interesting consumer base.

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The Indian Mobile Gaming Industry in Detail

March 17th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

IndiaGames has released a new report that states all kinds of detail around the Indian mobile gaming market, a market lead by Cricket and Bollywood.

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Player X Slamms GetJar

March 5th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Playerx We already saw it happening in our comments when we posted GetJar’s survey results that 1/3 of the mobile game downloads failed. Now, Player X openly slams the company in The Inquirer.

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35% of Mobile Games Fail

February 28th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | 2 Comments »

Getjar GetJar says 35% of the commercially available mobile games don’t work once consumers bought and downloaded them.

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Mobile Gamers Play, Not Download

February 20th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | 1 Comment »

In the most recent mobile games report from M:Metrics, the company shows that mobile gaming is gaming popularity, but most mobile gamers aren’t buying into the scene.

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Smartphones Ideal for Mobile Gaming

February 20th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Magmic Magmic Games carried out a survey with clients in their network about mobile gaming quality. 90% of the consumers said that smartphones offer a better experience than other models.

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UK Ad-Funded Market Valued at

February 18th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Mef A new report from the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) says that the ad-funded mobile games market in the UK is set to grow to a value of

Analysys: Content Providers Get More Control

February 12th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Analysys_3 Analysys has reported that even though operators stay dominant with their portals, that mobile game publishers seem to gain more control about end user pricing and customer relationships.

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Mobile Gamers Move Away From Decks

February 11th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Parksassociates Parks Associates has released a study to mobile game purchase behaviour and is predicting that mobile gamers are moving away from carrier decks to more specialized channels, which results in market growth.