February 11th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »
With Juniper’s research posted about a week ago, now Understanding & Solutions reveals their vision on the mobile games market. They expect it to be worth $6 billion by 2011, which is considerably less then the $ 17.6 billion from Juniper.
The value of the mobile gaming market is placed directly after that of online games, according to Understanding & Solutions analyst David Rouse.
“Global revenues from mobile gaming are pegged at $3.6Bn this year,” says Understanding & Solutions Analyst, David Rouse, “and we predict this figure to rise to $6.0bn by 2011. Although not seen as the killer application for mobile, games are increasingly important as the market continues to see major growth. Subscription based and ad-funded models are on the rise,” continues Rouse, “and micro-transactions – the acquisition of additional levels or virtual goods during game play
