Android and IOS Will Kill the Portable Game Device?
More than two decades, the portable gaming industry dominated by Sony's PSP and Nintendo. However, since the presence of mobile phones based on Android and IOS, portable gaming fans even more abandoned. Analysts Flurry, Peter Farago explains the two embedded operating systems in the latest phones that could potentially undermine the revenue of two firms is a portable game. "The trend shows the market share of Android and IOS has tripled compared to 2009, from 20% to about 60%t," said Farago. Based on the results of research conducted by Flurry, Nintendo of income in 2009 was still reaching 70% share of the portable gaming market. Then, slumped to 57% in 2010 and estimates this year would only reach 36% share of the total game market.