App Annie — in partnership with International Data Corporation (IDC) — is pleased to announce the release of its latest App Annie & IDC Portable Gaming Report, focusing on game consumption trends for mobile devices and handheld game consoles. Included in this free review of 2014 are a variety of charts and insights comparing app store market share, per-platform spending and much more.

1. Portable Gaming Spotlight, 2014 Review
February 2015

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Installed Base Snapshot
2014 Spending Patterns
Key Themes & Takeaways

3. 3
Worldwide
Smartphones
&
Tablets
Used
for
Gaming
Installed
Base
Shares
by
OS,
4Q13
&
4Q14
0%
25%
50%
75%
Android
iOS
All
Others
4Q13
4Q14
+5.2
pts
-­‐2.8
pts
Source:
IDC
-­‐2.3
pts
• The installed base (IB) for smartphones and tablets used for gaming
exceeded 1B in 4Q14 for the first time
• Android’s share of this installed base approached 75% in 4Q14
• “All Others” is largely Windows, BlackBerry and Symbian devices

4. 4
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Nintendo
3DS
&
2DS
Sony
PlayStaHon
Vita
&
PSP
Nintendo
DS
&
DSi
Millions
(Units)
4Q13
4Q14
• Hardware platforms
span all SKUs
* Represents combined packaged
game shipments & digitally
purchased copies of these same
games (excludes titles that
received digital distribution only).
Worldwide
Handheld
Game
Console
SoGware
Shipments:
Packaged
Games
&
Digital
Full
Game
Downloads,
4Q13
&
4Q14*
• The global installed base for handheld game consoles ended 2014 at
~175MM devices
• Full game software shipments/sales volumes in 4Q14 were 5% below that
of 4Q13, but this was almost entirely due to decreased DS/DSi demand
Source:
IDC

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