Sentences with phrase «handheld game revenues»

If Nintendo get it right we could see them with a billion dollar mobile games segment in a couple of years time which would offset the loss of their dedicated handheld game revenues when Switch comes out and 3DS is discontinued.

Not exact matches

The report suggests that the major VR and AR areas that will be generating revenue fall into one of three categories: Content (gaming, film and TV, health care, education, and social); hardware and distribution (headsets, input devices like handheld controllers, graphics cards, video capture technologies, and online marketplaces); and software platforms and delivery services (content creation tools, capture, production, and delivery software, video game engines, analytics, file hosting and compression tools, and B2B and enterprise uses).

(For the record, the «total mobile and handheld» numbers combine game revenue data for phones, tablets, and portable consoles like the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo DS.)

A quick note about the data above: it's based on sales by revenue (not units), so home consoles have an advantage since they're not only more expensive than handhelds, their games also cost (sometimes a lot) more than their handheld counterparts.

Since 2009, we have seen a meteoric rise in the revenues and market share of games for iOS and Android devices and a decline in sales for dedicated handheld gaming consoles.

According to the report, combined consumer spending on games based on smartphone platforms outshone revenue garnered by handheld console titles in fourth quarter of 2012.