With more processing power and better graphics than their predecessors, smartphones are now eating into the handheld games console market once dominated by Nintendo and Sony, researcher iSuppli reports.
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Shipments of game-capable mobile phones are set to rise 11.4
percent to 1.27 billion this year, iSuppli says. Meanwhile sales of dedicated
video-game consoles will be little changed at 52.3 million, while portable
units are tipped to drop 2.5 percent to 38.9 million units.
“With casual gaming dominating the market, the iPhone
is starting to give the traditional hand-held (Nintendo) DS and (Sony) PSP
models a run for their money and will likely continue into the future,”
said researcher Pamela Tufegdzic.
