14 Facts about Handheld Gaming

14 FACTS ABOUT HANDHELD GAMING The Nintendo DS and Sony PlayStation Portable were both released in 2004 PSP NINTENDODS Pavationatle That same year, videogame 4% to $7.3 billion software sales grew by In 2005, handheld gaming software 248 million games accounted for total were sold that year $3.84 billion That's almost 2 games for every household in America of overall game sales FEATURES BEST SELLING GAMES Split screen design 1. Nintendogs 2. New Super Mario Bros. Touchpad on lower screen 3. Brain Age Internal microphone 4. Mario Kart DS 5. Pokemon Diamond Wi-fi connectivity 1. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Larger 4.3" screen 2. Monster Hunter Freedom 2 PS3 and internet connectivity 3. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories 4. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Universal Media Disc storage for game and movie playback 5. Daxter Combined handheld gaming system sales as of 2009 176.73 million PSP NINTENDODS Plavtationraie 125.13 million 51.6 million VS Combined home gaming system console sales as of 2009 146.48 million Wii PLAYETATION a 70.78 million 40 million 35.7 million In 2008 TIME DS has two different meaning according to Nintendo named the PSP a Gotta Have DEVELOPERS SYSTEM OR DUAL SCREEN Travel Gadget The Nintendo DS (including DSi and DS Lite) is the Bestselling Video Game System of All Time Despite its dominance, the DS may have some competition on the way: Average cost of Nintendo DS game $25.00 Number of games available for Nintendo DS 930 NINTENDODS. Average cost of game in iPhone app store $1.36 iPhone Number of games available in iPhone app store 31,712 13 That's a In 2010, handheld gaming software 6.8% accounted for $2.7 billion decrease in sales of overall game sales Among all game software sales, handheld gaming has seen the largest sales decrease Console game sales PC game sales Handheld game sales UP 0.7% DOWN 2.7% DOWN 6.8% http://www.islandnet.com/-kpolsson/vidgame/vid1989.htm/ SOURCES http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/july03/25smartest/index23.shtml http://www.dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Console_Platforms/Nintendo/ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2010/100506e.pdf#page=23 http://www.nintendodsi.com/ http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/ds/faq.jsp#ds http://www.us.playstation.com/psp/about/specs http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1827576_1827591 1828191,00.html http://www.gamespot.com/features/6140988/index.html TRAVEL http://theschwartz.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/game-industry-projections-2005-to-2010/ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/historical_data/pdf/consolidated_sales_e0912.pdf InSurance http://148apps.biz/app-store-metrics/ www.Travellnsurance.org NINTENDODS 14 FACTS ABOUT HANDHELD GAMING The Nintendo DS and Sony PlayStation Portable were both released in 2004 PSP NINTENDODS Pavationatle That same year, videogame 4% to $7.3 billion software sales grew by In 2005, handheld gaming software 248 million games accounted for total were sold that year $3.84 billion That's almost 2 games for every household in America of overall game sales FEATURES BEST SELLING GAMES Split screen design 1. Nintendogs 2. New Super Mario Bros. Touchpad on lower screen 3. Brain Age Internal microphone 4. Mario Kart DS 5. Pokemon Diamond Wi-fi connectivity 1. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Larger 4.3" screen 2. Monster Hunter Freedom 2 PS3 and internet connectivity 3. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories 4. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Universal Media Disc storage for game and movie playback 5. Daxter Combined handheld gaming system sales as of 2009 176.73 million PSP NINTENDODS Plavtationraie 125.13 million 51.6 million VS Combined home gaming system console sales as of 2009 146.48 million Wii PLAYETATION a 70.78 million 40 million 35.7 million In 2008 TIME DS has two different meaning according to Nintendo named the PSP a Gotta Have DEVELOPERS SYSTEM OR DUAL SCREEN Travel Gadget The Nintendo DS (including DSi and DS Lite) is the Bestselling Video Game System of All Time Despite its dominance, the DS may have some competition on the way: Average cost of Nintendo DS game $25.00 Number of games available for Nintendo DS 930 NINTENDODS. Average cost of game in iPhone app store $1.36 iPhone Number of games available in iPhone app store 31,712 13 That's a In 2010, handheld gaming software 6.8% accounted for $2.7 billion decrease in sales of overall game sales Among all game software sales, handheld gaming has seen the largest sales decrease Console game sales PC game sales Handheld game sales UP 0.7% DOWN 2.7% DOWN 6.8% http://www.islandnet.com/-kpolsson/vidgame/vid1989.htm/ SOURCES http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/july03/25smartest/index23.shtml http://www.dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Console_Platforms/Nintendo/ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2010/100506e.pdf#page=23 http://www.nintendodsi.com/ http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/ds/faq.jsp#ds http://www.us.playstation.com/psp/about/specs http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1827576_1827591 1828191,00.html http://www.gamespot.com/features/6140988/index.html TRAVEL http://theschwartz.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/game-industry-projections-2005-to-2010/ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/historical_data/pdf/consolidated_sales_e0912.pdf InSurance http://148apps.biz/app-store-metrics/ www.Travellnsurance.org NINTENDODS 14 FACTS ABOUT HANDHELD GAMING The Nintendo DS and Sony PlayStation Portable were both released in 2004 PSP NINTENDODS Pavationatle That same year, videogame 4% to $7.3 billion software sales grew by In 2005, handheld gaming software 248 million games accounted for total were sold that year $3.84 billion That's almost 2 games for every household in America of overall game sales FEATURES BEST SELLING GAMES Split screen design 1. Nintendogs 2. New Super Mario Bros. Touchpad on lower screen 3. Brain Age Internal microphone 4. Mario Kart DS 5. Pokemon Diamond Wi-fi connectivity 1. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Larger 4.3" screen 2. Monster Hunter Freedom 2 PS3 and internet connectivity 3. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories 4. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Universal Media Disc storage for game and movie playback 5. Daxter Combined handheld gaming system sales as of 2009 176.73 million PSP NINTENDODS Plavtationraie 125.13 million 51.6 million VS Combined home gaming system console sales as of 2009 146.48 million Wii PLAYETATION a 70.78 million 40 million 35.7 million In 2008 TIME DS has two different meaning according to Nintendo named the PSP a Gotta Have DEVELOPERS SYSTEM OR DUAL SCREEN Travel Gadget The Nintendo DS (including DSi and DS Lite) is the Bestselling Video Game System of All Time Despite its dominance, the DS may have some competition on the way: Average cost of Nintendo DS game $25.00 Number of games available for Nintendo DS 930 NINTENDODS. Average cost of game in iPhone app store $1.36 iPhone Number of games available in iPhone app store 31,712 13 That's a In 2010, handheld gaming software 6.8% accounted for $2.7 billion decrease in sales of overall game sales Among all game software sales, handheld gaming has seen the largest sales decrease Console game sales PC game sales Handheld game sales UP 0.7% DOWN 2.7% DOWN 6.8% http://www.islandnet.com/-kpolsson/vidgame/vid1989.htm/ SOURCES http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/july03/25smartest/index23.shtml http://www.dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Console_Platforms/Nintendo/ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2010/100506e.pdf#page=23 http://www.nintendodsi.com/ http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/ds/faq.jsp#ds http://www.us.playstation.com/psp/about/specs http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1827576_1827591 1828191,00.html http://www.gamespot.com/features/6140988/index.html TRAVEL http://theschwartz.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/game-industry-projections-2005-to-2010/ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/historical_data/pdf/consolidated_sales_e0912.pdf InSurance http://148apps.biz/app-store-metrics/ www.Travellnsurance.org NINTENDODS 14 FACTS ABOUT HANDHELD GAMING The Nintendo DS and Sony PlayStation Portable were both released in 2004 PSP NINTENDODS Pavationatle That same year, videogame 4% to $7.3 billion software sales grew by In 2005, handheld gaming software 248 million games accounted for total were sold that year $3.84 billion That's almost 2 games for every household in America of overall game sales FEATURES BEST SELLING GAMES Split screen design 1. Nintendogs 2. New Super Mario Bros. Touchpad on lower screen 3. Brain Age Internal microphone 4. Mario Kart DS 5. Pokemon Diamond Wi-fi connectivity 1. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Larger 4.3" screen 2. Monster Hunter Freedom 2 PS3 and internet connectivity 3. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories 4. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Universal Media Disc storage for game and movie playback 5. Daxter Combined handheld gaming system sales as of 2009 176.73 million PSP NINTENDODS Plavtationraie 125.13 million 51.6 million VS Combined home gaming system console sales as of 2009 146.48 million Wii PLAYETATION a 70.78 million 40 million 35.7 million In 2008 TIME DS has two different meaning according to Nintendo named the PSP a Gotta Have DEVELOPERS SYSTEM OR DUAL SCREEN Travel Gadget The Nintendo DS (including DSi and DS Lite) is the Bestselling Video Game System of All Time Despite its dominance, the DS may have some competition on the way: Average cost of Nintendo DS game $25.00 Number of games available for Nintendo DS 930 NINTENDODS. Average cost of game in iPhone app store $1.36 iPhone Number of games available in iPhone app store 31,712 13 That's a In 2010, handheld gaming software 6.8% accounted for $2.7 billion decrease in sales of overall game sales Among all game software sales, handheld gaming has seen the largest sales decrease Console game sales PC game sales Handheld game sales UP 0.7% DOWN 2.7% DOWN 6.8% http://www.islandnet.com/-kpolsson/vidgame/vid1989.htm/ SOURCES http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/july03/25smartest/index23.shtml http://www.dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Console_Platforms/Nintendo/ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2010/100506e.pdf#page=23 http://www.nintendodsi.com/ http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/ds/faq.jsp#ds http://www.us.playstation.com/psp/about/specs http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1827576_1827591 1828191,00.html http://www.gamespot.com/features/6140988/index.html TRAVEL http://theschwartz.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/game-industry-projections-2005-to-2010/ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/historical_data/pdf/consolidated_sales_e0912.pdf InSurance http://148apps.biz/app-store-metrics/ www.Travellnsurance.org NINTENDODS 14 FACTS ABOUT HANDHELD GAMING The Nintendo DS and Sony PlayStation Portable were both released in 2004 PSP NINTENDODS Pavationatle That same year, videogame 4% to $7.3 billion software sales grew by In 2005, handheld gaming software 248 million games accounted for total were sold that year $3.84 billion That's almost 2 games for every household in America of overall game sales FEATURES BEST SELLING GAMES Split screen design 1. Nintendogs 2. New Super Mario Bros. Touchpad on lower screen 3. Brain Age Internal microphone 4. Mario Kart DS 5. Pokemon Diamond Wi-fi connectivity 1. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Larger 4.3" screen 2. Monster Hunter Freedom 2 PS3 and internet connectivity 3. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories 4. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Universal Media Disc storage for game and movie playback 5. Daxter Combined handheld gaming system sales as of 2009 176.73 million PSP NINTENDODS Plavtationraie 125.13 million 51.6 million VS Combined home gaming system console sales as of 2009 146.48 million Wii PLAYETATION a 70.78 million 40 million 35.7 million In 2008 TIME DS has two different meaning according to Nintendo named the PSP a Gotta Have DEVELOPERS SYSTEM OR DUAL SCREEN Travel Gadget The Nintendo DS (including DSi and DS Lite) is the Bestselling Video Game System of All Time Despite its dominance, the DS may have some competition on the way: Average cost of Nintendo DS game $25.00 Number of games available for Nintendo DS 930 NINTENDODS. Average cost of game in iPhone app store $1.36 iPhone Number of games available in iPhone app store 31,712 13 That's a In 2010, handheld gaming software 6.8% accounted for $2.7 billion decrease in sales of overall game sales Among all game software sales, handheld gaming has seen the largest sales decrease Console game sales PC game sales Handheld game sales UP 0.7% DOWN 2.7% DOWN 6.8% http://www.islandnet.com/-kpolsson/vidgame/vid1989.htm/ SOURCES http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/july03/25smartest/index23.shtml http://www.dmoz.org/Games/Video_Games/Console_Platforms/Nintendo/ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2010/100506e.pdf#page=23 http://www.nintendodsi.com/ http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/ds/faq.jsp#ds http://www.us.playstation.com/psp/about/specs http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1827576_1827591 1828191,00.html http://www.gamespot.com/features/6140988/index.html TRAVEL http://theschwartz.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/game-industry-projections-2005-to-2010/ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/historical_data/pdf/consolidated_sales_e0912.pdf InSurance http://148apps.biz/app-store-metrics/ www.Travellnsurance.org NINTENDODS