Downloads of mobile games is surging with Apple’s iPhone users leading the market, according to a report released today.
ComScore said that four out of the top 10 phones used for games are iPhones: the 8-GB 3G model at No. 1, the 8-GB iPhone at No. 2, the 16-GB iPhone 3G at No. 3, and the 16-GB iPhone at No. 7.
Other phones in the top 10 include the BlackBerry Curve 8330, the BlackBerry Curve 8310, the “smart-phone-like” Samsung Instinct M800, and the LG VX10000 Voyager.
ComScore notes that mobile phone gaming has increased 17% over the previous year thanks to the growth of mobile handhelds like the iPhone. Specifically, 32.4% of iPhone users have downloaded a game, compared to a market average of only 3.8% amongst other manufacturers. In all, iPhone users were responsible for 14% of all mobile game downloads last year. While the article doesn’t specify, the finding seems even more significant in that the App Store was only in existence for 6 months out of 2008.
Tags: games, iphone, iPod touch