Tag: mobile gaming technology

Mobile games take up majority of consumers’ time

| March 14, 2013

Mobile Games TimeMobile games account for massive time sink for most consumers

Mobile games a very popular with a consumers all over the world, but a new study shows that these consumers are spending a large portion of their time on these simple application. The study comes from Flurry Analytics and shows that the majority of mobile consumers spend their time either engaged in mobile games or social networking. Mobile games are, however, the most popular way for these consumers to spend their time, eclipsing social networking.

Study shows that people spend a lot of their time on gaming

The study from Flurry Analytics shows that 43% of consumers spend their time on mobile games, while 26% of consumers make use of social networking applications. News and productivity applications account for only 2% of the time that consumers spend on their mobile device. Mobile games are exceedingly popular among iOS users, where these game applications tend to be less expensive than those found on the Android platform. While many games for both the iOS and Android platforms can be obtained for free, the study shows that consumers appear to favor the former over the latter.

Reports highlights the prevalence of mobile games

Flurry Analytics’ study corroborates data found from a similar study conducted by Arbitron last month. The Arbitron study showed the smartphone users spend an average of 594 minutes on mobile games every month. The study suggests that 80% of mobile consumers participate in gaming with their mobile device in some way. Another study conducted by Flurry Analytics in October 2012 also shows that tablet users tend to play more mobile games than smartphone users by a margin of 67% to 39%.

Games are attractive due to their accommodating nature

The allure of mobile games is largely due to their convenience. Most of these games are designed to be very accommodating for all types of gamers. The fact that these games can be played anywhere and at any time is also part of what makes them so attractive. Free games, in particular, tend to have the highest attraction to consumers as they do not need to be purchased before they can be enjoyed.

Mobile games platform GameTanium coming to Poland

| February 28, 2013

Mobile Games PolandExtent and Deutsche Telekom join to bring mobile games to Europe

Deutsche Telekom, a leading German telecommunications company, has announced its partnership with Israel-based game company Extent. Together, the two companies have set their sights on mobile games for the Android platform. Through Deutsche Telekom, Extent will be able to embed its GameTanium mobile games platform into the Polish market. Poland has been becoming a more attractive market for the game industry because of the rapid rate of adoption that consumers have been showing mobile devices. Extent believes that the time is right to enter into the market and engage consumers with a new service.

GameTanium to be available in Poland

GameTanium supports more than 150 mobile games, all of which are available for free to those that subscribe to the service. Deutsche Telekom customers will be able to receive a free trail of the service, which will provide them with unlimited access to the platforms assortment of mobile games. Through its partnership with Extent, Deutsche Telekom has become the first telecommunications company in Europe to offer the GameTanium mobile games service to consumers.

Deutsche Telekom predicts success of new mobile games venture

Deutsche Telekom has seen success in a similar partnership with music subscription service Spotify and believes that mobile games can see the same success that digital music distribution has seen in the European market. Consumers throughout Europe have shown a strong interest in mobile games, but Deutsche Telekom will focus on the market in Poland for the initial phases of its partnership with Extent. If the partnership proves successful, the telecommunications company may expand the availability of GameTanium to other parts of Europe.

Game industry beginning to shift as consumers become more mobile

Mobile games continue to show promising growth throughout the world. Consumers have shown a great deal of support for mobile games and the game industry has been working to appeal to these consumers in a greater way. Developers that have traditionally been focused solely on creating console games have begun to develop titles for the mobile space, due to the rising demand for mobile games coming from consumers.