Over the past 20 years portable consoles have dominated the market have been those of Nintendo. Some of them such as Game Boy or Game Boy Color have brought significant revenue to the Japanese company . This domain has been used to fight against the burgeoning mobile games applications. The main reason for the increase is due to downloads large number of terminals have been sold in recent years.
Some of the games that are leading the market are Candy Crush and Puzzle & Dragons , free games that are getting great benefits.
According to a study by consultancy IDC and specializes in applications, App Annie, in the last quarter sales in the market favor the Android Apps on portable machines Nintendo or Sony , as the 3DS or PSVita.
Apple with its App Store maintained at least 40% of the profits for the first half of 2013 . iOS platform becomes more money comes through mobile and tablet games.
Some of the reasons that may be carrying are encrypted can be the difference between the cost of a game for a handheld console, which can hover around 40 euros , and a mobile application where may be the most expensive around 10 euros.
companies like Nintendo and Sony do not want to see how the market eludes them in their hands, they will have to make significant changes in the sector. Some of them are already being carried out as actions lower the price of the consoles -Sony has done with the PSVita, which has lowered the price to 199 euros, or bring to market some cheapest new machines as the Nintendo 2DS. But it will have to act in the field of promoting free games Free to Play.
One of the ideas that can reel off the study is how the users are more interested in the for portable casual games to take the time , rather than to play for hours.
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