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Article: Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Gaming Revenue to Grow 50 Percent in 2007.
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- Business Wire
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- June 18, 2007
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STAMFORD, Conn. -- As consumer awareness grows and publishers release more content, worldwide mobile gaming end-user revenue will grow from $2.9 billion in 2006 to $9.6 billion in 2011, according to Gartner, Inc. Worldwide mobile gaming revenue is on pace to total $4.3 billion in 2007, a 49.9 percent increase from 2006.
"Given the ubiquity of mobile phones in many markets and the ease of game-play, mobile gaming is expected to reach more of the global population than has been the case for traditional PC and console gaming," said Tuong Huy Nguyen, senior research analyst at Gartner. "This will catapult mobile gaming revenue beyond that from mobile TV and adult ...