Android beats consoles - The País.com (Spain)

Google has surpassed consoles as gaming option. Apple, with its iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, for more than 18 months to beat Sony and Nintendo. Android is now the second platform digital download revenue in the category of electronic entertainment, ahead of the two Japanese giants.

The joint report by consultancy IDC and specializes in data applications App Annie sheds as that Android users would rather spend money on games rather than applications. Most of the Android gaming revenues come precisely from Asia, especially Japan and South Korea.

is no coincidence that FIFA 14 will be available in phones and tablets. Electronic Arts has taken this a priori risky decision based on his play star quite logical. The two games with higher incomes are theoretically free but pay for supplements, upgrades or extras, Candy Crush Saga and Puzzle & Dragons. In any case, the player of these pastimes are far removed from the usual profile console enthusiast.

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf , Luigi’s Mansion , Donkey Kong Country , New Super Mario Bros 2 and Tomodachi Collection . All of them are unique to Nintendo.

In any case, the apparatus park to play with much different from one platform to another. The study estimated that there are 1,250 of Android phones and 180 million tablets, compared to 200 million park handheld.

Among the keys to this advancement is the ease of payment through Google Play, the showcase of Android, such as expanding to 130 countries in 2011 reached only 30, and that the creation of an area dedicated to games within the overall.

Nintendo, master of laptops from creating Gameboy in the early 90s, wants to regain the throne. His latest venture, Nintendo 2DS unexpected is a dual-screen console but features hinges that were used to close in on itself. One way to save in the construction of the apparatus. The same applies to three-dimensional vision without glasses, eliminating the alleged revolutionary technology to return to the usual two-dimensional single year and a half after premiere. This low cost model will arrive on October 12 for 130 euros.

Sony, which sells two models to carry console, PSP and PS Vita. It also tries to stand up to the mobile phenomenon. The first is focused at children with a price of 100 euros. The second has just suffered a cut in the price of 50 euros. It is on 199 and includes titles. Still does not seem to give reason to carry an additional device in addition to the mobile or tablet.