Mobile Game Revenue In The U.S. Hits $151 Million In Q4 2006
SAN FRANCISCO — March 5, 2007 — On-portal mobile game revenue jumped 61 percent year-over-year to $151 million in Q4 2006 (see Table 1). Nearly 17.4 million mobile consumers downloaded a mobile game last quarter, up 45 percent from a total of 12 million downloaders a year ago, according to Telephia, the world’s largest provider of syndicated consumer research to the telecom and mobile media markets. On-portal mobile game revenues also account for 74 percent of total mobile game revenues, while off-portal downloads account for the remaining 26 percent. While revenue is growing, revenue growth is slowing consistent with a market that is maturing.