App Annie — in partnership with International Data Corporation (IDC) — is pleased to announce the release of its latest App Annie & IDC Portable Gaming Report, focusing on game consumption trends for mobile and gaming-optimized handhelds. Included in this free report are a variety of charts and insights comparing app store market share, per-platform spending and much more.

1. Portable Gaming Spotlight, 2Q14
September 2014

2. 2
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2
3
Installed Base Snapshot
2Q14 Spending Patterns
Key Themes & Takeaways

3. 3
Worldwide
Consumer
Smartphone
&
Tablet
Installed
Base
Shares,
2Q13
&
2Q14
75%
50%
25%
0%
Android
iOS
All
Others
2Q13
2Q14
+8.4
pts
-­‐6.4
pts
Source:
IDC
-­‐1.9
pts
• Android’s share of the combined consumer smartphone & tablet installed
based (IB) hit 70%
• This combined consumer IB topped 2.1 billion worldwide
• “All Others” is mostly Windows Phone, BlackBerry & Symbian devices

4. 4
Worldwide
Gaming-­‐OpGmized
Handheld
Game
Shipments:
Packaged
Goods
&
Digital
Full
Game
Downloads,
2Q13
&
2Q14*
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Nintendo
3DS
&
2DS
Sony
PlayStaJon
Vita
&
PSP
Nintendo
DS
&
DSi
Millions
(Units)
2Q13
2Q14
• Hardware platforms
span all SKUs
* Represents combined packaged
game shipments & digitally
purchased copies of these same
games (excludes titles that
received digital distribution only).
Source:
IDC
• The total installed base of these devices dipped under 200MM in 2Q14
• Total packaged & digital full game software shipments/sales volumes in
2Q14 were 27% lower than in 2Q13

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