Mobile gaming, although growing, is locked into a model with an increasingly limited upside. Last year, mobile gaming in the United States generated $453 million in subscription and transactional revenue, up from $321 million in 2005. However, this growth is a result of overall subscriber growth—not a greater percentage of mobile users downloading games. According to the Yankee Group 2006 US Portable/Mobile Entertainment Survey, in the United States, 68.5 million mobile users reported playing mobile games. Of these, 11% downloaded additional games to their phone. This is the same percentage of mobile users who downloaded additional games in 2004.

Related Reports:
4Q09 Taiwan Mobile Operator Forecast, 2009 - 2013: Taiwan will have 28.8 million mobile subscribers in 2013 with Chunghwa Telecom taking market share of 34.6%
4Q09 Malaysia Mobile Operator Forecast, 2009 - 2013: Malaysia will have 41.9 million mobile subscribers in 2013 with Maxis taking subscriber market share of 41.4%
4Q09 Israel Mobile Operator Forecast, 2009 - 2013: The Israeli wireless market will have 11 million subscribers in 2013 with market share of Cellcom increasing to 35.6%
4Q09 Morocco Mobile Operator Forecast, 2009 - 2013: Morocco will have 35.9 million wireless subscribers in 2013 with market share of Maroc Telecom declining to 46.7%
4Q09 Brazil Mobile Operator Forecast, 2009 - 2013: The Brazilian wireless market will have 217.7 million subscribers in 2013 with TIM Participações taking market share of 24.5%
4Q09 Egypt Mobile Operator Forecast, 2009 - 2013: Egypt will have 81.4 million mobile subscribers in 2013 with market share of ECMS (Mobinil) declining to 42.7%
4Q09 New Zealand Mobile Operator Forecast, 2009 - 2013: New Zealand will have 6.05 million mobile subscribers in 2013 with market share of Vodafone falling to 51.7%
4Q09 Venezuela Mobile Operator Forecast, 2009 - 2013: Venezuela will have 36.3 million mobile subscribers in 2013 with market share of Telvenco increasing to 25.8%
4Q09 Algeria Mobile Operator Forecast, 2009 - 2013: The Algerian wireless market will have 34.5 million subscribers in 2013 with Djezzy taking market share of 54.1%
4Q09 Colombia Mobile Operator Forecast, 2009 - 2013: Colombia will have 48.8 million mobile subscribers in 2013 with market share of Tigo Colombia increasing to 11.3%