The top 5 grossing mobile games in 5 major regions.
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App Annie: Mobile gaming will widen its lead over console and PC titles in 2020

As the pandemic rages on, mobile gaming and apps are a kind of salve, so much so that 2020 will be a blockbuster year for mobile games and apps. This is according to a report by mobile insights firm App Annie and market researcher IDC.

The report repeats a common theme in games: Mobile is the primary driver of growth for digital game consumption. And the pandemic is reinforcing mobile’s lead in games.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.