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Mobile games to overtake console revenues in 2015 — and Apple's revenue could double Nintendo's

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The console business has ruled gaming for years. But its reign may officially end next year.

The mobile game business is expected to surpass console games in revenue in 2015, according to Newzoo. The market-research firm said that mobile games will hit $30.3 billion in 2015, up from $25 billion in 2014. Newzoo’s latest quarterly estimates are more optimistic than in the past, following strong year-to-date growth in both mature and emerging markets, for smartphone and tablet games. Amsterdam-based Newzoo is more optimistic about mobile games than rival SuperData Research, which predicts that mobile games will hit $21.1 billion in 2014. By 2017, mobile games are expected to top $40 billion.

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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.