Mobile gaming widened its lead over all other game platforms in 2015

Mobile games became the biggest category in gaming in 2014, and it widened its lead even more in 2015, according to a new report by market researchers App Annie and IDC.

The data reinforces the point that mobile games reach more than a billion people across the globe, while the hardcore communities on PCs and consoles are concentrated in a smaller number of people. In 2015, mobile games were a $34.8 billion business worldwide, according to the report. PC and Mac games were second as a platform at $29 billion, while home game consoles were an $18.5 billion business and handheld game devices were $3 billion. Full told, more than $85.4 billion was spent on games in 2015, according to App Annie and IDC.