Smartphones overtake DS and PSP

Mobile analytics firm Flurry says iOS and Android games now generate more revenue than all of Nintendo and Sony’s portable games combined.

Nintendo has been the undisputed leader of handheld since the first Gameboy in1989. Sony PSP provided stern competition in the noughties and the two shared a market worth nearly $4bn a year between them.

But with the advent of app stores and 59p games that come close to the console experience, that’s all history.

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