
Developers Flee Wii, Embrace iPhone, Study Says
February 5th, 2010 admin
Topics: apple, business matters, gamasutra, game developer magazine, game development, gdc, iphone, nintendo, wii, Wired

A survey of 800 videogame developers showed that support for iPhone games is growing, while dedication to the Wii is dropping off. The Game Developer magazine study released Friday showed major growth in the mobile space, due partly to Apple’s iPhone. 25 percent of all game developers said they were creating content for mobile phones — that’s nearly double last year’s number. Nearly 75 percent of mobile devs supported iPhone, doubling the numbers who stood up to be counted as developers for the Nintendo DS and PSP. Meanwhile, developer support for the Wii dropped. Only…
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