Is the iPhone a smart gaming device? You bet so.  InfromationWeek report provides some numbers in this context (Citing a ComScore report):

ComScore said. Overall, 32.4% of iPhone users have downloaded a game, compared with a market average of 3.8%.

And this has pushed the overall preference of smartphone users towards using their devices as gaming consoles by quite a few notches. The InformationWeek has some other numbers to hit you as well:

1. Downloading of mobile games has grown by 17% this year
2. At least one game has been downloaded by 8.5 million people, which roughly comes to about 3.8% of the total number of mobile users.
3. 6 out of the top 10 devices used for mobile downloads this year are smartphones. In 2007 there was none.

While BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows Mobile, all have contributed to this phenomenon, it is undoubtedly the iPhone that has pushed smartphone to a smash-hit gaming platform. So much, so that recession withstanding, the mobile gaming market itself can hit $4.5 billion this year.

Why iPhone? The message is clear and simple. Superb touch screen and accelerometer controls, robust processor, 3-D graphics capabilities and the indomitable App Store.

For more on this, read the detailed analysis by iphonefootprint.

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