iPod touch "most popular portable game player in the world"
67 Million users signed up to Apple Gamecentre, updated with achievements
Apple's Phil Schiller has announced that the iPod touch is now the world's most popular portable gaming device, according to Apple statistics.
"Not only is it the most popular music player in the world, but we're excited to announce it's now also the most popular portable game player in the world," said Schiller.
Apple also revealed that over 68 million users are signed up to its Gamecentre network, which has been updated to feature friends' photos, friend recommendations and achievement points.
Apple also revealed that it had paid out over $3 billion to App Store developers, with 18 billion apps having been downloaded in total. Apps are currently downloaded at the rate of 1 billion a month.
The update was announced at the ongoing event in Cupertino, where the previously leaked iPhone 4S is likely to be confirmed.
The current iPhone 4 represents over half of all iPhone units ever sold, said new CEO Tim Cook, and iPhone now constitutes 5 per cent of the global handset market.
Edited 1 times. Last edit by Jason Pullara on 4th October 2011 8:38pm
As of January there were 160 iOS devices sold in total and the iPod touch has typically represented 1/3 of these says(or roughly 53 Million units). Let's compare that to 148,500,000 DS's sold and 118,690,000 original Gameboy's sold.
And it says they have 68 million accounts, not 68 million accounts that are active, or that have actually paid for a game... My little sister has an iPod Touch, and though she has a "game account" she has never paid for a single game. She just uses it to get all the freeware versions.
Lets compare that to the over 100 million DS's on the market and the fact that the games for those are much more expensive and generally dont come as 'lite' versions for free.
Apple, please shut up. Thanks.