In 2018, the majority of mobile game players in Japan were smartphone users, with approximately 58.6 million people playing games on their smartphones. About 26.7 million people paid for smartphone games, equaling about 46 percent of all smartphone gamers. While tablets were used to a lesser extent as gaming devices, the share of buyers was higher than in the case of smartphones, with a majority of tablet gamers paying for gaming content.
Total number of people who play and spend money on mobile games in Japan in 2018, by device (in millions)
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Newzoo. (March 18, 2019). Total number of people who play and spend money on mobile games in Japan in 2018, by device (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://internal.statista.com/statistics/1072704/japan-number-people-play-buy-mobile-games-by-device/
Newzoo. "Total number of people who play and spend money on mobile games in Japan in 2018, by device (in millions)." Chart. March 18, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/1072704/japan-number-people-play-buy-mobile-games-by-device/
Newzoo. (2019). Total number of people who play and spend money on mobile games in Japan in 2018, by device (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/1072704/japan-number-people-play-buy-mobile-games-by-device/
Newzoo. "Total Number of People Who Play and Spend Money on Mobile Games in Japan in 2018, by Device (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Mar 2019, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/1072704/japan-number-people-play-buy-mobile-games-by-device/
Newzoo, Total number of people who play and spend money on mobile games in Japan in 2018, by device (in millions) Statista, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/1072704/japan-number-people-play-buy-mobile-games-by-device/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Total number of people who play and spend money on mobile games in Japan in 2018, by device (in millions) [Graph], Newzoo, March 18, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://internal.statista.com/statistics/1072704/japan-number-people-play-buy-mobile-games-by-device/