In 2018, the majority of mobile game players in Japan were smartphone users, with approximately 58.6 million people playing video game applications on their smartphones. About 26.7 million smartphone owners paid for game applications, equaling about 46 percent of all smartphone gamers. While tablets were used much less 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 video games in Japan in 2018, by device (in millions)
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Mintegral. (March 15, 2019). Total number of people who play and spend money on mobile video games in Japan in 2018, by device (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1072704/japan-number-people-play-buy-mobile-games-by-device/
Mintegral. "Total number of people who play and spend money on mobile video games in Japan in 2018, by device (in millions)." Chart. March 15, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1072704/japan-number-people-play-buy-mobile-games-by-device/
Mintegral. (2019). Total number of people who play and spend money on mobile video games in Japan in 2018, by device (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1072704/japan-number-people-play-buy-mobile-games-by-device/
Mintegral. "Total Number of People Who Play and Spend Money on Mobile Video Games in Japan in 2018, by Device (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Mar 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1072704/japan-number-people-play-buy-mobile-games-by-device/
Mintegral, Total number of people who play and spend money on mobile video games in Japan in 2018, by device (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1072704/japan-number-people-play-buy-mobile-games-by-device/ (last visited June 25, 2022)