Sunday, March 4, 2012

Kindle Fire Games reportedly Downloaded 1 Million Times In 3 Months

According to Kindle Fire game publisher G5 Entertainment, it’s games have already seen over a million downloads in the past three months, signaling a healthy growth for the platform. This was part of their recent report for the year 2011. The company states that their game downloads over various mobile platforms have increased five times in one year in the past year. Put together, their total number of downloads now stands at over 40 million!

Even though the Kindle was released only in November last year, it figures prominently in the publisher’s portfolio. It could not have impacted sales for the entire year but it definitely contributed significantly in this short time.

G5 Entertainment covers a wide variety of devices and platforms that include Android devices, the iPhone, the iPad as well as portable gaming consoles such as the Sony PlayStation Portable and the Nintendo DSi. The company also has titles on both the Mac and the PC.

Talking about an expansion across the two major mobile platforms, the company said that it plans to release 50 new games for iOS and Android devices (which includes the Kindle Fire). Popular games form its current list of titles include Mahjong Artifacts, Virtual City, Supermarket mania and more. According to the company, they collaborate with as many as 30 studios all across the world in order to bring these titles to the masses.


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