In keeping with EA's views on the market, SNL Kagan said it expected the US mobile games market to be worth around $1.5 billion in 2011. This would be nearly double its 2010's total, and account for around 8 percent of the total US games market.
According to All Things Digital, report author John Fletcher says revenues in the October-December period will drive the annual total.
He expects it up be up 62 percent year-on-year to $439 million, driven by growth in freemium activity.
His estimate for the top five companies in terms of mobile revenue in Q4 2011 is, in ranking order: 1. EA Mobile, 2. Gameloft, 3. Zynga, 4. Rovio and 5. Glu.
Compare and contrast
In December 2010, EA said it reckoned the entire Americans mobile game market was worth $1 billion, with the European market $700 million and Asia worth $1.7 billion.
SNL Kagan is more bullish about the future, as it went on to say, it predicts mobile games revenues will hit $7.8 billion in 2020.
You can see how this compares with the figures from EA and analysts Juniper and Gartner in the following graph.
[source: All Things Digital]
