According to a recent report, kids and teens are spending much more time playing mobile games this year.
According to the NPD Group, 53 percent of total mobile users say the time they spend on mobile gaming has increased this year. Teens (ages 12-17) spend seven hours a week playing mobile games, compared to only five a week in 2011.
Children under the age of 12 are also playing more mobile games, and beginning at a younger age –– 8 years old instead of 9.
"Kids embrace change, adopting new devices and technologies," Liam Callahan, analyst at the NPD Group said. "Kids are engaged with mobile devices as less expensive tablets."
Callahan said that the remaining question is if this trend will continue, and whether mobile gaming will ever be more prevalent than consoles or PCs, as far as time spent playing is concerned.
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