IGN is at Tokyo Game Show, and a pamphlet we were given shows just how much the gaming climate has changed (and continues to change) in Japan.

In short: there are more iOS and Android games being shown at Tokyo Game Show this year than literally every other platform combined. In fact, the numbers aren’t even close.

TGS 2014 exhibitors will show off 259 iOS games and 246 Android games, for a combined 505 titles. When you throw in the ambiguous "other smartphones" and "feature phone" categories, the number spikes to 559 games.

But what about everything else? Well...

• Nintendo 3DS - 41 Games
• Nintendo DS - 1 Game
• Nintendo Wii - 3 Games
• Nintendo Wii U - 13 Games
• Microsoft Xbox 360 - 16 Games
• Microsoft Xbox One - 24 Games
• PC (+ Browser Games + Steam) - 93 Games
• Sony PlayStation 3 - 43 Games
• Sony PlayStation 4 - 42 Games
• Sony PlayStation Portable - 5 Games
• Sony PlayStation Vita - 34 Games

The total number of games on “traditional” handhelds and consoles? 310.

These numbers represent the continuing – and significant – shift in gaming culture occurring in Japan, one that’s becoming more one-sided as the years pass. As an example, there were 114 iOS games and 112 Android games shown at TGS in 2013.

Other notable numbers include the downward year-over-year shift in PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita games being shown (54 to 43 and 37 to 34, respectively), the nearly 100% increase of PlayStation 4 games being shown year-over-year (22 to 42), and the moderate year-over-year increase in Xbox One games (18 to 24).

As for Nintendo’s TGS showing? Wii, Wii U, and even DS will have more games shown this year than last (1 to 3, 7 to 13, and 0 to 1, respectively), while 3DS is down from last year, with 41 games being shown to last year’s 47. 

 

Thanks to IGN.

Quality over quantity.

It's not surprising.  Japan's lifestyle is such that they are rarely home and spend a lot of time commuting.  Portable games are more practical, and most people already own a smart phone.  It just stinks that there are so many JRPGs that come out on mobile devices that will never come overseas.

Quality over quantity.

 

Lots of iOS and Android games are higher quality than handheld titles.

Lots of iOS and Android games are higher quality than handheld titles.

 

Yeah, some iOS and Android games can be pretty good but a lot of them are just really cheap games with zero replay value that are clones of other games, while handhelds can have bigger games like Smash Bros such as the 3DS.