iPhone sets World Guinness Record

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The release of the iPhone has not just changed the mobile industry, but the video game world too.

14 May,2011 09:12 pm

Guinness World Records proclaimed Apple’s app store as “one of the most revolutionary gaming platforms in history that has become a serious challenger in gaming records.”The release of the iPhone has not just changed the mobile industry, but the video game world too. With the never-ending App Store selection and an intuitive device, Apple has created a gigantic new space for itself in the casual games genre that literally brings entertainment to users wherever they may be. iPhone is listed as the fastest selling portable gaming system, with first day sales on June 24, 2010 of 1.5 million units. The most popular application in marketplace is Apple’s app store. In less than three years, app downloads have exceeded 6.5 billion.Apple’s app store also got the nod for largest downloadable video game store, with 37,362 games being available as of September 2010. The fastest selling iPhone/iPod strategy game is PopCap’s Plants vs. Zombies, with more than 300,000 paid downloads in its first nine days of sales in February 2010.