The total revenue of Android apps for 2013 will double, according to analysts at ABI Research in their latest forecast.

The other day, seven forecasts for the development of the mobile gaming market in the coming year appeared on the pages of the electronic version of Forbes. Their author is the founder and vice president of the marketing company W3i Robert Weber (Robert Weber). We decided to briefly bring them to us. 

Marketing company Distimo has published an overview of the global mobile OS market for 2012. According to him, Russia is ahead of all countries in terms of revenue growth from the iPad. 

By 2016, India will become one of the largest mobile app markets in the world, analysts at research2guidance say, based on the latest data from their own Smartphone App Market Monitor study. 

The growth of the mobile gaming industry weakens the demand for social and casual PC games, Cowen reports & Company. 

Angry Birds Space and Draw Something are leaving both the American top ten most profitable games for iPhone and iPad; Minecraft: Pocket Edition turns out to be one of the most profitable apps of the week; The Sims FreePlay is gaining popularity again after the update; Rage of Bahamut has been leading the top grossing Android apps for a month.

According to unofficial data, there are very few left to the mark of 100 thousand unique applications on the Microsoft platform.

The founder of Electronic Arts, 3DO and Digital Chocolate clearly explains why in today’s mobile platform market you can’t do without a publisher, and states that 30% of Apple and Facebook’s deductions are too much. 

According to the latest marketing research by App Promo, about 60% of applications do not pay off. Moreover, 80% of developers developing for mobile platforms do not have enough income to support and develop their own business.