Revenue from sales of mobile games for the Android and iOS platforms has passed that of Sony's PSP and Nintendo's DS devices for the first time. It looks like the dominance of Nintendo and Sony in the mobile game market is over as punters start to play on their phones and tablets.

Mobile analytics outfit Flurry thinks that Android and iOS will this year generate about $500 million more in revenue from the sales of games than the DS and PSP makers. iOS and Android games have tripled their market share from roughly 20 per cent in 2009 to nearly 60 per cent in two years. Nintendo has just over a third of the market down from just over two-thirds only two years ago. iOS and Android game revenue delivered $500 million, $800 million and $1.9 billion over 2009, 2010 and 2011. But Nintendo and Sony posted a combined $2.2 billion, $1.6 billion and $1.4 billion for 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Flurry said that total US sales of $2.7 billion were made in 2009. The figure was estimated to be in the region of $2.5 billion for 2010, and $3.3 billion for this year. Flurry’s report said that the outlook for Nintendo appears to be rather bleak particularly as it has to deal with slumping Wii sales.

Sony's PSP game sales never really impressed, with just 6 percent of the market expected for this year. With 250 million iOS devices and 190 million Android devices in the hands of users, the dominance of the two platforms in the mobile gaming market will only go on rising, at least for the foreseeable future.