The Rise In Portable Gaming And The R4i Gold 3DS Flash Cards

You can call them anything—games-on-the go, pocket pastime games or just fun-on-the-run, portable games have garnered immense players over the years. In past few years, the gaming industry has moved rapidly into the category of shorter and crispier games. These are generally played via devices like that from Nintendo. To make your devices more functional, you need flashcards. One such compatible card can be R4i Gold 3DS.

Today such games have more users than any other any other gaming platform in the US. They are even invading public places as well; because, according to a survey 8% students reported that they played in their classes. 6% respondents confessed playing them at work, conference call or meeting, 4% said they played at gym, while 9% played during sporting events. Social gaming has more number of users than social networking.

Almost 1 out of every 10 person claimed that they were late or missed a flight, ride, class, an appointment due to their gaming habits. About 60% of males in the age group 14-35 years play portable or mobile games frequently. They also spend $29.04 on mobile games, because according to a survey 75% have bought some gaming device or the other in comparison to 51% of the overall mobile gamer population in the past year.

With the rapid ownership of smartphones, mobile gamers will touch 141 million by 2014. As a result, marketers from various industries are setting their sights on using various mobile games to earn revenue. This is because they love to sell everything from automobiles to motion pictures.

Nintendo has come up with R4i Gold 3DS in this context that allows users to play games and enables them to watch movies and videos. Added to all these, it allows them to listen to songs, read books, magazines, papers and capture photographs. In a way, this flashcart has brought remarkable changes in the gaming world.

This card is quite different from its previous version R4i Gold V1.4. The most recent version is V1.48 and there have been regular updates in the firmware. R4i Gold is a modern flash card which is 3DS compatible and works successfully on DSi, DS Lite, DS, DSi XL and/or 3DS. This is liked by millions due to its excellent gaming options and homebrew facility. It supports all type of DS games. With all these features in hand, you must be expecting it to be pricey, but to your surprise, the cards come at a moderately low price.