日前，手机社交游戏平台Scoreloop宣布，在圣诞假期间该平台新增了130万名iOS、Android用户，比起12月份平均每天的用户增长情况，Scoreloop在圣诞节当天的新用户增长了209%。

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据游戏邦了解，Scoreloop在该期间的虚拟货币营收飙升了216%。该公司首席执行官Marc Gumpinger表示，2010年圣诞假期表明用户对智能手机游戏很有兴趣，216%的虚拟货币营收增长率也足以证明，免费模式和微交易模式确实很受欢迎。

该平台竞争对手OpenFeint也在上周宣布在4天圣诞假期中新增了140万名注册用户，据游戏邦所知，这个平台在圣诞节当天的用户增长率也达到了184%。

因为这两个平台都拥有大量的iOS、Android用户基础，所以它们的这组数据均再一次体现了智能手机游戏的巨大市场潜力。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

Now Scoreloop reveals its big Christmas spike

Social mobile gaming platform Scoreloop signed up more than 1.3 million new users across iOS and Android over the Christmas period.

The company says its new user signups spiked by 209% on Christmas Day compared to its November average.

What’s more, Scoreloop’s virtual currency revenues jumped by 216% over the holiday season too.

“This holiday season, consumers made it more clear than ever their interest in smartphones and appetite for mobile games,” says CEO Marc Gumpinger.

“The 216% jump in virtual currency sales we have seen is just one of the indicators that this will be the year where the freemium and micro-transaction business model really takes off.”

Last week, rival startup OpenFeint revealed its own Christmas spike, signing up 1.4 million users over the four-day Christmas holiday, with new user signups climbing by 184% on Christmas Day itself.

Both companies’ figures are useful, because their platforms are installed in a wide range of iOS and Android games – meaning that their Christmas boosts are representative of a general increase in smartphone gaming.（source:mobile-ent）