You hear it over and over again that the world is going mobile or frankly, that the world has already gone mobile. Just how mobile? As Peter Kafka writes for recode:

 30 percent of internet data usage at home comes from phones and tablets 

While the decline of the PC as a preferred device to view content and in turn draw data is an expected one as consumers shift towards smartphones and tablets, what’s perhaps surprising is PlayStations ranking.

For a device that’s only been selling for almost four years, PS4 is using nearly 6.23% of all the data in North America, behind Android devices at 11.33% and iPhone at 12.54%. That’s fairly remarkable when you consider how many million more Android and iOS devices are on the market.

At the same time, gamers notoriously pull down more data from full game installs (like yours truly who has gone all digital with PS4) which can see downloads except 45GB to online multiplayer games like Destiny that certainly test your bandwidth and in turn, draw far more data than say Boom Beach or Clash of Clans on mobile.

With a rumored 4K PS4 around the corner which in turn will likely have access to 4K apps like Netflix, don’t be surprised if in a years time, PS4 accounts for a lot more data usage in North America.

Discuss:

Be it on mobile or at home, do you worry about data usage?