By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
I am excited to be back in San Francisco next month for GDC 2025. If you are interested in discussing gaming and Japan, let me know and we can meet up in person!I understand it will be a busy event for everyone and my calendar is starting to fill up, but I will be in San Francisco for the entire...
Like for 2024, game industry news site GamesIndustry.biz asked a number of analysts for predictions about the global gaming market in 2025. Here is a repost from my contribution to their article: Xbox will open all floodgates and go all-in on PS5I am aware that Microsoft has already become somewhat...
Social casino is still a big category in mobile gaming in the West, with companies such as Playtika, Huuuge, Moon Active, Product Madness, Big Fish Games, Double Down, Playstudios and others dominating this multi-billion dollar industry globally. However, social casino apps play only a minor role...
Japan’s PC gaming industry continues to grow. Just before Tokyo Game Show 2024 started last week, Japan’s Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA) shared data showing how rapidly the sector in this country has been expanding. According to CESA, Japan’s PC gaming market...
It is widely believed that Pokemon is the biggest entertainment brand of all time, and The Pokemon Company again shows why. You can find last year’s numbers here, and now the Japanese government’s official gazette followed up with the financials for the fiscal that ended on February 29 this...
Generally speaking, Japan has always been a tough nut to crack for Western mobile game developers: In my experience of over 15 years working in this business, only China is more difficult to enter. But there is also a handful of European and American companies that are very successful in this...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry