By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
One Piece Grand Collection, the social game based on the popular manga/anime series One Piece, now has 2 million registered users on Mobage. The title was launched by DeNA partner Namco Bandai just 17 days ago. It took the social figure collection game, which features various characters from One...
DeNA has released their financial report for Q3 FY2011 (October-December 2011) today, and the Mobage operator has no reason to be happy. Sales went up 16% year-on-year to 34.153 billion yen (US$445 million) – but that’s about the only positive key figure. All other numbers, first and...
Following One Piece and Final Fantasy Brigade, Mobage is about to get another super-hit game soon: DeNA announced Doraemon Hokkorina for spring this year, a social game based on the popular cartoon series Doraemon. Doraemon was first released as a manga in 1969, then turned into an anime series and...
GREE’s integrated, global social gaming platform is a few months away, meaning it’s about time for the company to announce a number of partner firms that are supposed to help third-party developers focus on creating, distributing and managing their games. GREE has chosen four key areas...
Mixi released their financial report for the third quarter of fiscal 2011 (October to December 2011), and things aren’t looking too good for Japan’s largest social network. Sales, for example, went down 2.7% year-on-year to 3.447 billion yen (US$45 million), while operating profit...
It seems that nothing can stop GREE, at least not at the moment. In its Q2 FY2012 financial report, the company says that sales grew a staggering 190% year-on-year to 41.5 billion yen (US$545 million). In the same time frame, net income even went up 206% to reach 12.7 billion yen (US$167 million)...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry