By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Here’s a quick run-down on GREE-related news I wasn’t able to cover in the last 2 weeks (listed chronologically): August 4, 2011: GREE gets pre-installed on the world’s first Microsoft Windows Mango phone in Japan (article in English) August 4, 2011: GREE announces a user base of...
Here’s a quick run-down on CyberAgent-related news I wasn’t able to cover in the last 2 weeks (listed chronologically): July 25, 2011: CyberAgent Ventures opens office in Taipei to serve the Taiwanese market (more info in English here) July 28, 2011: CyberAgent releases financial report...
I spent the last 14 days in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and during that time, these major Japanese social networking/social gaming companies published financial reports (links to all PDFs in English):
CyberAgent: 3Q FY2011
Mixi: 1Q, FY2011
GREE: 4Q, FY2011
DeNA: 1Q, FY2011
Kakaku didn’t just release their newest financial report in English today, they also published a press release to announce “Tabera”, a Tabelog-connected iPhone app that allows customers to make pictures of dishes at restaurants and share them on Facebook and Twitter. There are...
Kakaku today released the so-called Management Vision and Strategy Result Briefing for the First Quarter of the Term ended March 2012 (in English) today, and in a nutshell, things are looking pretty good. This chart show some key financials: What’s interesting (and buried in the report) is...
It’s hard to believe, but Tamagotchi, the handheld digital pet from Bandai, was launched in Japan way back in 1996. And to commemorate the 15th anniversary, Bandai Namco announced it will turn the pet-breeding concept into a mobile social game and distribute it exclusively on Mobage...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry