By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Japanese game industry data provider KADOKAWA ASCII Research Laboratories just published the top 10 grossing mobile games for Japan in CY2022. Here is the overview (gross sales, Japan domestic only, iOS and Android combined) – based on the company’s estimates*: 1) Monster Strike...
It has been a very rare occurrence for a new mobile game in Japan to break into the top 10 grossing rankings (and to stay there, at least for a while) for a very, very long time now. I would say Japan’s last real “mega blockbuster” was Fate Grand Order by Aniplex, an RPG that...
Game data provider KADOKAWA Game Linkage just published the top 10 grossing mobile games for Japan during CY2019. Here is the overview (gross sales, Japan domestic only, iOS and Android combined) – based on the company’s estimates: 1) Fate/Grand Order from Sony (6758)...
Japanese data provider Gzbrain released an overview of Japan’s top 10 mobile games in terms of revenue for 2018 a few days ago. The list is based on the estimated gross revenue on iOS and Android combined (and in Japan only):1) Monster Strike from Mixi (2121): US$842 million2) Fate/Grand...
Fate Grand Order (FGO), the mobile RPG that Bloomberg once compared with Pokemon Go, continues to print money for Sony subsidiary Aniplex. According to a new release in the Japanese government’s Official Gazette, the company made US$1.8 billion in revenue in the fiscal year that ended on March 31...
At a press conference in Tokyo today, Sony (6758) detailed its next attempt to move into the mobile gaming business. The big idea this time is to turn existing PlayStation IP into smartphone games, via a wholly owned subsidiary called Forwardworks. In my view, the 10 titles shown today can be...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry