By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Uma Musume is the last really big hit in Japan’s mobile game industry, following the popular RPG Dragon Quest Walk from Colopl (3668) in 2019. Released only domestically in February 2021, Uma Musume instantly climbed up not only the download but also up the grossing rankings – and more...
Earlier this year, I was asked to contribute to a documentary on Japan’s game industry that recently aired on Singaporean TV station Channel News Asia.
Here is the full video that was just posted on Youtube:
Here is a Wall Street Journal video report about Tencent that features comments from me throughout the 7 minutes:
The report covers Tencent’s current position in the global gaming market, regulations in China, its M&A strategy and other topics.
Japan’s mobile gaming market is the world’s oldest and most mature, but it still continues to grow. That is according to the newest numbers from Japan’s Mobile Content Forum (MCF), an industry association based here in Tokyo. The MCF says that the Japanese market for games delivered on mobile...
The Pokemon Company (TPC) is seeing record numbers and has, for the first time, its sales numbers disclosed to the public (JP). According to the Japanese government’s Official Gazette, TPC recorded the following financial performance for the fiscal year that ended on February 28, 2021 (numbers...
In September 2019, I was interviewed by TV station Channel News Asia as part of a documentary on the topic of esports in Japan. The (well-made) documentary was aired the same year but was just recently made available online in a format that allows me to embed it below. My part starts at the 17:55...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry