By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Mobage operator DeNA today published its financial report for the last quarter of FY2011 and the fiscal as a whole. And the company again boasts record numbers. DeNA’s quarterly net sales reached US$529 million (+32% year-on-year), while operating profit increased to $234 million (+19%). For...
GREE continues to be in overdrive: very similar to what the company reported back in February for Q2, sales and profit have gone through the roof in Q3 of fiscal 2012. Net sales reached over 46 billion yen (US$575 million) in Q3, while operating profit hit 24.5 billion yen (US$307 million) –...
If you thought that Japan’s online gaming industry solved the real-money trading (RMT) problem, think again: Japanese business daily The Nikkei yesterday ran a story on the phenomenon, pointing out that players sell off virtual items from hit game Dragon Quest X for real money. Dragon Quest X...
It took them a while, but Mobage operator DeNA has passed GREE in terms of quarterly sales again. Both companies have just released their financial reports for the April-June quarter: while GREE hit 40 billion yen (US$510 million) in sales in that time frame, DeNA was able to pull in 47.6 billion...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry