Japan’s top smartphone game Puzzle & Dragons continues to amaze. I don’t want to hype the RPG/Puzzle hybrid even more here, but I do think it’s definitely noteworthy that maker GungHo’s market cap is going through the roof. To recap, I wrote four weeks ago that the...
Puzzle & Dragons Hits 9 Million Users (And Shows How Important TV Is In User Acquisition In Japan)
Puzzle & Dragons, Japan’s top smartphone game, now counts 9 million users: the puzzle/RPG hybrid actually reached that milestone on February 18, just a few days after hitting 8 million downloads late last month. The chart below, compiled by Social Game Info, shows how Puzzle & Dragons grew...
Who Is Supercell? Puzzle & Dragons Estimated To Make US$54-75 Million Per Month In Japan.
Puzzle & Dragons, Japan’s top smartphone game with 8 million registered users across iOS and Android, is buzzing again in Japan. And what a buzz it is this time: I think it’s safe to say that the title is “making history” at the moment – on a global level. To...
GREE And Yahoo Japan To Set Up A Joint Venture, Name It “GxYz”
GREE and Yahoo Japan have agreed to enter a joint venture dubbed “GxYz”, the two companies said today. I am guessing the “G” stands for GREE while the “Y” stands for Yahoo, but this name is terrible – in both Japanese and English (no wonder it’s...
Featuring Japanese Celebrities: GREE Is Starting A Paid Newsletter Service
Japanese business daily The Nikkei is reporting that GREE is to start a paid newsletter service called Magari as early as tomorrow (Tuesday, February 19). The newsletter will not focus on games but on Japanese celebrities: apparently, subscribers can expect original content in the form of text...
GREE’s Results For Q2 FY2013: Sales And Profit Are Down Year-On-Year
GREE released its financial report for the second quarter of fiscal 2013, and in a nutshell, things aren’t looking too well. Year-on-year, the company saw sales dropping 5% to 39.407 billion yen (US$422 million) while operating profit plunged a brutal 37% to 14.285 billion yen (US$153...