By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
In the aftermath of the “kompu gacha shock” that hit Japan’s social gaming industry hard yesterday, shares of GREE and Mobage operator DeNA rebounded today at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, after opening bid-only. It was the first time in four trading days for the two companies to see...
Earthquake in Japan’s social gaming industry today: a council of six major Japanese companies in this space today announced they will abolish the controversial “kompu gacha” (complete gacha) function from all of their titles by the end of May. No new games offering the mechanic...
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 and Mobage operator DeNA saw their share prices dropping like a rock on Monday and stabilizing yesterday. But after GREE announced their earnings yesterday, the downward trend is continuing. I have a feeling that the market was just waiting for an external shock factor like the possible...
Capcom issued their financial report for fiscal 2011 yesterday, and the company is making it clear it sees its future in two areas: online and social games. I have heard that before. All IR material can be downloaded in English from here. Things aren’t looking too rosy overall: Here are the...
Some people thought I went out on a limb when I speculated that Japan’s social gaming industry will get regulated “soon” four weeks ago (the post was later translated into Japanese by tech blog Startup Dating). But exactly that’s what’s very likely to happen. And as I...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry