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According to a release in the Japanese government’s Official Gazette, The Pokemon Company saw net profit reach US$80.8 million in its 20th fiscal year – which ended on February 28, 2018. While this is a handsome number, it’s also a big drop when compared to the previous fiscal...

Japan’s biggest video game magazine Famitsu just released an update on the size and growth of Japan’s console market. According to Famitsu, the domestic market for video game hardware and software combined in the first half of 2017 reached US$1.35 billion (using today’s currency rates)...

As a private company, there is no need for The Pokemon Company to disclose financials every quarter – or to ever discuss any of their numbers publicly. In Japan, however, a lot of private companies that are structured in a certain way communicate some financials (not all) in the...

Today, Japan’s biggest video game magazine Famitsu published (JP) new stats showing that the country’s market for console gaming continues to shrink. According to Famitsu, the combined sales in Japan for video game hard- and software amounted to US$2.59 billion between December 28, 2015...

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...

As everybody reading this text will know by now, Nintendo (7974) announced Super Mario Run for iOS earlier this week. Co-developed with partner DeNA (2432), the app is supposed to go live this December. Estimate Of Future Number Of Total Super Mario Run Downloads As Nintendo’s first actual...