Japan’s Mobile Content Forum (MCF), an industry association, just reported that Japan’s market size for mobile games has reached the equivalent of US$12 billion in 2021. (Due to the recent and drastic yen-dollar currency fluctuation*, the sum in US$ is smaller than last year.) The...

After hosting what are now hundreds of calls, seminars, workshops or lectures on the Japanese and global gaming industry, it’s time to offer something new. I will host a webinar on July 28 (Thu), 2022 at 8am ET (8pm SGT/HKT or 9pm JST) with the topic “Nintendo In 2022 And Beyond: Boom...

According to a filing (JP) in the Japanese government’s official gazette, The Pokemon Company has seen yet another record financial year. And the numbers are staggering. For the fiscal that ended on February 28 this year, The Pokemon Company reported (numbers rounded): Sales: 204 billion yen...

Even before establishing my consultancy Kantan Games, I have been active in the Japanese game industry since around 2008 – and a lot has happened since that time. Now, here is what I believe is one of the first comprehensive overviews in English on Japan’s blockchain gaming industry...

It was interesting to see that one of my publicly stated predictions for the game industry in 2022 generated so much buzz it actually started trending on global Twitter over the last days. International news coverage was crazy, too. The background: game industry news siteGamesIndustry.bizasked...

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...