By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Game data provider KADOKAWA Game Linkage just published the top 10 grossing mobile games for Japan during CY2019. Here is the overview (gross sales, Japan domestic only, iOS and Android combined) – based on the company’s estimates: 1) Fate/Grand Order from Sony (6758)...
Japanese data provider Gzbrain released an overview of Japan’s top 10 mobile games in terms of revenue for 2018 a few days ago. The list is based on the estimated gross revenue on iOS and Android combined (and in Japan only):1) Monster Strike from Mixi (2121): US$842 million2) Fate/Grand...
A lot has been written about esports in Japan in recent months, mostly on why competitive gaming isn’t taking off over here, the third biggest market for games in the world. It makes sense, as esports seems to be everywhere nowadays, enjoying coverage by mass media, attention by large brands...
Shortly afterDeNA (2432) andGREE(3632) pioneered the concept of mobile gaming as the world knows it today (free-to-play business model, bite-sized content embedded in social networksto increase stickiness, data analysis to improve monetization, etc.) in 2006/2007 on feature phones, a flood of...
Update: The app returned early Sunday morning Japanese time. Monster Strike, the current top mobile game in Japan in terms of sales, has disappearedfrom the Japanese App Store today (Saturday Japan time). It wasn’t operatorMixi(2121) that pulled the app, but it seems that Apple just...
Monster Strikecontinues to print money for makerMixi(2121). According to the latest financial report released by the company, the mega hit game pulled in a whopping US$378 million in sales betweenApril 1st and June 30th. In other words, Monster Strike made Mixi US$4.2 million per day in that...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry