By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Social card battle game hit Dark Summoner, created by Nagoya-based Ateam, is still going strong. After hitting 1 million downloads in July and 2 million in August, Ateam today announced their flagship title has crossed the 3 million user mark on October 30. Dark Summoner was launched worldwide...
Dark Summoner, a mobile social card battle game made by Nagoya-based Ateam, continues to do well. The title was released worldwide on iOS on February 23 this year, on Android on July 18, and hit 1 million downloads on July 27 – after around 170 days. And today Ateam announced that Dark...
Dark Summoner, a mobile social card battle game available in English and Japanese, has racked up 1 million downloads, maker Ateam is reporting. What’s interesting is that Dark Summoner was released on February 23 this year (in Japan and elsewhere), meaning the title took just about 150 days...
How much money can be made in mobile social card battle games? Assuming that no makers are gaming the system, it seems like quite a lot. In Japan, well over 70% of the top 20 games on Mobage and GREE belong to this genre (or at least have a card-collecting element in them). There is no end in...
Back in September 2011, I first made my opinion public that both Mobage operator DeNA as well as GREE will not be able to replicate the tremendous success they have seen in Japan elsewhere, that Japan was unique. That was the time when both companies made a big push to bring their platforms into...
I have mentioned it multiple times in the past: the App Store and Google Play will see a flood of made-in-Japan card battle games in the next few weeks and months. Rage Of Bahamut, Dragon Collection, Deity Wars, Driland, or Dark Summoner were just the beginning. Now Tokyo-based (and listed) social...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry