By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
Social casino is still a big category in mobile gaming in the West, with companies such as Playtika, Huuuge, Moon Active, Product Madness, Big Fish Games, Double Down, Playstudios and others dominating this multi-billion dollar industry globally. However, social casino apps play only a minor role...
Japan’s PC gaming industry continues to grow. Just before Tokyo Game Show 2024 started last week, Japan’s Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA) shared data showing how rapidly the sector in this country has been expanding. According to CESA, Japan’s PC gaming market...
It is widely believed that Pokemon is the biggest entertainment brand of all time, and The Pokemon Company again shows why. You can find last year’s numbers here, and now the Japanese government’s official gazette followed up with the financials for the fiscal that ended on February 29 this...
Generally speaking, Japan has always been a tough nut to crack for Western mobile game developers: In my experience of over 15 years working in this business, only China is more difficult to enter. But there is also a handful of European and American companies that are very successful in this...
Just like last year for 2023, game industry news site GamesIndustry.biz asked several analysts for predictions about the global gaming market in 2024. Here is a repost from my contribution to their article: “Switch 2” will come and be $400 The time is finally here for a Switch...
Game industry data provider KADOKAWA ASCII Research Laboratories just published a new set of numbers on the state of the Japanese market. According to the company, the overall gaming market in Japan grew 1.4% year-on-year to 2.03 trillion yen in 2022 – which currently converts to US$13.9...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry