By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry
If there is one mobile game out there now that people in Japan will remember in 10 years, it’s Puzzle & Dragons. Maker GungHo is now worth a staggering US$10 billion, thanks to a single game that sees sales of US$62-86 million (per month) and racked up 12 million users after 14 months by...
There is no end to the Puzzle & Dragons hype in Japan, it seems. The country’s top smartphone game now has over 12 million users, is generating a staggering US$62-86 million – per month, and has been advertised with a new campaign on national TV since the end of March. Maker GungHo...
The hype around Japan’s most popular mobile game Puzzle & Dragons, which is estimated to generate a mind-blowing US$62-86 million per month (or more) in sales, continues. According to maker GungHo, the RPG/puzzle hybrid now boasts 12 million registered players in Japan (the company...
Japan’s top smartphone game Puzzle & Dragons, which is estimated to generate a mind-blowing US$62-86 million per month (some think it’s even more), continues to grow. The RPG/puzzle hybrid now has 11 million users in Japan, maker GungHo is reporting. This chart from Japanese news...
The crazy Puzzle & Dragons boom in Japan continues – and it gets even crazier. Maker GungHo posted a new financial document according to which sales in February for the company reached an almost unbelievable 10 billion yen in February (+1,280% year-on-year). That is US$106 million –...
This is big: Japanese telecommunications giant SoftBank (the one that acquired Sprint in the US) will launch a tender offer to increase its stake in GungHo Online Entertainment between April 1 and 26 this year (GungHo will conduct a 10-for-1 share split on April 1). GungHo has produced Puzzle &...
By Dr. Serkan Toto – On Japan's Game Industry