As a private company, there is no need for The Pokemon Company to disclose financials every quarter – or to ever discuss any of their numbers publicly. In Japan, however, a lot of private companies that are structured in a certain way communicate some financials (not all) in the...
Report: Size Of Japan’s Console Gaming Market Drops To $2.6 Billion In 2016
Today, Japan’s biggest video game magazine Famitsu published (JP) new stats showing that the country’s market for console gaming continues to shrink. According to Famitsu, the combined sales in Japan for video game hard- and software amounted to US$2.59 billion between December 28, 2015...
Sony’s Mobile Gaming Plans: Solid, But (Probably) Not Enough
At a press conference in Tokyo today, Sony (6758) detailed its next attempt to move into the mobile gaming business. The big idea this time is to turn existing PlayStation IP into smartphone games, via a wholly owned subsidiary called Forwardworks. In my view, the 10 titles shown today can be...
My Own Prediction Of Super Mario Run Downloads? 1.5 Billion (Note: It’s a Free App)
As everybody reading this text will know by now, Nintendo (7974) announced Super Mario Run for iOS earlier this week. Co-developed with partner DeNA (2432), the app is supposed to go live this December. Estimate Of Future Number Of Total Super Mario Run Downloads As Nintendo’s first actual...
Nintendo Partner And Pokemon Go Developer Niantic Labs Opens Japan Office
US-based Niantic Labs, the Google spin-off that Nintendo (7974), The Pokemon Company and Google itself invested US$20 million in back in October, now has a presence in Japan. The company made it into the headlines in the gaming world in September as Nintendo’s chosen partner for the co...
Why Pokemon GO Is Big News For Nintendo
Nintendo (7974) gave a loud answer today to many people in the investor community and elsewhere who were skeptical about the company’s plans to enter the mobile market. I will not go into details of the announcement of Pokemon GO, as a lot of English-language websites already covered the news...