One-shot wonder social gaming publisher GungHo Online’s days of outstripping Nintendo in market cap look to be well and truly over – the company’s value has plunged by over a third in mere days, leaving nobody in any doubt as to the permanence of social gaming’s ascendancy.
GungHo Worth More Than Nintendo: “Social Gaming Won!”
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: May 15, 2013 14:09 JST
- Tags: Business, Comparison, Internet, Keitai, Marketing, Nintendo, Social Games
Japanese gamers have been stunned to learn that the market cap of Puzzle & Dragons maker GungHo now exceeds that of Nintendo, prompting both despair and incredulity and perhaps explaining about the Japanese gaming industry’s rapid decline into idolising card and puzzle games for phones.
- Mauvais commented on May 19, 2013 02:12
Well, I think the thing about PD is that it's a combination of popular and addictive systems. It's Pokemon + Bejeweled (both popular and addictive to some), with the insidious "stamina" feature that limits your... More
- Anonymous commented on May 17, 2013 14:12
Guess that's it. Japanese gaming is dead. It had a good run.... More
Square Enix “Will Focus On Social Gaming”
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: May 14, 2013 20:10 JST
- Tags: Business, Final Fantasy, Internet, Marketing, Social Games, Square Enix
After having posted the worst losses in its history and sacking its CEO, Square Enix has announced its new focus will be social games.
- Anyien commented on May 17, 2013 21:58
The FF-fans want a FF game. And every single game in FF have 4 things in common. 1) Open World. 2) Several Towns with NPC and stores. 3) Random Encounters. 4) Gripping Story. FFXIII didn't have 3 out of 4... More
- Anonymous commented on May 17, 2013 18:55
That's like, your opinion, man.... More
The maid cafe industry is apparently having a tough time of it, with Akiba cafe numbers halving in recent years, and some fearing the maid cafe bubble may have actually burst for good.
- Anonymous commented on May 14, 2013 17:23
And let me guess. Host clubs are still booming full of lonely housewives?... More
- Anonymous commented on May 11, 2013 04:58
Nope. Girlfriends have nothing to do with it. Married men will come out and look at other females if they are desperate enough or don't care for their relationship. The maids are there generally for the... More
Atlus Doomed as “Insolvent” Index Posts Huge Loss
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Apr 16, 2013 21:32 JST
- Tags: Announcements, Atlus, Business, Madhouse, Persona, RPG, Shin Megami Tensei
Index Corporation – the social gaming company which owns Atlus – has just posted its worse losses ever and is now both insolvent and in danger of being delisted from JASDAQ, throwing the future of the Megami Tensei and Persona franchises into grave doubt.
- Anonymous commented on May 20, 2013 03:06
I know this only for japanese sales but I can't help but get the feeling that squeenix and atlus' insistence on catering to fans of american style games is a factor. rather than sticking to... More
- Anonymous commented on April 19, 2013 15:25
I wish it was Blizzard, Bethesda, or one of the crappier companies that was in trouble.... More
Square Enix: “We’re Going To Scrap All The Rubbish!”
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Apr 3, 2013 23:28 JST
- Tags: Announcements, Business, Eidos, Final Fantasy, Marketing, RPG, Square Enix
After finally sacking its CEO for all the vast losses he caused, Square Enix’s new boss is promising “radical” change – starting by scrapping a lot of as yet unspecified projects and concentrating the company’s resources on what may very possibly turn out to be making social games for the Chinese and Koreans.
- Anonymous commented on May 21, 2013 22:12
Was there ever a good Secret of Mana game? Seiken Densetsu (Game Boy): dark,tragic and epic! Seiken Densetsu 2 or the first SECRET OF MANA (SNES): Kids in the jungle...and colors that will make your... More
- Yamato commented on April 12, 2013 02:55
actually, some of the Dragon Quest games are connected. The first three games all take place in the same world and revolve around the legendary hero Loto (a role which the player themselves take on... More
Square Enix CEO Resigns Over Colossal Losses
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Mar 27, 2013 02:01 JST
- Tags: Business, Endings, Final Fantasy, Marketing, Shonen Gangan, Square Enix
Square Enix CEO Youichi Wada has announced he is finally taking responsibility for the company’s disastrous financial performance by resigning, after the firm posted a 13 billion yen loss in its most recent fiscal quarter.
- Anonymous commented on April 29, 2013 19:17
Most of the team that designed their early SFC games is still with the company, believe it or not.... More
- Anonymous commented on April 4, 2013 02:13
For Tomb Raider I don#t know the reason since it's pretty good actually..but Dragon Quest X shows why not every fawking RPG series should be made into an MMO. Srsly I hate this Online Shit... More
Methane Hydrate “To Make Japan Energy Superpower”
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Mar 21, 2013 06:48 JST
- Tags: Business, Image Gallery, Politics, Senkaku Complex, Technology
Japan’s recent success in extracting methane hydrate is now expected to make Japan a gas export powerhouse, as there is estimated to be enough of the stuff around Japan to last a century or more.
- Anonymous commented on April 6, 2013 01:30
You obviously do not know anything about science. Energy cannot be created out of thin air, and perpetual motion is impossible.... More
- Anonymous commented on March 29, 2013 14:08
Instead of burning everything that can be burned just to power few households, how about making a machine, that is capable of generating energy from "nothing" (motion perhaps)? In theory it is absolutely possible and... More
Thermae Romae Mangaka “Got $10,000 of $62,000,000″
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Feb 26, 2013 05:57 JST
- Tags: Adaptations, Bathing, Business, Copyright, Live Action, Mangaka, Movies
The creator of the manga adapted into blockbuster bathing movie Thermae Romae has spoken of her outrage at learning that of the movie’s 6 billion yen gross she would only be receiving a paltry 1 million yen.
Square Enix Back in the Red: “Expect Even More Remakes!”
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Feb 7, 2013 08:49 JST
- Tags: Business, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Marketing, Remakes, RPG, Square Enix, Statistics
Square Enix has been making news again – this time for posting a loss of 5.7 billion yen in its most recent financial statement, having posted a profit of 5 billion yen for the same period last year – the loss now being blamed on intense competition in the Japanese video game market and the fact that for some inexplicable reason foreigners refuse to buy its fine titles.
- Anonymous commented on February 15, 2013 09:45
This must be a part of their ingenious plan to loose so much money that the fabric of space time is warped and they become rich.... More
- Anonymous commented on February 14, 2013 18:28
since 2000? kingdom hearts 1&2 dragon quest 8 crisis core did good and was popular and somehow FF 12 and 13 are both in their top 5 all time sales games... More
Square CEO: “Our Merger With Enix Was A Total Failure”
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Nov 8, 2012 03:10 JST
- Tags: Business, Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy XIII, Internet, MMORPG, RPG, Square Enix
Founder and former CEO of Square Hisashi Suzuki has damned the company’s merger with Enix as a “total failure,” declaring Square Enix has “no vision for the future” and pointing to its huge losses and a market cap which is now well below the company’s pre-merger valuation as evidence of the disaster.
Disney Buys Lucasfilm: “We’ll Make Star Wars Films Forever”
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Oct 31, 2012 18:29 JST
- Tags: Announcements, Business, Continuations, Disney, Hollywood, Movies, Star Wars
Disney has bought Lucasfilm and pledged to release a new Star Wars trilogy and then “release a new Star Wars feature film every two to three years” forever after.
- Anonymous commented on November 23, 2012 01:34
“We’ll Make Star Wars Films Forever” No, That's not true, That's impossible! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!11!!!!!1!... More
- Anonymous commented on November 4, 2012 09:15
A TV series would work, after all that old fuck did plan to make a live action TV series based around SW.... More
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