Monday, August 01, 2005
Consolidation in Japan's game industry
Sales of traditional cassette based game softwares are dropping, online and mobile games are booming and challenging the traditional game software sectors as "disruptive technology", while game development costs are going up.
These trends force consolidation and mergers. Some recent mergers are:
Square & Enix
Sega & Sammy
Bandai & Namco
Takara & Tomy
I would not be surprised to see more mergers coming.
More in our brand new report on Japan's game industry.
These trends force consolidation and mergers. Some recent mergers are:
Square & Enix
Sega & Sammy
Bandai & Namco
Takara & Tomy
I would not be surprised to see more mergers coming.
More in our brand new report on Japan's game industry.
