Rising Costs
Mobile game development costs in Japan have risen as high as $9 million per game
Serkan Toto looks into the rising cost of making a game
Company Profile
DeNA Co.,Ltd.
Website
www.dena.jp
About
An innovator in the mobile and internet space, DeNA connects millions of people in Japan. Its product Mobage-town is the fastest-growing virtual social networking service, driven by high quality free-of-charge games.
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Chairman
Jennie Sue
Producer
Barry Dorf
VP, Partnerships and Alliances
Isao Moriyasu
President and CEO
Tom Hess
Executive Producer
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Accolades
Articles featuring DeNA Co.,Ltd.
Vaulting Ambition
What happens when global expansion goes bad: A cautionary tale from Japan
What GungHo and Mixi learned from GREE and DeNA
Dena Financials Q4 Fy17
DeNA revenues hit $1.26 billion as it plots further partnerships beyond Nintendo
Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes doing well for the developer
Acquisitive Inquisitions
10 mobile game M&A deals that probably won't happen but which maybe should
Joining the dollar dots
Homegrown Talent
Whatever happened to Fire Emblem Heroes?
How has Nintendo’s first F2P mobile game launched?
Dena Financials Q3 Fy16
DeNA revenues and profits fall while native mobile games vastly outperform browser for the first time
Nintendo partnership confirmed to be "mid to long-term"
Fired Up
Nintendo’s Japan-first approach for Fire Emblem Heroes pays off as it nets $2.9 million on its first day
Already a top grosser in the US and Japan
Iap Inspector
How does Fire Emblem Heroes monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Fire Emblem Launches
Nintendo's third mobile game Fire Emblem Heroes lands on Android and iOS
Will it be a success?
Fire Emblem Heroes
Fire Emblem Heroes reveal shows Nintendo is going fully free-to-play
Gacha and key art implies Super Mario Run's model has been ditched
Super Mario Launch
Super Mario Run to launch on iOS on December 15th for $10
Plumber makes his way to mobile next month
Dena Financials
DeNA to double down on Nintendo partnership into next year and beyond
Publisher also plans to release five games of its own in Japan and China
Crossing The Animal
Super Mario Run will be great, but Animal Crossing Mobile is even more exciting
Playing it safe versus adapting to the platform
Super Mario Downloads
Super Mario Run will reach 1.5 billion downloads across its lifespan, claims analyst
So predicts Kantan Games' CEO Serkan Toto
Let Me Know
Super Mario Run App Store listing notifies players of release and sheds new light on gameplay
Follows the free-to-start model outlined by DeNA
Mario Chart
Nintendo and DeNA shares rocket on Miyamoto's mobile Mario game announcement at Apple's Keynote
Shares rose as much as 18% before settling to 11% up
Dena Financials Fy16 Q1
DeNA sees small revenue increase as it focuses in on Japan and China
Stepping away from the economic uncertainty of the rest of the world
Challenges Ahead
With shareholders wising up to Nintendo's small stake in Pokemon GO, pressure on its next mobile games is higher than ever
A true one-off
Gotta Count Them All
Pokemon Go adds $8 billion to Nintendo's value over the weekend
Market cap up 40%
Miito-no
With declining MAUs and falling retention, Miitomo looks like it's on the slide
Slow core loop to blame
Free Emblem
Nintendo confirms Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem mobile games will be free-to-play
After the success of Miitomo, it's no real surprise
Best Of The Best
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2016
The shakers, movers and moneymakers
It's Not Yet Mario
Nintendo mobile games #2 and #3 will be Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem
Two of five to go
Getting Fluffy
FTUE: Timenauts
DeNA's back in the game
Facing Reality
Video: VR experts on the challenges ahead with the technology
Making virtual reality an actual reality
Caution Horse
Nintendo's first mobile game isn't. It's a chat app called Miitomo
Dips toe in the water
Best Of Both
DeNA guns for Kamcord and Mobcrush in new streaming app Mirrativ
Japanese company enters the mobile streaming game
Meet The Marios
DeNA West CEO points to Kim Kardashian Hollywood as example of how its brand-meets-backend Nintendo deal could work
5-game deal is DeNA's "biggest ever"
#pgcsanfran Fireside Smarts
DeNA West CEO Shintaro Asako on the power of 'glocal'
That's thinking globally but acting locally
Simply The Best
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2015
The shakers, makers and movers
Tse Says Yes
One week on, investors add $6 billion to Nintendo and DeNA's value
The market gives unqualified support
Two Wrongs
Why Nintendo's DeNA alliance is a match made in weakness and doomed to failure
Right move, wrong reasons
Platform Focus
Satoru Iwata on the thinking behind Nintendo's "unexpected" alliance with DeNA
Looking for synergies
U Turn
Nintendo signs deal with DeNA to bring Mario and other IP to mobile
Will also operate open online service
Daily Grind
Following a 4 cent ARPDAU testcase boost, DeNA partners with Fyber in US
Maximising monetisation
Alternate Worlds
DeNA talks Protocol Zero, its stealthy entry into the world of VR gaming
Designing for the spherical environment
Financial Roundup
Snapshot of Japanese mobile game company financials
Marking mobile gamings winners and losers
Tough Times
DeNA still in transition with FY14 Q3 revenues down 4%
But coin sales on the up
DeNA drops Mobage branding
Simplifies its approach
Video
DeNA on why western best practices don't work in Asia
Kenji Kobayashi on acting local
Chart Of The Week
Chart of the Week: How GungHo stole the Japanese mobile game industry from DeNA and GREE
Times they are a'changing
Chart Of The Week
How historic success and games-as-a-service expertise is keeping DeNA profitable
Rage of Bahamut etc still doing great business
Financials
DeNA's platform approach hits global competition with FY14 Q1 revenue down 37% to $278 million
International business drops 50%
Interview
Kamcord raises $7.1 million to drive discovery through gameplay videos
Record, share, download and play
Ben Cousins leaves DeNA to become free-to-play consultant
Ready to go solo
Big In Japan
More Mana and Saga games coming to mobile
Weekly digest from Tokyo
Diary Of A Promiscuous Gamer
Week of the Big Uninstall
This guy will play anything as long as it's free
The Global View
Top 50 Mobile Game Developers of 2014
The shakers, makers and movers
Deeper Relationship
DeNA looks to widen its UA net with Zedge hook up
Connecting valuable users to interesting games
Mobage levers platform-wide approach with 100,000 MobaCoin giveaway
Boosting Facebook presence in the process