Namco Bandai sees mobile game subscriber numbers drop 3% to under 2.5 million

Japanese game publisher Namco Bandai (TYO:7832) has announced its FY11 Q3 financial figures for the period ending December 13.

It doesn't specifically break out details of its mobile game business, but does list the number of "pay subscribers" it has for mobile services.

It had 2.49 million game subscribers as of December 31, down 3 percent compared to the total three month previous.

In terms of all mobile services - broken out as game, character, sound, and other - the overall total was 3.58 million, also down 3 percent compared to the same period, which continues a longterm trend for the division.

[source: Namco Bandai (PDF)]