Supercell Financials 2017
Supercell revenues drop to $2.25 billion due to lack of new games and falling sales in Clash of Clans
Pressing on into China and Asia in 2018
Ubisoft Financials Q3 Fy18
Ubisoft's China-only mobile game Might & Magic Heroes: Era of Chaos generates over $120 million in revenues
Avoids specifics on the rest of its mobile endeavours
All Bandai Namco
Bandai Namco plots "full-blown" push into China and aggressive development of new IP
Posts revenues of $4.45 billion for the first three quarters of its FY18
Nexon Financials Q4 Fy17
Nexon's Pixelberry acquisition provides immediate boost to US revenues
Some growth in Korea too thanks to old games
Glu Financials Q4 Fy17
Glu's Design Home and Covet Fashion lead revenue growth for "historic" 2017
Still making a loss, but it's making bigger revenues too
Activision Blizzard Financials Q4 Fy17
Candy Crush franchise growth nudges King's 2017 revenues to a sweet $1.99 billion
Despite consistently falling MAUs across the company overall
Financial Report
DeNA fails to hit holiday expectations despite Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp launch
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp pinpointed as a highly for the quarter
Take-two Financials Q3 Fy18
WWE Supercard and Dragon City keep Take-Two's revenues flat for Q3 FY18
Social Point continues to be largely ignored in the company's financials
Zynga Financials Q4 Fy17
Zynga posts first profitable year since 2010 following successful launch of Words With Friends 2
CSR2 and Zynga Poker also continuing to grow
Netease Financials Q4 Fy17
Knives Out and Rules of Survival boost NetEase's 2017 revenues to $8.3 billion
Onymyoji declines, but a global launch and new MOBA should help
Ncsoft Financials Q4 Fy17
Lineage M's huge success pushes NCSoft's revenues to a record $1.6 billion in 2017
Sales are beginning to die down following the launch
Com2us Financials Q4 Fy17
Com2us scores revenues of over $450 million for the second year in a row
Summoners War to be its main focus of 2018, but it has plenty of other games to launch
Square Enix Financials Q3 Fy18
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and Hoshi no Dragon Quest help grow Square Enix profits to $204 million
Dragon Quest Rivals goes unmentioned despite initial success
Sega Financials Q3 Fy18
Sega revenues fall despite continued success of Hortensia Saga and Puyopuyo!! Quest
Hoping new games released next year will push revenues up again
Netmarble Financials Q4 Fy17
Netmarble's latest game Tera M helps push revenues to $567 million
Lineage 2 Revolution still generating the most revenue
Gungho Financials Q4 Fy17
Gungho doubling down on Puzzle & Dragons in 2018 despite years of declining sales
Expect a new anime, manga, and esports tournaments in the coming months
Gree Financials Q2 Fy18
Gree revenues stall as it focuses efforts on live ops for SINoALICE and Another Eden
Money saved from closing studios offset by increasing outsourcing costs
Sony Financials Q3 Fy17
Fate/Grand Order helps push Sony Music revenues to $1.98 billion
Overall revenues reach $23.6 billion for Q3 FY17
Apple Financials Q1 Fy18
Apple posts all-time revenue record of $88.3 billion for its Q1 FY18
Sales of its iPhones drop, but revenues from the sales grow
Burning Strong
Nintendo's most successful mobile game remains its most free-to-play focused title
Fire Emblem Heroes sustains
Konami Financials Q3 Fy18
Konami's PES 2018 and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links drive revenues up to $1.64 billion
The games have 80 million downloads and 60 million downloads respectively
Cyberagent Financials Q1 Fy18
CyberAgent revenues hit $899 million but games business stays flat for sixth consecutive quarter
Gearing up to celebrate anniversaries for both Granblue Fantasy and BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!
Capcom Financials Q3 Fy17
Monster Hunter Explore's continued popularity pushes Capcom's mobile revenues to $31.2 million
The developer is still trying to make a breakthrough in mobile
Next Games Financials Fy17
Next Games' The Walking Dead: No Man's Land suffers as developer moves on to other projects
Revenues grow slightly, but the loss grows too
Ea Financials Q3 Fy18
EA's FIFA Mobile drives Q3 FY18 mobile revenue growth with 139 million downloads
Didn't have much to say about its other mobile games
Nintendo Financials Q3 Fy17
Nintendo's Switch closes in on 15 million units sold worldwide
Revenues hit $7.88 billion on the back of Switch and Super Mario Odyssey sales
Mind Candy 2016 Revenues
Mind Candy's 2016 revenues fell to $4.65 million as mobile sales dropped by 90%
Overall loss was down, and it's continued to push on through 2017
Bulls & Bears
Which mobile game stocks performed best in 2017?
On the up
Rovio Shares
Rovio's share price falls 20% as user acquisition spend increases and profits drop
UA spend went up by 308.7% in its July-September period
Netease Financials Q3 Fy17
NetEase's launch of Minecraft in China draws in 30 million new users
Onmyoji revenues sliding in China
Tencent Financials Q3 Fy17
Tencent mobile revenues grew 84% to $2.75 billion in Q3
Honor of Kings remains the key revenue maker
Mixi Financials Q2 Fy18
Monster Strike clears 40 million downloads following launch in China
Mixi still focusing all its efforts on the game
Ubisoft Financials Q2 Fy18
Ubisoft's Ketchapp and Growtopia catalogue boost mobile DAUs by 234%
Very little else to mention in its financials
Netmarble Financials Q3 Fy17
Lineage 2 Revolution generated 45% of Netmarble's revenues in Q3 FY17
Launching in Europe and North America on November 15th
Com2us Financials Q3 Fy17
61% of Com2uS' $98.9 million Q3 overseas revenues came from North America and Europe
Summoners War continues to be the biggest performer
Nexon Financials Q3 Fy17
FIFA Online 3 M and Dark Avenger 3 boost Nexon's revenues to $532.9 million
Dynasty Warriors Unleashed and DomiNations continue to grow
Square Enix Financials Q2 Fy18
Square Enix's Dragon Quest Rivals hits seven million downloads in Japan five days after launch
Revenues continue to grow thanks to its strong back-catalogue
On The Up
Zynga posts profit for second consecutive quarter for first time since IPO
Revenues at highest level in four years
Two Years On
Has Konami's mobile pivot been a success?
How has the 2015 restructure worked out for Konami?
Soft Power
From snipers to sofas: The transformation of Glu Mobile
Two games that changed everything
Capcom Financials Q2 Fy18
Monster Hunter Explore and IP licensing boost Capcom's mobile revenues to $21.9 million
Overall revenues hit $295.4 million
Next Games Financials Q3 Fy17
Next Games plans further expansion with new office in Los Angeles and bigger HQ in Helsinki
Shooting for 200 staff in 2018
Apple Financials Q4 Fy17
Apple's iPhone 8 and 8 Plus launch push revenues to $52.6 billion
Yearly revenues come in at $229.2 billion
Activision Financials Q3 Fy17
King generated almost a third of Activision Blizzard's $1.6 billion revenues in Q3
Candy Crush franchise has its strongest quarter yet
What’s Next?
Profit over scale: Why EA isn’t concerned EA Mobile’s growth is slowing
Steady as she goes
Sega Financials Q2 Fy18
Puyopuyo!! Quest and Hortensia SAGA continue to keep Sega's mobile revenues afloat
Revenues grow to $1.7 billion
Glu Financials Q3 Fy17
Glu Mobile's revenues grow to $81.8 million as Design Home scores another 8.7 million downloads in Q3
Now gearing up to launch The Swift Life
Gungho Financials Q3 Fy17
GungHo revenues drop to $613.9 million as Puzzle & Dragons continues to face decline
Gearing up to launch new titles to stem the decline
Konami Financials Q2 Fy18
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links hits 55 million downloads as Konami clears $1 billion in revenues
Plenty of other games contributing to overall success
Sony Financials Q2 Fy18
Fate/Grand Order boosts Sony Music's revenues to $1.81 billion
Sony ForwardWorks goes unmentioned