Eurotechnology-Japan Report:
"Japan's game industry"
Summary
Japan's game markets are setting global trends, and Japanese game makers, and
console makers (SONY and Nintendo) are dominating global game console markets.
To understand global game software and game hardware trends it is essential to understand
the Japanese game software and hardware market. Japan is also setting trends in the area
of online games. Leading massive multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs) are
also made in Japan.
If you are planning to
do business in Japan's game industry or Japan's game markets,
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Table of Contents
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Executive Summary: Japan's game industry
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Japan's game industry: structure and overview
Game platform segmentation
Game industry in the context of the media industry (figure shows quantitative market segment sizes in comparison)
Game industry landscape (figure shows major sectors, segmentation and market structure)
Game industry overview (figure shows size comparison of major four sectors)
Market trends (figure shows market size development and trends for video games, hardware, software, online games, mobile phone based
game market, market sizes for 1985-2005, and extrapolation of trends to 2010, logarithmic scale)
Game markets by segment (Figure shows size of video game hardware, video game software, online games and mobile phone based games from 1987 and with projection to 2007)
Market trends (figure shows market size development and trends for video games, hardware, software, online games, mobile phone based
game market, market sizes for 1985-2005, and extrapolation of trends to 2010, linear scale)
Video game software market compared to online and mobile phone markets (Figure shows size of video game software, online games and mobile phone based games from 1987 and with projection to 2007)
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Arcade game sector
Description, overview, major trends
Dance Dance Revolution as example
Game machine locations
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Game console market
Overview
Game consoles as platforms, business models
Accumulated global game hardware shipped (Figure shows data for major manufacturers)
Estimated number of consoles in the market place in Japan
Game console market place (figure shows market shares of game console sales during January-June 2005 for major consoles: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, GameBoy, DS, SONY PS2, and PSP)
Game console market development (figure shows weekly sales of game console sales during January-July 2005 for major consoles: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, GameBoy, DS, SONY PS2, and PSP)
Game console market development (figure shows comulated weekly sales of game console sales during January-July 2005 for major consoles: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, GameBoy, DS, SONY PS2, and PSP), specifically shown is Nintendo vs SONY platforms
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SONY PSP vs Nintendo DS
SONY PSP vs Nintendo DS market development (figure shows weekly sales of game console sales during January-July 2005 for Nintendo DS vs SONY PSP)
PSP: key specifications
PSP: key specifications - UMD (Universal media disk)
Nintendo DS
Comparing DS and PSP
DS vs PSP
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Microsoft X-box in Japan
X-box in Japan: summary and overview and analysis
X-box at the Tokyo Game Show
X-Box market penetration in Japan: estimated installed base, and sales in the January - June 2006 period
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Japan Game software industry and market
Video game software, online games, mobile games (figure shows sales volume from 1985-2005 and extrapolation of trends out to 2007)
Game software trends
Games by genre, most popular games in Japan
Top 13 most populat game genres
Figure comparing popularity of game genres in Japan
Consolidation of the game software industry, overview of recent mergers
Ranking Japanese software makers by sales volume (table showing ranking before and after recent mergers)
Game market by segment: Video game hardware and software, online games, mobile games (figure shows sales volume from 1985-2005 and extrapolation of trends out to 2007)
Game software trends
Ranking by number of game cassettes shipped (figure shows ranking by shipping volume for 2004)
Ranking of global game software makers by market capitalization
Top ten game titles sold in Japan in 2004 (figure with sales data)
Sales volume of top ten game titles sold in Japan in 2004 (figure with cash value of estimated sales volume)
Game software titles ranking of accumulated sales in Japan
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Massive multi player online role playing games - MMORPG
Online games, MMORPG - introduction, overview
Ranking of the worlds top seven MMORPGs
Final Fantasy XI, overview, Vana Diel
Ragnarok by Gravity
Lineage II by NCsoft
Lineage and Lineage II overview, history and sales details
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Introduction of selected game software companies
Illustrated introduction of major Japanese software makers: Nintendo, Konami, Sega-Sammy, Square-Enix, Capcom, SONY Computer Entertainment, and others
Electronic Arts (EA) in Japan
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Games on mobile phones
Overview
Mobile game market size projections (figures with projections out to 2010)
Games sell mobile phones (store impressions)
Vodafone demonstrating arcade games
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Games on DoCoMos i-Mode
Overview
Games on the i-mode menu
The game i-mode menu section, listing of subsections (by game genre, type of game or type of site), number of official sites in different sections
Role playing games section
Role paying games section in detail
Final Fantasy on i-mode: introduction of i-mode official site with sketch of business model
Real world promotion: linking i-mode with the real world
DoCoMo co-promotes
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DoCoMo role
Overview, discussion, analysis
Selected partners
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AU EZGameStreet
KDDI-AU perspective: EZGameStreet as a game platform and portal
Dragon Quest on EZGameStreet
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Summary
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