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Top Japanese game companies

25 listed top game companies listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange have total market cap of US$ 30 billion

Japan game market report (398 pages, pdf-file):

Japan is the cradle of many global games

Japan created much of today’s global game market with icon’s such as Nintendo. However, today the moment has been taken over by new online game companies. Their combined income now exceeds the traditional icons.

Top Japanese game companies: disruption by newcomers making mobile apps

We wrote in our blog first back in 2009 about the disruption of Nintendo’s blue ocean (Wii and DS) by smartphone app stores.

Top Japanese game companies: top 25 public game companies have added market cap of US$ 30 billion

Today, 25 Japanese online game companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, have a combined market cap of about YEN 3000 billion (US$ 30 billion).

These are (data of May 9, 2014):

  1. Konami (TSE Code 9766)
  2. DeNA (TSE Code 2432) market cap = YEN 246 billion (US$ 2.5 billion)
  3. Gree (TSE Code 3632) market cap = YEN 216 billion (US$ 2.2 billion)
  4. Square Enix Holdings (TSE Code 9684)
  5. Capcom (TSE Code 9697)
  6. GungHo (TSE 3765), market cap = YEN 612 billion (US$ 6 billion)
  7. Colopl (TSE Code 3668), Market cap = YEN 257 billion (US$ 2.6 billion)
  8. find the full list in our report on Japan’s game sector

Total market cap= YEN 2954.2 billion (=US$ 29 billion)

Top Japanese game companies: list above does not include LINE

This list does not include LINE, which is a private company, and has built a substantial games business.

Japan game market disruption – market report:

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