Earlier this week, the Japanese-based social mobile game company DeNA announced its results and the numbers show that great opportunities still exist in the social gaming space. I have written several times about the importance of DeNA (and its Japanese competitor, GREE) in the social gaming ecosystem, in particular that they are better industry bellwethers than Zynga. DeNA is best known in the US as the parent company of ngmoco:), which it acquired in 2010 for $400 million.
DeNA’s results for the quarter that ended in September show the health of the social gaming and free-to-play business. For the quarter, DeNA generated $627 million in revenue and $254 million in profits. At that run rate, DeNA would see about $2.5 billion in revenue and $1 billion in profits for a twelve month (one year) period. The quarterly numbers also show a 45 percent increase in revenue and 38 percent increase in profits over the same period from the previous year.
The other interesting result in DeNA’s report was the revenue per daily active user (ARPDAU) it is generating from some of its titles in the US and Europe. Continue reading “DeNA’s results show the opportunity in social mobile”
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