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Puzzle & Dragons grossed $1.5 billion in 2013
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Cosmo Clock 21
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It is, but not in all territories yet. I think they've slowly been adding more countries to the list over time.
maabus1999
Member
So it is this game and GTA 5 for top grossing video game for 2013?
And I have a feeling PnD may win here as I'm not sure GTA 5 sold 25 million @ an average cost of $60 US. And that of course is retail gross, not company gross.
And I have a feeling PnD may win here as I'm not sure GTA 5 sold 25 million @ an average cost of $60 US. And that of course is retail gross, not company gross.
stargateheaven
Member
Is this game ever gonna come outside japan?
Yeah, P&D "retail gross" is actually higher than $1.5 billion, since that's only the 70% GungHo takes in. Total consumer spent was more like $2 billion (estimated just dividing 1.5 by 0.7).
GTA5 would need over 33 million copies at $60 to achieve that.
stargateheaven
Member
I assumed it wasnt available anywhere.. its not in UK android or itunes stores.
speculawyer
Member
I have never even heard of that game.
I guess I don't understand the mobile market much.
I guess I don't understand the mobile market much.
ah, i didn't know that. sorry
it's a really fun game
(i've only spent $10 on it during a godfest event)
you wouldn't like it.
durrrrrrrrrr
Member
can't wait for 3ds version to make it out of japan. game is so good and i can't resist the egg machine much longer
There's no reason to resist. Their free stones give plenty of opportunity for you to use them.
Chittagong
Gold Member
I don't think GungHo are twats like King and Zynga.
I'd love for my company to have the "problem" of everything but our top tier game only bringing in $150m annually.
Fragamemnon
Member
They aren't. It's a very different company. They are into patronage of art (why else would you buy Grasshopper Manufacture and bankroll Metacritic51?) and put a huge emphasis on customer satisfaction and retention over just expanding their customer base.
for example, most big P&D updates contain a large number of upgrades for existing monsters so that they don't get left behind in the game's power creep (that power creep is largely unavoidable, btw-it's just the nature of the beast) and buff monsters that aren't very good. These updates are far more numerous than new monsters that may only be acquirable via their random monster machine.
It's been out in the UK itunes store since last October
stargateheaven
Member
Wuuuuut! Downloading it later! Would prefer android ver though.
It's like Puzzle Quest, but way deeper, and requires more matching skills.
You can play it casually, or you can play it hardcore. That's what makes the game so successful.
lol really? that game is available in germany, but not in the UK!?!
how is this possible?
oh and that game is in english(a lot of german peeps complain in the appstore if games or apps are not translated)
It is out in England. It's been on the app store for 3 months.
At $1.5B It would want to be ~ 90% otherwise you're looking at what, multiple $200M+ grossing properties?
Unless you're talking about the fact that a mobile game is doing those numbers when GungHo have multiple "traditional" games currently available. That speaks more to Japanese market conditions I'd bet.
sry, misunderstood it, some others were comlaining about the android version...
the game is free, why arent you guys just downloading the apk from the internet and install it manually? the game is free, nothing wrong there...?
lightning2k3
Member
Contact gungho. If you spent money on the game they have a way to locate your account and restore it for you. I think they will do that once for anyone who has spent money.