the leading mobile games in Japan in 2018. The country is the home of many globally prominent game developers and publishers. In line with the global trend, mobile gaming has been blooming in Japan.
Sony and Nintendo ruled the sales ranking in the Japanese game market in 2017 with 1.9 and 1.1 trillion Japanese yen respectively. Bandai Namco, followed as the third, owned two ofSales of major game companies in Japan in 2017 (in billion Japanese yen)
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Business Sweden. (January 9, 2019). Sales of major game companies in Japan in 2017 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1031874/japan-major-game-companies-sales/
Business Sweden. "Sales of major game companies in Japan in 2017 (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. January 9, 2019. Statista. Accessed October 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1031874/japan-major-game-companies-sales/
Business Sweden. (2019). Sales of major game companies in Japan in 2017 (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1031874/japan-major-game-companies-sales/
Business Sweden. "Sales of Major Game Companies in Japan in 2017 (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1031874/japan-major-game-companies-sales/
Business Sweden, Sales of major game companies in Japan in 2017 (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1031874/japan-major-game-companies-sales/ (last visited October 01, 2023)
Sales of major game companies in Japan in 2017 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Business Sweden, January 9, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1031874/japan-major-game-companies-sales/