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Despite 2016 being a year of flat growth, Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen told reporters that 2016 is the company's "best year so far." I think I would be happy too if my stagnation meant only reeling in $2.3 billion. But Supercell raked in $1 billion before taxes, up from $897 million from the previous year. I'm sure Tencent is pleased. Supercell faced stiff [...]
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SuperData's latest report is out. Several predictions are included, but the one that stands out most is the prediction that "Chinese companies will scoop up 1-2 western publishers a month from here on." The prediction comes just over a week after it was announced that Jagex may be acquired by a Chinese mining company called Shandong Hongda. The full quote [...]
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Another year has ed which means it's time for new stats from SuperData Research. The year 2015 saw an impressive 8% year-over-year increase in the "worldwide digital games market" with total revenues of $61 billion—a record high. Digital console games are up 34% year-over-year. Mobile is up 10% year-over-year, ing for a staggering $25.8 billion of that revenue. "Social games" [...]
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New revenue numbers gathered by SuperData reveal the continued growth in mobile gaming. The combined revenues of the top 15 mobile games totaled $3.75 billion USD in the 12 month period between November 28, 2014 and November 27, 2015. That's a 5.5% growth in revenues compared to the same period last year. SuperData reports these numbers with Black Friday of each year [...]
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