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Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered to the west by the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk in the north, an
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Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered to the west by the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk in the north, and the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands alongside over 14,000 smaller islands. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions, and around 75% of its terrain is mountainous and heavily forested, concentrating its ag
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Meccha Chameleon's June PC revenue ranking behind Fortnite shows that Japan’s PC market can turn live-service gacha games into serious revenue machines.
Digital is the engine, physical still has fans, and PC is becoming Sega’s big global opening.
Lawmakers are stepping in as resellers clean out store shelves and counterfeit cards flood the market, but actual regulation is still a long way off.
RuneScape: Dragonwilds has sold 1.3 million copies in early access, far exceeding Jagex's initial expectation of 200,000 sales. The Chinese version accounted for 41% of first-week revenue, though this has since stabilized to 15-20% of daily sales.
Crypton Future Media has announced a new free-to-play Hatsune Miku mobile game called Re:Merge for iOS and Android, launching in Japan this fall. The game will feature Piapro characters, but its genre and potential western release have not yet been confirmed.
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Meccha Chameleon's June PC revenue ranking behind Fortnite shows that Japan’s PC market can turn live-service gacha games into serious revenue machines.
Digital is the engine, physical still has fans, and PC is becoming Sega’s big global opening.
Lawmakers are stepping in as resellers clean out store shelves and counterfeit cards flood the market, but actual regulation is still a long way off.
RuneScape: Dragonwilds has sold 1.3 million copies in early access, far exceeding Jagex's initial expectation of 200,000 sales. The Chinese version accounted for 41% of first-week revenue, though this has since stabilized to 15-20% of daily sales.
Crypton Future Media has announced a new free-to-play Hatsune Miku mobile game called Re:Merge for iOS and Android, launching in Japan this fall. The game will feature Piapro characters, but its genre and potential western release have not yet been confirmed.