Japanese culture might seem a little “crazy” to our prosaic western sensibilities, but the country is a cornerstone of the global gaming industry, and so we pay attention when Japanese gaming things happen.<\/p>\n
With the flailing Nintendo and confident Sony, it’s a very interesting time for the Japanese video game industry.<\/p>\n
As reported by DualShockers<\/a>, who have done the hard work of crunching the numbers, here are the most powerful Japanese gaming companies.<\/p>\n The list is generated by Japanese business and economy magazine Toyo Keizai<\/a>, who ranks 2,000 Japanese companies based on growth, profitability, safety, and scale to come up with their economic power rating.<\/p>\n The score scale for each category ranges from 500 to 1,000.<\/p>\n While it’s great to see Namco Bandai reigning as the top Japanese gaming company, the most obvious movements are with Nintendo and Sony.<\/p>\n Nintendo is battling with terrible financial results<\/a> in recent years, catalysed by its poor Wii U sales performance. This has seen it plummet down the list to 1647th from its position last year at 219th.<\/p>\n Interestingly, Sony has also slipped down the ranking. Although the launch of its PS4 console has been a great success, more broadly speaking, the company is struggling in other areas of consumer electronics and with its movie-making business.<\/p>\n It’s sad to note that Square Enix, who is also struggling with company restructuring and financial woes, has completely dropped off the list.<\/p>\n Top entrants, Broccoli and Nihon Falcom show that the internal Japanese anime and RPG market is going strong, as these companies respectively specialise in these areas.<\/p>\n SA competitive Dota 2 growing fast<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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