Why Japan is on the decline

[Soundwave]

bdbdbd said:

Soundwave said:

http://www.serkantoto.com/2016/08/17/japans-mobile-game-market-size/

Japan's Mobile Market Topped $9 billion a year ago, it is likely the largest mobile gaming market in the world (!). So there you go. It's not a massive mystery what's happening here. 

I think you should've read the OP. :D And preferrable a couple comments in the thread.

I read the OP, aging population doesn't explain everything, Japan had an aging population 8-9 years ago too. 

Also I've been to Japan and spent several weeks there. 

The market is having demographic issues sure, but it's also seeing a massive migration over to mobile smartphone gaming. There is no doubt about it, Japan is the biggest app market for games in the world, bigger than the US, even though it has like 1/3 the population. And people here play on their mobiles a lot, so that tells you how crazy Japan is for smartphone games.