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outlawauron on 27 January 2009

Koei and Tecmo aren't very large, and Tecmo even more so, What's the highest selling game they've released in Japan?



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Erik Aston on 27 January 2009

I guess I hit "quote" instead of "edit." Screw it.

 



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bigjon on 27 January 2009

well, it looks like capcom and Konami need to merge now... they should complete it all....

Then Atlus and Nippon Ichi will merge... The Japanese Game devs / 2



End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)

Wii- 72 million   3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases

360- 37 million   Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

PS3- 29 million  Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut

outlawauron on 27 January 2009
bigjon said:
well, it looks like capcom and Konami need to merge now... they should complete it all....

Then Atlus and Nippon Ichi will merge... The Japanese Game devs / 2

This would make a lot of sense, imo.



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saicho on 28 January 2009

^
but combination of Atlus and Nippon Ichi would still be a rather small dev though...



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ChichiriMuyo on 28 January 2009

outlawauron - Less than a million. Tecmo only has two games over 1 million sold, and only one get a million in a single region (NA). Those are DoA 3 and 4, of course. On the flip side, Koei only has 3 games that broke a million (DW 3+4 + SW) but all of them did that in Japan alone.

That aside, this should be very good for Tecmo (which was essentially dead without a merger/buyout) and okay for Koei. Koei isn't getting much in the way of staff, but they are getting some mid-range IPs out of the deal and all of the engine work that has already been done (which they need). Also, should they come out of this generation intact they will be far stronger than ever before, even if they aren't going to be worth the combined value that is expected of them. .9 shares for the Tecmo shareholders is a bit overvalued, though, considering what little they bring to the table.



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Bitmap Frogs on 28 January 2009
saicho said:
Bitmap Frogs said:

So, the big ones are Squeenix, Capcom, Namco-Bandai, Sammy Sega and Tecmo-Koei right now?

Konami if you are only counting third party.

 

Oh yeah, Konami of course. 6 big publishers left in Japan.





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