March 26th, 2007 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »
Capcom interactive has done an excellent job last year to
enter the mobile games market. GameZone reports that the company has secured
the 9th place in Q4 of 2006 while they where still stuck at the 62nd spot at
Q1.
"When we entered the mobile game publishing business in
November of 2005 we were committed to making Capcom Interactive a major player
in this space,” said Midori Yuasa, president, Capcom Interactive, Inc.
"Now after little more than a year, we’ve outperformed many veteran mobile
publishers and established ourselves as one of the top ten companies in mobile
gaming. With our diverse slate of Capcom branded intellectual property and mass
market casual brands, I have every expectation that 2007 will see Capcom
Interactive breaking into the top five.”
number of original IP owned by the company as they released classics like Mega
man, Ghost n’ Goblins and Resident Evil as well as more recent console brands
like Lost Planet. Another important step for Capcom was the beginning of their
licensing strategy as they licensed ESPN Poker Club and Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire amongst others. Their revenue grow 340% in the last six months.
