Translator Reviews ( English → Japanese )
Rating: 61 / Native Japanese / 0 Reviews / 01 Jan 2012 at 20:48
"[D]uring the past six months Japan grew 35 percent over the previous six months, and China grew 30 percent, while the U.S. was down because of a shift in iPhone launch (last year’s iPhone launch was in June and this year’s launch was in September) and negative seasonality during the first half of the year."
Other key facts from App Annie include the prediction Japan will account for 20 percent of world-wide app revenue in Apple’s AppStore by the end of the year, more than twice as much as what it was in September. Japan is accustomed to mobile payments and as smartphone adoption continues to grow (with the iPhone now on au in addition to Softbank) the opportunities for gaming companies will only increases.
「日本ではここ6か月とさらにその前の6か月とを比べると35%の伸びが見られ、中国でも30%増加となっている。一方、米国ではiPhoneの登場(昨年の発売は6月で今年は9月)と上半期の消極的な季節性が要因で減少している。」
App Annieがあげる大きな要因には他にも、日本がAppleのアプリケーションストアにおいて世界の売り上げの20%を占めることになるとの予測を示し、すでに9月の段階で2倍超となっている。日本ではモバイルでの支払いも日常的となりスマートフォンを使う場面も増えているため(auとソフトバンクのiPhoneがある)、ゲーム会社のチャンスはますます増えるだろう。