1）据serkantoto报道，日本移动内容论坛（MCF）最近发布报告显示，日本移动电子商务和内容合并产值达244亿美元（其中移动内容产值为88亿美元），比2011年增长23%。

2012年日本功能手机的移动内容市场规模（50亿美元）仍然大于智能手机平台，但比上年缩减27%左右；智能手机移动内容市场达38亿美元，同比增长4.6倍。

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mobile-content-market-japan(from serkantoto)

2012年日本功能手机游戏市场规模约24亿美元，其中社交游戏为20亿美元，手机游戏（游戏邦注：这里指那些不依附于GREE或Mobage等社交平台的手机游戏）为4.1亿美元；智能手机平台与游戏相关的内容产值为27亿美元，同比增长5.4倍。

总体来看，2012年日本手机游戏市场规模为51亿美元，功能手机占24亿美元，智能手机为27亿美元。

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2）Distimo最新报告显示，2013上半年Google Play收益显著增长，增幅达67%，而苹果App Store收益却仅增长15%。

尽管如此，苹果总收益仍然遥遥领先，比Google Play多两倍左右。在之前报告中，Google Play在这两大应用商店总收益中占比25%，现在已占比33%。

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combined-revenue(from Distimo)

Google Play收益增长主要得益于日本和韩国，美国用户今年7月份在这两大平台上的投入最多，而Android收益则主要来自日本和韩国。

Distimo 报告还指出，Facebook、《Despicable Me: Minion Rush》是Google Play和亚马逊Appstore免费应用榜单冠军，SwiftKey Keyboard和《Minecraft Pocket Edition》则位居这两个平台付费榜单之首；《Candy Crush Saga》是7月份iOS和Android收益最高的应用。

3）据insidemobileapps报道，King公司日前低调透露将于9月10日关闭几款不太成功的Facebook游戏，其中包括《Bubble Saga》、《Hoop de Loop Saga》、《Miner Speed》和《Puzzle Saga》。但该公司最受欢迎的《Candy Crush Saga》（当前月活跃用户超过4400万，已成为头号Facebook游戏）不会受此影响，而其测试项目King Gold Games（King推出的一个Facebook服务中心，用于提供游戏活动和新游戏检索服务）

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据AppData数据显示，《Bubble Saga》和《Hoop de Loop Saga》月活跃用户都超过100万，但在过去一个月中用户持续下滑。《Bubble Saga》自7月15日以来流失了150万用户，其他游戏目前的月活跃用户都不足10万。

4）据mobile-ent报道，在9月10日苹果新品发布会即将来临之际，有传闻称苹果将推出传说中的低价版iPhone，以及更新版iPhone 5。

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而苹果在6月开发者大会上所公布的iOS 7（已投入测试）则将包含全新设计，优化通知服务，提供更棒的照片管理功能以及对开发者更有利的性能。

5）据gamasutra报道，翻译服务Transfluent日前与Unity合作，将于8月20日推出Unity绑定其本土化插件的开发工具，支持开发者利用这种云翻译服务，本土化自己的游戏。Transfluent在开发阶段就植入本土化QA测试，意味着采用该服务的游戏可以同时在多个市场发布。

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1）Size Of Japan’s Market For Mobile Content Reaches US$8.8 Billion In 2012. Games: US$5.1 Billion.

by Dr. Serkan Toto

Japan’s Mobile Content Forum (MCF) has issued a new report that includes a number of interesting statistics on this country’s mobile industry.

According to the MCF, Japan’s market for mobile gaming reached roughly US$5.1 billion in 2012.

I translated the key information of the report into English.

According to the MCF, the market for mobile commerce and content combined in Japan was sized at 2.3507 trillion yen in 2012 (US$24.4 billion), up a very handsome 23% from 2011.

Within that US$24.4 billion market, mobile content accounted for US$8.8 billion:

The market just for mobile content in Japan in 2012 was still bigger on feature phones (US$5 billion), but it contracted by 27% when compared to a year before.

That difference was overcompensated by the respective market on smartphones, which grew 4.6-fold year-on-year to reach US$3.8 billion:

What about games inside this mobile content market?

The size of the market for gaming on feature phones in Japan in 2012 reached around US$2.4 billion: roughly US$2 billion for social games, and another US$410 million for mobile games (titles that are not distributed through social gaming networks like GREE or Mobage).

Observe how both sub-segments shrank year-on-year on feature phones:

On the smartphone side, the gaming segment reached US$2.7 billion for all game-related content (here, the MCF doesn’t make a special distinction).

This segment on smartphones grew 5.4-fold year-on-year:

As a summary, the Japanese market for mobile gaming in 2012 reached US$5.1 billion overall, according to the MCF: US$2.4 billion on feature phones, and US$2.7 billion on smartphones.（source：serkantoto）

2）Google Play sees 67% increase in revenue in first half of 2013

Brandy Shaul

Google’s market for Android applications, the Google Play store, saw huge increases in revenue in the first half of 2013, according to the latest report from app analytics company Distimo. The report saw Google Play’s revenue increase by 67 percent in the past six months, while Apple’s App Store revenue grew by just 15 percent.

Even with this large gain, Apple still pulled in double the overall revenue when compared to Google Play. In a previous report, Google Play claimed 25 percent of the combined revenue, but now accounts for 33 percent of the combined revenue across both platforms.

Google Play’s gain was due mostly to large growth in Japan and South Korea. For instance, while the US spent the most money on apps across both platforms in July 2013, Android revenue was largest in those two areas.

Image via Distimo

This growth is in keeping with Android device sales, which accounted for 52% of smartphone sales during the period of March to May 2013, according to a recent report from Kantar Worldpanel.

Distimo went on to analyze the top free, paid and grossing apps across the Google Play store and associated Amazon Appstore. Facebook and Despicable Me: Minion Rush led the top free app charts on Google Play and Amazon, respectively, while the SwiftKey Keyboard and Minecraft Pocket Edition apps were the leaders in paid applications. Candy Crush Saga was the top grossing app across both iOS and Android during the month of July.（source：insidemobileapps）

3）King reveals closure of five Facebook apps, including Hoop de Loop and Bubble ‘Sagas’

Brandy Shaul

Candy Crush Saga developer King (formerly King.com) has quietly revealed the closure of some of its older, less successful Facebook games. The move will see Bubble Saga, Hoop de Loop Saga, Miner Speed and Puzzle Saga all close on September 10, but the company’s most popular ‘Saga’ games won’t be affected. This closure also affects King’s test project King Gold Games, a Facebook hub for events and new game discovery.

Both Bubble Saga and Hoop de Loop Saga still have over 1 million monthly active players, according to our app tracking service AppData, but they have experienced steady declines in their player bases over the past month. Bubble Saga, for instance, lost 1.5 million monthly active players since July 15. The other games currently have less than 100,000 monthly active players each.

According to King, the decision comes as a way for the company to reallocate resources to current games in development, and its most popular active games, including Pet Rescue Saga (our review) and Papa Pear Saga (our review).

Overall, the move seems like a positive one for King, as the affected games were already on the decline, and having fewer games in its portfolio frees up more resources for new and hopefully, more successful ideas. Specifics on those upcoming games are still being held under wraps, but players of King’s closing games are encouraged to play the many games that will remain open. This includes Candy Crush Saga, which remains the No. 1 Facebook game with over 44 million monthly active players.（source：insidesocialgames）

4）Apple’s new iPhone expected on 10th September

by Phil Tottman

The iOS7 powered device arrives just in time as market share dips.

Apple are expected to be holding a special event on 10th September to unveil its new device to the world.

As was the norm with the launch of a new iPhone, that all older versions would see a decrease in price to make way for the new leader. However this time round – in answer to the growing list of lower-cost Android devices – Apple has been repeatedly rumoured to be launching a new cheaper version of the iPhone alongside an update for the current iPhone 5.

This arrival has come at a good time for Apple, as they see their market share dip. Hopefully for them, the new device and anything else surrounding it will re-boost the companies finances as a whole.

The new iOS7 – which Apple said was the most significant iOS update since the original iPhone – has been in testing since it was announced at the World Wide Developers Conference in June.

It includes a complete redesign of the iOS that we all know, with a brand new look, improved notifications, better photo-organising abilities and more capabilities for developers. The update will be available for older models, as well as the most recent versions of iPads and iPod devices.

Alongside the new releases, updates and reboots has been even more rumours surrounding the release of an Apple television and a smart watch, however any launch date rumours are currently staying just that.（source：mobile-ent）

5）Unity localization plugin can help your game speak a new language

By Kris Ligman

Translation service Transfluent is partnering with Unity to incorporate out-of-the-box localization services for developers.

The new plugin, which will launch August 20th, will allow developers to take advantage of cloud-based translation services to localize as they make a game. Transfluent sees it as a means by which to incorporate localization QA testing from the development stage, meaning games can launch simultaneously in multiple markets — a boon to devs with an eye toward distributing their games worldwide within a small window.

Obviously, machinic translation has its drawbacks, but Transfluent’s social media outfit has some proven successes and boasts “a team of 15,000+ professional live translators.” Even if the cloud-based plugin for Unity is more automated, using it together with localization QA could dramatically cut down on localization time in the long run.（source：gamasutra）