Editor’s note: Newzoo and Distimo have released monthly mobile game data for February 2013, listing top worldwide games and publishers for iOS App Store and Google Play. Peter Warman, CEO of Newzoo, contributes his analysis.
The top five [iOS] publishers remained unchanged this month, with Supercell still claiming the top spot with only two games in the top 200 list. Mobage have climbed from number thirteen to take the number eight spot. Natural Motion saw the most dramatic drop, falling eight places to 19. There are three new publishers on the list – Funzio Inc who debuted at number fourteen, NamcoBandai Games at 18 and LocoJoy Ltd at the bottom spot.
Rovio dropped out of the top 20 as their paid game strategy gives them highly fluctuating revenues. Three of the top 20 publishers have only one game in the top 200 list — Mojang, Playtika LTD and LOCOJOY.
The top 5 iOS games also remained unchanged in February with Clash of Clans from Supercell Taking the number one spot, once again followed by King.com’s Candy Crush Saga, and in third place HayDay, also by Supercell. There were few dramatic changes in the list, with Puzzle and Dragons dropping to the bottom of the list from number fourteen. Three new games entered to take positions 16, 17 and 18.
Source: Newzoo and Distimo. Rankings based on gross sales.
Source: Newzoo and Distimo. Rankings based on gross sales.
GungHo Entertainment continued their run at the top of the [Android] publishers list with 5 games in the top 200, and its game Puzzle and Dragons still topping the Top 20 Games list. Naver is once again in second position, claiming seven games in the top 200 and the number two spot with LinePop.
Last month’s top performing publisher, Mobage, remains at number three on the list. Newcomer WeMadeEntertainment has jumped from number 15 to 4 with only one game in the top 200 list.
There are three new publishers on the list this month — 4:33, Actoz Soft and NHN Corp. We can see some overlap between the Google and iOS lists with big names such as Kabam, Zynga, King.com, Naver and GungHo Entertainment featured on both.
Puzzle and Dragons was the best performing game in terms of revenues for the third month running, with publisher GungHo Entertainment at first position in the Top 20 publishers list. LinePop took the next spot. WeMadeEntertainement’s title debuted at number 3.
Once again, the Google Play games list is almost completely dominated by Asian games. Candy Crush Saga is the top performing Western game at number 6 on the list. The Simpsons: Tapped Out from EA debuts at number 20.
Source: Newzoo and Distimo. Rankings based on gross sales.
Source: Newzoo and Distimo. Rankings based on gross sales.
As an interesting insight, China now generates twice as much iOS spending as Germany, and it’s just behind the UK. [We forecast] China will surpass the UK in iOS game spending in March following huge growth in February – almost 30 percent in the short 28-day month. Â Japan still outspends China nearly two to one on iOS games.
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