GungHo Shares Rise as Puzzle & Dragons is Released in Taiwan and Hong Kong
Posted 17:39 EST on 04MAR2014 by: indie navi news staff in news » financial reports, gungho online entertainment, puzzle & dragons
March 4th: GungHo’s share price rose by 10 yen on news that Puzzle & Dragons was faring well in Hong Kong and Taiwan after its March 3rd release, bringing P&D worldwide downloads to 25 million.
On March 3rd, GungHo released the Japanese-language version of Puzzle & Dragons to the App Store in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Despite the language barrier, P&D quickly leaped to the top of the downloads and sales charts in both regions.
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The demand for an Asian release of Puzzle & Dragons is evidenced by the huge number of similar titles released in Asia.
GungHo reports P&D has been downloaded 2 million times in North America and Europe and one million times in South Korea. In Japan, P&D has surpassed 22 million downloads, and remains the undisputed reigning free-to-play app.
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