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Don't forget GungHo & Supercell collaboration in Puzzle & Dragons, which is very big in Japan. That must have helped also Softbank's decision.

"An extremely popular and super addictive freemium game with over 19 million downloads in Japan and ranked as one of the top grossing apps" http://www.gunghoonline.com/games/puzzle-dragons/

"Puzzle & Dragons developer GungHo Online pulled it $763 million in sales in the first half of 2013, representing a colossal year on year rise of more than 945 percent.

As a result, the company has posted an operating profit of $460 million – up more than 4,331 percent – and net income of $287 million, up 2,609 percent." http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/GungHo+Online+news/news....



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