We speak to Serkan Toto to get his take on the top Japanese and Korean game companies. Serkan is considered by many to be the foremost expert on the Japanese video games space. Check out more from Serkan: - https://www.serkantoto.com/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/serkantoto OUTLINE: 0:00 Intro 1:25 Key Asian gaming trends, including crypto 4:45 Serkan’s take on the console wars 8:18 Matthew’s take: Mobile never killed console 9:22 Serkan: Traditional Asian game companies killing it on mobile 10:55 Live services from Asian game companies 14:20 Nintendo 25:28 Will Nintendo ever push mobile? 31:36 Sony 40:30 Mobile for Sony 43:00 Sony first party 48:28 Square Enix 55:51 Nexon 1:03:29 NCSoft 1:12:52 Netmarble 1:19:47 Other remaining Japanese and Korean gaming companies: Watch out for Capcom! 1:26:26 SEGA + Rovio 1:30:42 Leads-based model for Asia to grow Western audience 1:32:00 Chinese invasion of Japanese talent 👇 EPISODE LINKS: Special Guest Serkan Toto: https://www.linkedin.com/in/serkantoto/ - Matthew Kanterman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-k... - Joseph Kim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jokim/ - Brian Peganoff: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-peg... SUBSCRIBE TO GAMEMAKERS: - Spotify Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3Cpyq7i - Newsletter: https://gamemakers.substack.com/ 😃 —CONNECT WITH ME! — • MY INSTAGRAM → @jokim1 • TWITTER → @jokim1 • LINKEDIN → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jokim/ — POPULAR CONTENT — 🤑 Economy of the Metaverse with Tim Sweeney    • Economy of the Me...   ℹ️ How to Build the Amazon of Game Companies    • Building the Amaz...   🔮 Gaming Trends | A Look Ahead at 2021    • Mobile Gaming Tre...   🖥️ The Future of PC Gaming    • Future of PC Gami...   🔴 Games Industry M&A    • Games Industry M&...   🔴 Netcode for Multiplayer Games    • Netcode for Multi...   🔴 IDFA Deprecation Product Impact    • Apple IDFA Deprec...   🔴 Trip Hawkins on the New High Score    • Trip Hawkins | Th...   🔴 LiveOps F2P Best Practices    • LiveOps - F2P Sal...   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamemakers/message