Japan Mobile chat application line game platform download volume broken 150 million

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time of June 24, Japan cross-platform Mobile chat application line today announced that the line game social gaming platform cumulative game download has exceeded 150 million, compared to 3 months ago 100 million times a surge of 50%. Line can be compatible with iOS, Android, and Windows Phone's three main platforms, claiming to have more than 150 million registered users worldwide.　Line is also the first batch of Mobile information services to carry out commercialization measures, the first quarter of this year to achieve 58 million U.S. dollars revenue. July 2012, line game allows iOS and Android users to play games with friends through line apps. Once both sides have downloaded a game, they can join in.　When a user downloads a game, line also recommends that its friends download the same game. Line game platform currently has 33 games, 3 months ago only 17, of which "line Pop" and "line Wind" two games download amount to 30 million and 10 million times respectively.　To celebrate this milestone, line will hold a contest to provide users with free virtual stickers and virtual coins through these two apps. Line game revenue generation through the application, and the game and the company's mobile chat application integration, and the average of each registered user to download a game performance is also a lot of industry attention. While line is the first mobile chat service to launch a gaming platform, its rivals are following suit. South Korea's Kakao Talk last year also launched a gaming platform, which now has a monthly revenue of $30 million trillion.　Tango, the US video chat service, became the first non-Asian company to launch the business this month.　Line is also experimenting with a new business model, which has recently launched an app store where businesses and developers can add apps to the store by paying for them, while users can get virtual coins for free in the way they download apps. Line has a firm foothold in Japan and is also increasing its share in the Southeast Asian market. The company plans to continue to expand to other markets, targeting Europe, the United States, mainland China, Latin America and other markets. Earlier this month, the company's iOS app added support in German, Italian and Portuguese, suggesting it could increase European market expansion. (Ding Macro)