Xsolla Says Japan IP Demand Drove Web Shop Business Growth
Xsolla's read on the past year is that regulatory shifts, not platform policy or discounts, are what pushed publishers toward direct-to-consumer web shops.
Reporting from 1 source: GameBusiness.jp.
Xsolla's Asia-Pacific head Lee Ju-young said the company's Japan business grew significantly over the past year, crediting active engagement from Japanese partners and renewed overseas demand for Japanese IP. He pointed to regulatory changes across several countries as the reason partners approached Xsolla for services they previously could not receive. A new head of the Japan office now leads the organization.
Lee said regulatory change across several countries expanded what Xsolla could offer partners, and that partners began approaching the company with requests they had not made before. He described the timing as partners now building a web shop into launch plans rather than adding one later. Japanese IP drawn overseas audiences was the second factor he named. The company assigned a new head to its Japan office to run the local organization.
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