THE JAPAN TIMES -- June 24 --Early last month, Mixi announced its
financial results and forecast for the year: Its profit would fall by
15% from the previous year, the first such decline in growth since the
company went public. The company is now opening its PC and mobile
platform to third-party developers, and new applications created by
them are expected to become available this summer. Mixi's move comes
amid the mobile-gaming boom among Japan's young generation. GREE,
Japan's third largest social network, saw the number of users to its
site more than double to nearly 10m, and its profit increased multiple
times over the past year on the back of popular mobile games created in
house. FULL ARTICLE @ THE JAPAN TIMES
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