Unaffected yet by kompu gacha ban, DeNA revenues climb to new record, hitting $609 million in Q1 2012

So far Japanese mobile-social gaming giant DeNA seems to have emerged largely unscathed from the ban on the kompu gacha monetization mechanic, reporting its highest ever quarterly revenues for Q1 2012. Sales climbed to 47.6 billon yen ($609 million) during the quarter ending June 30, 2012 — up 37 percent year-over-year and 11 percent quarter-over-quarter.

Operating profit climbed 5 percent quarter-over-quarter and 22 percent year-over-year to 18.4 billion yen ($235 million), while net income rose six percent quarter-over-quarter to 10 billion yen ($127.1

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