Entries in 'profit' (104)
Sega Sammy back in the black
Japanese publisher Sega Sammy has reported a net income of $189.5m for the nine months ending December 31st. The news is all the sweeter for the firm as in the ...
Home is a “sticky experience”
Despite widespread scepticism concerning Sony’s virtual world Home, the service continues to track record user levels and is making a profit for the platform holder, PSN boss Peter Dille has ...
Namco: ’09 was “an uphill battle”
Japanese publisher Namco Bandai has reported a loss of £81.3m for the nine months ending December 31st 2009 – a sharp drop from the £62.3m profit it saw in the ...
Apple profits soar 50%
Tech lifestyle leader Apple has revealed a 50 per cent year-on-year jump in profits for the quarter ending December 26th.
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Google revenues surge 17%
It seems that global economic slowdown has yet to reach the sunny vistas of California’s Mountain View with news that Google’s revenues enjoyed a year-on-year increase of 17 per cent ...
Annual Take Two losses hit $137.9m
North American publisher Take Two has reported losses of $137.9m for its fiscal year ending October 31st. This compares to a net income of $97.1m last year.
Tesco sales rise year-on-year
Leading UK supermarket chain Tesco has seen its annual Q3 sales increase 2.8 per cent year-on-year with ‘heavy discounting’ named as one of the chief reasons for its success.
Take Two not expecting profit this year
Though the title means little to consumers on this side of the Atlantic, the disappointing performance of 2K Sports’ Major League Baseball has lead to parent company Take Two cutting ...
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Losses increase at Playlogic
Amsterdam-based publisher Playlogic suffered a net loss of $6.7m for the nine months ending September 30th – a significant increase on the $2m loss suffered in the same period a ...
PSP delivers for Marvelous
Flying in the face of what you might guess to be the case, Japanese production company Marvelous Entertainment has admitted that it has seen far greater returns from its PSP ...
Ubisoft H1 sales fall 51.7%
French publishing giant Ubisoft has released its H1 2009/2010 financials, ending September 30th 2009, which reveal that sales of the company’s software sales fell by 51.7 per cent compared to ...
Konami predicts profit slump
Ahead of the publication of firm numbers for its current financial year, publisher Konami has issued a stark word of caution to investors, warning them that the numbers are likely ...
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Post-PS3 losses hit $4.7bn
As part of today’s financial report, Sony has confirmed that since the launch of the PS3 its PlayStation operations have lost a total of $4.965bn
Nintendo profits under threat?
Falling sales of the Wii and the decreasing value of the yen could force Nintendo to lower its profit forecasts for the first time in six years – that’s the ...
EA losses more than double
Electronic Arts has seen both its losses increase and its revenue fall for its fiscal Q1 ending June 30th 2009, with boss John Riccitiello admitting that the video games market ...
Nintendo Q1 profits tumble 61%
Nintendo has become the latest video games company to suffer significant year-on-year declines, with net profits down 60.6 per cent in Q1 2009-2010 to YEN 42 billion, compared to YEN ...
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Xbox sales up year-on-year
Whilst the overall picture for Microsoft is yet again one of declining revenues and income, its Entertainment & Devices Division – which houses its Xbox operations – has reported its ...
Sony hit by $1bn annual losses
PlayStation platform holder Sony has reported losses of $1.04bn for the year ending March 31st – a stark dip compared to the $3.7bn profit seen in the same period in ...
PixelJunk Eden made quick money
Japanese developer Q-Games has stated that its most recent PS3 release for Sony’s PS3, PixelJunk Eden, turned a profit within 24 hours of it being released onto Sony’s service.
NCsoft profits fall in 2008
Korean MMO specialist NCsoft has recorded a fall in both operating profit and net profit for its 2008 fiscal year, though its results for the final quarter of the year ...
Reeves: “There’s a lot of fight left in us”
In an interview with The Guardian, SCEE boss David Reeves has claimed that PlayStation “has to suffer a little” in the battle with its next-gen competitors, conceding that the ...
Riccitiello: Creativity and profit go hand in hand
John Riccitiello, the boss of US publishing giant EA, is back on the quality bandwagon after telling The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences that the quest for profitable games ...
Annual losses expected at Sony
PS3 platform holder Sony is expected to post an operating loss of $1.1bn for its financial year ending March 31st, according to Japanese business daily the Nikkei.
Reeves: Profit is a “specific pressure” for PlayStation business
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president David Reeves has stated that Sony’s PlayStation division is on target to “alleviate” the “specific pressure” it has come under for failing to post a ...
Nintendo makes $6 from every Wii sold
It’s common knowledge that Nintendo is the only current platform holder to have made a profit from its hardware from the off, and now a number has been put on ...
