Entries in ‘profits’ (21)
News: Economics of Rock Band are “improving”
Viacom claims that things are on the up for music series – though progress is slower than hoped
News: Konami predicts profit slump
Publisher tells investors to expect 82 per cent drop in profits for the current financial year
News: Profits and revenues fall at Microsoft
But there’s more good news for Xbox, with profit doubling at Entertainment and Devices division
News: Record profits for Apple
7.4m iPhones and half a billion app downloads in Q3 alone
News: PlayStation revenues down 18%
PS2 is the only Sony machine to see year-on-year sales rises for quarter ending June 30th
News: Games blamed as Amazon’s profits fall
“Industry slowdown” named as one of the main factors behind profits slump at online retailer
News: HMV profits up 18.4%
Video games account for 24 per cent of retailer’s sales
News: NCsoft income rockets 315%
Success of new title Aion sees sales and net income soar; Korean sales at the heart of numbers
News: Home Retail Group profits fall by 24%
Argos owner records £328m profit, but is wiped out by one off costs resulting in £402m loss
News: HMV like-for-like sales climb 1.9%
Group expects to meet market expectations, projecting pre-tax profits at £50m-£63m as annual sales climb
News: Microsoft suffers first ever quarterly drop
Net income declines by 32 per cent but Xbox 360 shipments increase year-on-year
News: Tesco profits pass £3bn
Record-breaking numbers for year ending February 28th are ten per cent up on the previous year
News: Nokia profits plunge 90%
Firm speaks of “exceptionally tough environment” as it looks to online for future growth
News: Microsoft to cut 5,000 jobs
UPDATED: 1,400 positions to go immediately; Fate of Xbox division remains unknown
News: Only 4% of games make a profit
UPDATED: EEDAR retracts figures – now claims that 20% of titles that make it to retail make a profit
News: Garriott quits as NCsoft profits tumble 50%
Developer says achieving dream space flight has “sparked some new interests”
News: Activision reveals record $1.48bn revenues
80 per cent growth driven by sales of Call of Duty 4 and Guitar Hero
News: Funcom financially strong despite loss
Developer/publisher expects revenue upturn when The Age of Conan game is launched
News: Konami sees double-digit growth
Sports titles cited as the driving force behind the publisher’s profits
News: DSGi suffers ‘disappointing’ Christmas
The group drops its profit predictions for the year following lower than expected sales
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