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Nier: Automata drove income for the nine month period ended December 2017, as the firm lacked more recent big releases
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Sega’s revenue down despite strong games performance
Sonic Forces and Football Manager 2018 boosted physical game sales at Sega
Read More »Konami’s revenue growth led by mobile games
Revenue at Konami increased nine per cent year-on-year, while profit saw a 30.2 per cent growth
Read More »9m units of Mario Odyssey lead incredible nine months for Nintendo
Sales were up 175.5 per cent year-on-year for the nine-month period ended December 2017, with the Switch shifting 12.13m units
Read More »Square Enix physical game sales down in Q1, but digital still ‘strong’
Square Enix has released its latest quarterly results for the three months ending June 30th 2017, and the company’s net sales increased by 11.3 per cent year-on-year to reach 57bn, the company has reported. Operating income, meanwhile, rose by 43.9 per cent to 12.8bn. The company’s digital entertainment division also …
Read More »Zynga must increase conversion for future success – Midia
Zynga posted its best revenue and booking performance in four years during Q2 2017, with revenue reaching $209.2m, up from $181.7m this time last year, and 21m daily active users compared to Q2 2016’s 18m DAUs. However, Midia Research analyst Karol Severin has told MCV that the company’s main focus …
Read More »Activision Blizzard revenue up despite console sales decline
Activision Blizzard has posted "better than expected" financial results forQ2 2017.Net revenue hit $1.63bn for the quarter ending June 30th, rising 4 per cent year-on-year. Digital channels, meanwhile, grew 15 per cent year-on-year to reach $1.31bn. That said, console sales for Q2 were actually down 13 per cent year-on-year for …
Read More »Take-Two: ‘Engagement first, monetisation second’
Take-Two reported another strong quarter last night, with net revenue for its fiscal Q1 2018 up 34 per cent year-on-year to $418.2m, and net sales up 28 per cent to $384.3m. Digitally-delivered net revenue also grew 56 per cent to $268.2m and digitally-delivered net sales increased 47 per cent to …
Read More »EA’s digital net sales hit record high for Q1
EA has announced its Q1 2018 results for the three months ending June 30th 2017, and digital net sales reached $3.147bn for the trailing 12-month period, representing 63 per cent of the company’s total net sales. That’s an increase of 23 per cent year-on-year. For the quarter, total net revenue …
Read More »PlayStation sales rose 5.4% in Q1, but operating income dropped by 59.7%
Sony released its Q1 fiscal year 2017 results this morning and sales from its game and network services division rose 5.4 per cent year-on-year to 348.1bn. This was due to an increase in PS4 software sales and PS VR sales, but its growth was offset by the impact of the …
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