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Publisher EA has published higher than anticipated sales numbers for its financial Q2 ending September 30th 2012. In total sales hit $1.03bn for the period – a 17 per cent year-on-year increase. Losses for the period also increased, however, hitting $340m. That’s a $139m year-on-year increase. The big successes of …

PS3 platform holder Sony has predicted a huge impact’ to its earnings as a result of the deepening European financial crisis. Bloomberg reports that Sony buys very few components from Europe, meaning the list of possible actions it can take for mitigating circumstances is significantly reduced. Europe is one of …

Retail giant GameStop saw year-on-year profit fall from $40.3m to $30.9m during its fiscal quarter ending July 30th. Total sales dipped 3.1 per cent to $1.74bn for the quarter from the $1.8bn generated during the same period last year. Digital sales increased 69 per cent. However, profit before tax and …

MMO publisher NCsoft’s sales rose to 647.9bn South Korean Won (or 360.6m) last year. The consolidated sales increased by two per cent year-on-year, while operating profit rose by four per cent to 242.9bn Won (145.7m). NCsoft broke its own records with Lineage reaching its greatest annual sales ever, generating 181.2bn …

In the face of one of the most hostile times in the history of games retail, global games retailer GameStop has reported net earnings of $75.2m for its fiscal Q1 ending May 1st 2010 – a jump of 6.8 per cent year-on-year. Total sales were up 5.1 per cent at …

A 13 per cent year-on-year increase in traffic is the headline figure to emerge from Future Publishing’s H2 fiscal results. The media company reported a profit of 3.6m for the period – 13 per cent up on the same period the year before. However, revenues fell seven per cent in …

French publisher Ubisoft has reported sales of €871m for the year ending March 31st 2010 – a decrease of 18 per cent year-on-year. Operating losses hit €60m, compared to an operating income of €128.7m in the same period the year before. Net losses totalled €44m, down from 08/09’s €68.8m profit. …

Publisher Square Enix has posted its best annual financial results since the merger of Square Co and Enix Corporation in 2003. For the 12 months ending March 31st 2010 operating income was up 130 per cent at YEN 28,235m. Net income was up 50.1 per cent at YEN 9,5m and …

Sony’s Network Product and Services Division, the home of its PlayStation operations, has reported a $889m loss for the year ending March 31st 2010, a year-on-year decrease of 10.2 per cent. PS3 sales hit a total of 13m units, up from the 10.3m seen in the same period the year …

Disney Interactive Media has reported losses for both the fiscal quarter and half ending April 3rd this year. While overall the Disney company enjoyed a climb in profits for the period, as revealed by its latest financial report, the division responsible for its games lost $55m in operating results for …