Capcom about the record profit received for the nine months of the current financial year (April 1 - December 31, 2019). The highest score was achieved thanks to , and the recent expansion Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.
During the said period, the company received 13,07 billion yen ($119,9 million) in net revenue, which is 42,3% more than in the first three quarters of the last fiscal year. Operating income from the sale of digital goods increased by 30,1% to $19,89 billion ($182,4 million). However, the total revenue and net sales of the "numbers" decreased: the first indicator - to $ 52,91 billion ($ 485,2 million), which reflects a drop of 13,6%, and the second - to 40,59 billion yen ($ 372,2 million) , which is 15,2% less than in the same period last year.
Heads connected profit growth with high sales of big-budget games in "figure". Especially Capcom highlighted the remake of Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry 5 and Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.
Massive addition to Iceborne Released on September 6, 2019 for consoles and January 9, 2020 for PC. As of January 28, 2020, its circulation was 4,5 million copies, most of which were sold in digital format. At the time of January 2, the main game had 15 million shipped copies. The release of the remake of Resident Evil 2 took place on January 25, 2019, but the game is still successfully sold: since then it has been delivered to retail outlets around the world in the amount of 5 million copies. Data on shipments of Devil May Cry 5, released on March 8, 2019, the company did not publish, but noted that it was also pleased with the results.
Capcom has raised its forecast for the current fiscal year, which will end March 31, 2020. For the latest quarter, the company hopes to boost operating income to 22 billion yen ($201,7 million) and net income to 15,5 billion yen ($142,1 million). capcom that digital sales will amount to 81% (in fiscal 2019, their share was 60%, and in 2018 - 53%). At that time, Capcom will release Street Fighter V: Champion Edition (February 14) and Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection (February 25), as well as the Monster Hunter Riders mobile game (date to be determined).
The Resident Evil 3 Remake will not count towards the reporting period, as it will become available after the start of the new fiscal year (April 3). According to rumors, Capcom continues to work on Resident Evil 8: the development has allegedly been going on for several years, but recently there was . AestheticGamer Insider that in the coming years the eighth part will not be released. Besides, that the company is preparing to announce a certain game related to dinosaurs, but not related to the Dino Crisis series.
Source: 3dnews.ru