Capcom reveals strong Q1 results, points to industry recovery as the reason
Capcom Co., Ltd. would like to announce that net sales increased to 18,620 million yen (up 55.8% from the previous year). As for profits, operating income increased to 2,669 million yen (up 244.4 % from the previous year), and ordinary income increased to 2,209 million yen (up 304.5 % from the previous year). Net income for the current period increased to 1,320 million yen (up 290.2 % from the previous year).
In flagship Digital Contents business, "Dragon's Dogma" which is the first large-scale open world game for Capcom, set a new record in Japan for sales volume of an entirely new brand in its first week for releases during the past decade and consequently, worldwide shipments have surpassed one million.
Furthermore, "Minna to Monhan Card Master", started distributing in the previous fiscal year, continued to maintain steady sales, and "Resident Evil: Outbreak Survive" surpassed 2 million registered members, as it gained new users steadily.
Moreover, other social games remained strong; for example, "The Smurfs' Village" and "Snoopy's Street Fair", long-term popular titles under "Beeline", our strategic brand, brought Capcom steady fees.
As a result, consolidated financial results for ended June 30, 2012 significantly increased in both sales and profits from the previous term.
The forecast for the consolidated business results for the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 remains the same as what was projected at the financial results announcement on May 7, 2012.
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