I Thought it will be interesting know recent financial result ( net income
/loss ) by major third parties so yesterday I made a search :
First Half Current Fiscal Year ( ending 31 march 2008 ) :
SegaSammy : loss -> US $ 181 million ( - 20.2 Billion yen )
http://www.segasammy.co.jp/english/ir/library/presentation/200711/index_03.html
Capcom : net income -> US$ 14.3 million ( 1.603 billion yen )
http://ir.capcom.co.jp/english/finance/review.html
Konami : net income -> US$ 45 million ( 5.114 billion yen )
http://www.konami.co.jp/en/news/2007/n-07-010.html
SquareEnix : net income -> US$ 45.8 million ( 5.211 billion yen )
http://www.square-enix.com/jp/ir/e/data/financial/download/20071214en_23.pdf
NamcoBandai : net income -> US$ 71.5 million ( 7.977 billion yen )
http://www.bandainamco.co.jp/en/releases/images/3/41221.pdf
Hudson : net income -> US$ 20.6 million ( 2.301 billion yen )
http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp_eng/investors/pdf/fy071105.pdf
Ubisoft : net income -> US$ 42.2 Million
http://www.ubi.com/US/News/Info.aspx?nId=4980
Activision : net income -> US$ 28.5 Million
http://investor.activision.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1104659-07-80748
EA : loss -> US$ 327 Million
http://investor.ea.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=88189&p=irol-newsArticle&id=1035321
http://investor.activision.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1104659-07-80748
Infogrames ( Atari ) : loss -> US$ 20.7 million ( - 14.2 million euro )
http://corporate.infogrames.com/MT-3.34-en/mt-static/FCKeditor/UserFiles/File/RES_SEM_07_08FINAL_EUR(1).pdf
Activision : net income -> US$ 28.5 Million
http://investor.activision.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1104659-07-80748
Full Fiscal Year Ending 30 June 2007 :
Sci/Eidos : loss before tax -> US$ 59.9 million ( £ - 30 million )
http://miranda.hemscott.com/ir/seg/pdf/AnnualReport07.pdf
Full Fiscal Year Ending 31 March 2007 :
Thq : net income -> US$ 68 million
First 3 quarters ( current fiscal year ending 31 December 2007 ) :
Midway : loss -> US$ 67.64 million
http://finance.google.com/finance?fstype=ii&q=NYSE:MWY
Vivendi Games : Earnings before interest and income taxes -> US$ 125.5 million ( 86 million euro )
http://www.vivendi.com/corp/en/regulated_information/documents/20071114_resultats_Q3_en.pdf
Fiscal Year Ending 30 October :
Take 2 : loss -> US$ 138.4 million
http://pc.qj.net/Take-Two-announces-fiscal-year-2007-financial-results/pg/49/aid/109968
I hope to not have made errors, however there is the links if you want check the soundness.
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