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Source: http://andriasang.com/con102/squenix_earnings/

Following major losses the year prior, Square Enix returned to profitability in fiscal 2012. Net sales were up 2.1% to 127,896 million yen. Operating income was up 46.2% to 10,713 million yen. Net income went from a 12,043 million yen loss in FY2011 to a 6,060 million yen gain.

In its earnings report today, Square Enix credited the favorable results to increased sales of console games, boosted by Deus Ex Human Revolution and Final Fantasy XIII-2. The company also saw continued expansion in growth areas such as web and smartphones, with such titles as Sengoku IXA and Final Fantasy Brigade performing well.

View Square Enix's full earnings here (PDF, English).

 

Square Enix Shares Regional Shipment Targets For This Year

Company expects Japanese software shipments to drop despite DQX release.

During a briefing today, Square Enix shared earnings and shipment targets for the current fiscal year.

As reported earlier, Square Enix returned to profitability last year due (ending March 31, 2012) in part to strong console performance from games such as Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Deus Ex. The company saw net sales of 127.9 billion yen, operating income of 10.7 billion yen and net income of 6.1 billion yen.

For the current year, ending March 31, 2013, the company expects a 29% increase in sales to 165 billion yen, a 40% increase in operating income to 15 billion yen, and a 49% jump in net income to 9.0 billion yen.

Dragon Quest X will launch to Japan on August 2. Square Enix mentioned the game at the briefing, saying that the beta test is going smoothly.

Despite DQX's Japanese release, Square Enix expects Japanese unit shipments to drop from the previous year. In fiscal 2012, the company sold 17.66 million pieces of software, split 5.58 million for Japan, 6.74 million for North America, 5.11 million for Europe, and 0.32 for Asia and other territories. This year, it expects 18.8 million units, split 7.6 million for North America, 7.3 million for Europe and 3.9 million for Japan.

In the Japanese market, outside of DQX, Square Enix also has Dragon Quest Monsters Terry's Wonderland 3D due on May 31 and Bravely Default due some time this year. Hitman is also confirmed in Japan this year. Tomb Raider, while confirmed for Jan to March 2013 in North America and Europe, is listed as just 2013 in Japan.

View slides from the briefing here.



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Surprising, considering all the resources they're dumping into FF14 to make it a decent game and presumably FF13 VS.



Good, now bring me FFXIII-3!



Really gald to hear news such as this. Hope they make some great investments with this money.

By the way, who exactly gets money from Batman:AA?



So...does this confirm no FF14 2.0 for ps3 and no versus 13?



All of this, of course, is just my opinion.

Skyrim 100%'d. Dark Souls 100%'d. 
Dark Souls > Skyrim.
Halo 4 is the best damn FPS since Halo 3.
Proud pre-orderer of 2 PS4's and an Xbox One. 

Currently Playing: Dark Souls II, South Park
Playstation 4: MGS V GZ, Killzone: Shadow Fall, NBA 2k14.

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PureDante said:
So...does this confirm no FF14 2.0 for ps3 and no versus 13?


Not sure why you would think that.

Final Fantasy XIV 2.0 is on track for a January release for the PS3. Expect more news about that during Sonys E3 pressor.

As for Versus, that may turn into XV. As usual we'll have to wait and see, but they aren't going to vaporware that title with all the anticipation they have behind it.



Wagram said:
PureDante said:
So...does this confirm no FF14 2.0 for ps3 and no versus 13?


Not sure why you would think that.

Final Fantasy XIV 2.0 is on track for a January release for the PS3. Expect more news about that during Sonys E3 pressor.

As for Versus, that may turn into XV. As usual we'll have to wait and see, but they aren't going to vaporware that title with all the anticipation they have behind it.


Checked the XIV roadmap again, confused the september~november beta releases with actual release ^^. I figured as well that there would be no vs13 this year due to no announcement of it in their fiscal announcement as posted above. And, I doubt it will be turned into XV, although it may extremely benefit unaware possible FF fans who would become hype for a new installment to the franchise, rather rehashed numbers..then again, IMO 'versus 13' is a stupid name for the western audience, and would push an idea of a multiplayer FF. 



All of this, of course, is just my opinion.

Skyrim 100%'d. Dark Souls 100%'d. 
Dark Souls > Skyrim.
Halo 4 is the best damn FPS since Halo 3.
Proud pre-orderer of 2 PS4's and an Xbox One. 

Currently Playing: Dark Souls II, South Park
Playstation 4: MGS V GZ, Killzone: Shadow Fall, NBA 2k14.

It's like SE said "fuck you Japan were gonna start making games that appeal to North America and Europe, that's where the moneys at."



Square just made $15 from me. I just bought the Sazh, Snow, and Lightning DLCs.