Capcom published its financial results for the past fiscal year, including interesting shipment data for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard and more.
Capcom released today its financial results for the fiscal year ended on March 31st, 2017.
As you can see in the table below, all numbers are in the positive realm, and are slightly increased year on year.
We also learn that Resident Evil 7 shipped 3.5 million copies, while Monster Hunter XX shopped 1.7 million copies. Monster Hunter Stories and Dead Rising 4 are still under a million copies shipped.
Last, but not least, we get a meaty description of the outlook for the current fiscal year, ending on March 31st, 2018. The company plans to focus on home video game development (defined “core competence”) on top of mobile contents.
Capcom also wants to expand digital download sales and sales on a worldwide scale, enhancing the product lineup , and leverage its popular IP.
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Interestingly, Capcom expects to ship 2 million copies of Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite, and 2 more million of Resident Evil 7 biohazard by March 31st, 2018, which would bring the total for Resident Evil 7 to 5.5 million, including the past fiscal year results announced yesterday.
As you can see in the table below, the unknown “major title” teased by the company doesn’t have specific platforms or a release window just yet.
http://www.dualshockers.com/2017/04/28/capcom-teases-major-unannounced-game-focus-multiplatform-development-including-nintendo-switch/