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Favorable Increase on Financial Results for ended June 30, 2012
55.8% increase in Net Sales, 244.4% increase in Operating Income from Previous Term
- Expansion of Online Contents Sales contributes to the fair start to the forecast of this fiscal year -
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.
a. In this business segment, "Dragon's Dogma" (for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360), the first large-scale open world game for Capcom, struggled abroad, but its popularity in the more profitable domestic market exceeded expectations by selling more than one million copies.
b. "Minna to Monhan Card Master", started distributing through Mobage in the previous fiscal year, continued to maintain steady sales, and "Sengoku BASARA: Card Heroes" was also released for Mobage. "Resident Evil: Outbreak Survive" for GREE steadily gained new users. Accordingly, Capcom gained more than 2 million registered SNS users.
c. Furthermore, 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 by obtaining a wide range of users.
d. Moreover, we have started "Browser Sengoku BASARA" as the first attempt in entering the browser game sector, while "Monster Hunter Frontier Online" series secured stable income.
e. The resulting net sales were 13,740 million yen (up 78.8% from the previous year), and the operating income was 2,401 million yen (up 175.6 % from the previous year).
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