famousringo on 01 July 2008
| shams said: So does anyone want to actually LOOK at the SquareEnix financials? http://www.square-enix.com/jp/company/e/news/2008/download/20080523en_37.pdf They made around 100m US last year - down a little on the previous year. Their revenue was around $1.5bn US (approx). I think they are doing fine - if anything, its the "mobile" (phone) segment that has let them done - the DS is the main cash contributor at the moment. Over last year (sales): - offline games, down 20% - online games, down 11% - phone games, down 15% - publications, level - others (cards, etc), up 120% Sales: - Japan, down 3% - US, down 45% (!) - Europe, down 35% - Asia, down 41% Forecast for this financial year is about $120m profit, up around 20%. |
When I saw this thread title, I was scratching my head, because I thought Square was still in the black (despite coasting on brand since the PS2 came out, but that's just my opinion).
Thanks for shining the cold light of truth on this thread.
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