2 games shipped 1 million units .... but don't expect a second seippment of them
“Under a challenging operating environment, which contributed to relatively slower growth of new game title releases, net sales were below our forecasts for the six-month period ended September 30, 2010. Operating income outperformed our forecasts due to contribution from highly profitable carryover sales of major titles released in March of the previous fiscal year and strong performance from the Publication segment. Our Group is continuing to make progress in our strategic initiatives to achieve mid- and long-term growth which has included our promotion of business in the Chinese market through our newly-formed strategic alliance with Shanda Games in online gaming. In this way, we will continue to strengthen our existing businesses in the third quarter and beyond, while also vigorously pushing forward our three growth strategies of globalization, becoming “network centric” and strengthening our own-IPs.”
During the six-month period ended September 30, 2010, “DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: Joker 2” released in April and “Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days” released in August became million sellers.
http://www.square-enix.com/eng/ir/pdf/11q2earnings.pdf
