Capcom shared its third quarter earnings today. The company had increases in sales and earnings due in large part to Monster Hunter.

For the nine months through December, sales were 70,773 million yen, up 41.6% from the same period last year. Operating income was up 165.1% to 12,769 million yen, and net profits up 294.8% to 6,836 million yen.

In its earnings statement, the company made note of strong sales of Monster Hunter Freedom 3, which has shipped more than four million units since its December 1 release. Dead Rising 2 has been doing well overseas, the company said, with shipments of over 2 million units.

Other games mentioned for strong performance include Super Street Fighter IV, Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes and Monster Hunter Diary. Super SFIV shipped 1.6 million units, mainly to Europe and the United States.

Four games reached million seller status over the period. Joining Monster Hunter Freedom 3, Dead Rising 2 and Super SFIV was Lost Planet 2, which saw "steady sales" of 1.5 million units. Capcom did note, however, that this figure was less than projections.

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/02/02/capcom_earnings/

hmmm nice to know their profiting lol.

That's nice to know

It'll be interesting to see sales for Monster Hunter Tri actually, I expect it to be over 2 million now...

from gaf:

Shipments

LTD

Lost Planet 2 - 1.5m -> less than projected shipment
Super Street Fighter 4 - 1.6m
Monster Hunter Freedom 3 - 4.1m
Dead Rising 2 - 2.2m

Other shipments in the quarter:

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite: 100k
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition: 100k
Resident Evil 5: 100k
Street Fighter IV: 100k
Super Street Fighter IV: 200k

RE4 = RE5.... O_o

I think the RE5 numbers are only for the Move Edition.

 Decent results for Capcom with one big release in their FY left. Should have a strong year next year too, with what I assume will be some decent sellers on the 3DS and DmC most likely selling a couple million.

 Really got to give them credit as they seem to be the only Japanese publisher who've really been able to establish some strong IP's in the west this gen. Still with a strong grip on Japan with monster hunter though too.