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NiKKoM on 07 August 2012


Square Enix Posts Quarterly Loss
http://andriasang.com/con25k/square_enix_loss/

Square Enix earnings report for the first quarter reveals a net loss of 2,077 million yen. The company put the blame on poor console game sales.

Total sales for the three month period through June 2012 reached 24,914 million yen, level with last year's 24,529 million yen. The company posted an operating loss of 1,163 million yen, compared to last year's operating gain of 2,178 million yen. Last year, the company saw a net profit of 690 million yen.

The company's digital entertainment business, which includes video game operations, saw sales of 11,336 million yen, down 3.9% from the previous year, and an operating loss of 111 million yen. Last year, this division saw an operating gain of 2,834 million yen.

While sales of Dragon Quest Monsters Terry's Wonderland 3D on 3DS were strong, console game sales were weak. Final Fantasy Brigade on Mobage and Sengoku IXA for browsers posted favorable results.

View Square Enix's latest earnings report here:

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2,000 million yen = 25 million dollar

What games did they release on the consoles last quarter?



 

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MrT-Tar on 07 August 2012

I guess DQX can't come soon enough for S-E. I just hope they use the profits from it to make the games I really want, like a Seiken Densetsu 3 remake, a third Chrono game or TWEWY 2; hell, even speeding up VSXIII development would be nice




NiKKoM on 07 August 2012
MrT-Tar said:
I guess DQX can't come soon enough for S-E. I just hope they use the profits from it to make the games I really want, like a Seiken Densetsu 3 remake, a third Chrono game or TWEWY 2; hell, even speeding up VSXIII development would be nice

Heck.. I'm still waiting for the FFX HD edition... you know.. the one which was for the tenth anniversary of FFX (2001)...



Which will likely be finished when it's the 15th anniversary going by SE work speed.....



 

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xKakashi209x on 07 August 2012

No way! How is that possible seeing how they keep making games that people want ?



Galaki on 07 August 2012

Maybe they are bleeding money from making Versus.



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SaberSaurus on 07 August 2012
xKakashi209x said:

No way! How is that possible seeing how they keep making games that people want ?





   

Troll_Whisperer on 07 August 2012

Luminous engine? Next gen development?

Anyway, $25m doesn't sound like much for a company like SE, but maybe Sony losses have made me numb to these kinds of sums.



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zarx on 07 August 2012

The 300 people plus outsourcing for FF XIV is a big part of that. Setting up servers for DQX must have cost a bundle as well.



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Faxanadu on 07 August 2012

Good that they go for more and more MMOs, as that is clearly what people want, as seen in DQX sales.



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Alphachris on 07 August 2012

Well, how could there be strong console game sales when there were no new big releases...