Immediately Capcom introduced its monetary outcomes for the complete fiscal yr that began on April 1, 2022, and ended on March 31, 2023.
Web gross sales have been 125,930 million yen (up 14.4 % year-on-year) and working revenue was 50,812 million yen (up 18.4 % year-on-year). Each figures have been the very best within the firm’s historical past, and it is the sixth consecutive yr that Capcom broadcasts record-high income.
The corporate offered 41.7 million online game items, which marks one other year-on-year enhance. This was achieved due to the strong efficiency of recent video games together with Resident Evil 4 and Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak and digital gross sales of video games launched within the earlier fiscal years.
We additionally get the forecast for the present fiscal yr (between April 2023 and March 2024). Capcom expects 140,000 million yen in web sakes and 56,000 million yen in working revenue, which might mark additional development for the corporate. The goal is to promote 45 million items of video video games, however the firm truly has set a long-term objective to promote 100 million items yearly.
Talking of the Digital Content material enterprise (which incorporates video video games) particularly, gross sales have been 98,158 million yen and working revenue was 53,504 million yen, each considerably up year-on-year. Capcom expects additional development within the present fiscal yr with gross sales forecasted at 106,300 million yen and working revenue at 58,900 million yen.
Capcom has began extensively leveraging the PC platform, whereas high-quality video games have develop into high-margin long-term sellers on the digital market, as you’ll be able to see within the desk under, with gross sales of huge video games damaged down by yr.
Curiously, we earn that Resident Evil 4 has shipped 3.7 million items as of March 31, whereas Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is now at 5.5 million. Resident Evil Village has handed 7.9 million items, and Monster Hunter Rise is at 12.7 million items.
If you would like to check the outcomes with historic information, you’ll be able to try our article devoted to the primary 9 months of the fiscal yr following Capcom’s announcement in January.
