Game-related companies April-May 2017 financial results summary

This is Nakauchi from the technical sales department.

We have compiled numbers for game-related companies that announced their financial results in April and May.

This time, there are many companies that have finalized their financial results. This is only natural since there are many companies whose fiscal year ends in March.

1st quarter

``A3!'', released by Liber Entertainment, a subsidiary of Aeria

A3!

The ranking trends (sales) for iOS over the past three months are as follows.

second quarter

Accelmark's sales increased by 55.7% due to the influence of "World Cross Saga - Time, Girl and Mirror Door -" (Wakusaga) , but they have revised their business forecast downward (see chart below).

Reason for downward revision

• Decrease in users due to deterioration of Wakusaga game balance
• Release of “Kyotokinowa” postponed

Reference page ⇒ Notice regarding revisions to performance forecasts

third quarter

Gree 's coin consumption is sluggish in the fiscal year ending June 2017, but the year-on-year net profit is always over 100% due to a decrease in foreign exchange gains, gains on sales of investment securities, and corporate taxes due to transfer of subsidiary stocks.

We withdrew from the remodeling business after just two years. Reference page ⇒ Notice regarding transfer of shares due to change in subsidiary

Cyber ​​Step sales increased due to the strong performance of the online crane game " Toreba

Final settlement

Nintendo Switch hardware and software sales are as follows :

• Hardware: 2.74 million units
• Software: 5.46 million copies (including 2.76 million copies of "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild")

the number of Zelda units sold is higher than the number of hardware units sold ?

Mixi's sales and profits declined throughout the fiscal year ending March 2017, but this is just a year-on-year comparison, and sales and operating income are still impressive.

DeNA 's curation platform business has become disappointing,

Sports are

• Revenue: 13,761 million yen (39.1% increase compared to the previous fiscal year)
• Segment profit: 1,087 million yen (loss of 1,003 million yen in the previous fiscal year)

The Baystars' momentum shows no sign of stopping.

Akatsuki 's growth continues as usual, with ``Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle'' (a collaborative title with Bandai Namco Entertainment) reaching over 140 million downloads.

thoughts

Is the reason Zelda sells better than the Nintendo Switch console because people buy two copies, one for playing and one for storage?

It's a mystery.