Summary of Game-related Companies' April-May 2017 Financial Results

This is Nakauchi from the Technical Sales Department

We have compiled figures from gaming-related companies that announced their financial results in April and May

This time, there are many companies whose fiscal year ends in March, so this is only natural

First Quarter

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The ranking trends (sales) for iOS over the last three months are as follows:

Second Quarter

saw a 55.7% increase in sales thanks to "World Cross Saga -Time, Girl, and the Door to the Mirror-" (Wakusaga)Accelmark, but has revised its earnings forecast downward (see chart below).

Reasons for the downward revision

• Decrease in users due to deterioration of WakuSaga game balance
• Release of "Yoroshi no Wa" postponed

Reference page ⇒Notice regarding revision of earnings forecast

Third Quarter

GREE's coin consumption was sluggish in the fiscal year ending June 2017, but net profit consistently exceeded 100% year-on-year due to a decrease in foreign exchange gains, gains from the sale of investment securities, and corporate taxes from the transfer of subsidiary shares.

The renovation business was discontinued after only two years. (See reference page:Notice Regarding Transfer of Shares Involving a Change in a Subsidiary)

CyberStepsaw increased revenue thanks to the success of its online crane game "Toreba".

Final Accounting

Nintendo SwitchfollowsThe sales figures for

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

that Zelda sales are higher than hardware sales?

Mixiexperienced a continuous decline in revenue and profit throughout the fiscal year ending March 2017, but this is only in comparison to the previous year, and their sales and operating profit are still impressive.

DeNA's curation platform business unfortunately failed,

Sports are

• Sales revenue: 13,761 million yen (39.1% increase from the previous consolidated fiscal year)
• Segment profit: 1,087 million yen (loss of 1,003 million yen in the previous consolidated fiscal year)

The Baystars' momentum shows no signs of slowing down

Akatsuki's growth continues unabated, with "Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle" (a collaborative title with Bandai Namco Entertainment) surpassing 140 million downloads.

thoughts

Is the reason why Zelda is selling better than the Nintendo Switch console because people buy two copies, one to play and one to keep?

It's a mystery