Game-related companies January-February 2018 financial results summary Nintendo increased by 229% compared to the previous quarter

This is Nakauchi from the technical sales department.

We will summarize the financial results of game-related companies that announced their financial results in January and February 2018

Nintendo Switch surpasses Wii at fastest pace ever in North America

The focus this time is definitely Nintendo!

The Nintendo Switch was released on March 3rd and has seen a significant increase in sales since the start of its first holiday shopping season

Image source: Nintendo Co., Ltd. 78th fiscal year (ended March 2018) Management Policy Briefing / Third Quarter Financial Results Briefing Materials

The Wii has sold 116.3 million units, so it will be interesting to see if the Nintendo Switch will also surpass 100 million units and set a new record

As of February 1, 2018, Nintendo Switch has sold over 13 million units

Nintendo Switch

  • Hardware sales: 12.13 million units
  • Software sales: 47.1 million units

Main software sales

  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: 6 million units (7.5 million units combined with Wii U)
  • Super Mario Odyssey: 9.07 million units
  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 7.33 million units
  • Splatoon 2: 4.91 million units

The number of million-selling titles for this fiscal year was 8, including third-party titles

Nintendo 3DS

  • Hardware sales: 5.86 million units
  • Software sales: 31.25 million units

others

  • Total download sales were 43.1 billion yen (up 87% year-on-year)
  • Smart device and IP-related revenues totaled 29.1 billion yen (up 172% year-on-year)

*All figures are for the third quarter (April to December 2017)

The positive impact of the company's success is also evident in its stock price, which is on the verge of surpassing 50,000 yen per share

 

The quarterly sales and operating profits for each company are as follows:

Company name Sales (billion yen) YoY comparison Operating profit (billion yen) YoY comparison period
Nintendo 4829.71 175.5% 1165.01 494.6% 3Q
bandai namco hd 1743.34 5.2% 185.21 -11.1% 3Q
cyber agent 979.14 13.1% 82.46 29.8% 1Q
Sega Sammy HD 660.98 -8.7% -11.89 -26.9% 3Q
konami hd 633.12 9.0% 135.81 30.2% 3Q
square enix hd 560.47 -1.0% 79.55 57.2% 3Q
Nexon 526.75 28.3% 117.60 122.6% 4Q
LINE 459.14 18.8% 5.99 26.0% 4Q
mixi 421.80 -5.3% 109.49 -15.3% 3Q
DeNA 328.18 -2.4% 125.76 40.6% 3Q
gung ho 223.10 -17.9% 62.09 -25.4% 4Q
Glee 194.60 35.8% 23.40 24.5% 2Q
capcom 140.11 -10.8% 20.08 36.9% 3Q
COLOPL 123.70 -14.2% 21.97 -40.1% 1Q
Koei Tecmo HD 91.14 -0.7% 28.38 62.5% 3Q
KLab 85.39 36.6% 16.85 283.7% 4Q
Marvelous 63.76 -19.6% 11.98 -22.5% 3Q
Aeria 61.69 168.7% 3.03 Turn black 4Q
Akatsuki 57.54 109.1% 28.60 150.3% 3Q
Dreamcom 38.82 77.7% 1.74 -33.7% 3Q
Mynet 30.74 75.8% 2.83 22.1% 4Q
voltage 18.72 -21.7% -2.56 red turn 2Q
Aiming 18.42 -29.5% -10.53 Akahiro 4Q
cyber step 16.31 153.4% 3.05 - 2Q
enish 15.90 -11.8% -1.82 Akahiro 4Q
Broccoli 15.89 1.3% 2.80 -7.4% 3Q
imagineer 13.24 22.0% 2.84 58.0% 3Q
Ignis 12.89 -9.0% -2.47 red turn 1Q
mob cast 9.83 6.6% -2.51 Akahiro 4Q
ortho plus 9.78 33.8% -2.58 Akahiro 1Q
Nippon Ichi Software 8.19 52.5% 0.72 142.0% 3Q
extreme 8.17 0.8% 0.77 -34.0% 3Q
Tose 7.17 28.0% -0.47 Red shrinkage 1Q
mobile factory 6.90 17.6% 1.91 20.5% 4Q
accelerator mark 6.13 -40.6% -0.69 red turn 1Q
cave 4.93 -20.3% -0.80 Red shrinkage 2Q
vector 3.73 -17.6% -0.83 Akahiro 3Q
acrodia 3.55 -48.6% 0.27 Turn black 1Q
nihon falcom 3.11 8.8% 1.47 2.4% 1Q
Gala 2.37 2.4% -0.61 Red shrinkage 3Q

Figures are quarterly (QonQ)

Turning profitable = turning into profit
Turning loss = falling into
the red Reduction = shrinking the deficit

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About the author

Shinji Nakauchi

After graduating from culinary school, he worked as a chef at a restaurant for two and a half years.
He then worked in sales for 11 years in the financial industry.
She joined Beyond in 2013 and currently serves in the technical sales department and administration department.

Certification: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner