Capcom told which games earned the most in just 9 months
On January 31, the Japanese publisher Capcom published the commercial results from April to December 2017. During this period, the publisher earned more on games than a year earlier. Both net sales and operating profit increased. Capcom explains the good performance with excellent sales of four titles.
First of all, in the report, the publisher highlights the horror Resident Evil 7, which was created with the expectation of VR. The company calls the reissue of the 1991 fighting game a shock hit Street Fighter II for Switch. The remaining two projects relate to the Monster Hunter franchise dedicated to hunting fabulous monsters – XX in the version for Switch and online Frontier Z, released so far only in Japan.
Thanks to these games, sales of Capcom’s digital content department amounted to 30.8 billion rubles ($282.2 million). This is 8.5% more than a year earlier. Operating profit was ¥6.3 billion ($57.3 million). This is 328% more than in the same 9 months in 2016.
Capcom’s Digital Content Department Results for April-December 2016-2017
In recent months, the company has had failures.
Capcom names among them the multiplatform fighting game Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. In total, the company published 23 titles in 2017. These include reissues of the first and second parts of the horror side-series Resident Evil: Revelations, mobile Ace Attorney and an expanded version of the hardcore role-playing game Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen for a new generation of consoles.
Sales of the Monster Hunter: World game recently released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were not included in the report. The company will tell about them at the end of its fourth fiscal quarter, which will end for Capcom on March 31. For the next financial year, the company has planned releases such as Dragon’s Dogma Online and Resident Evil 2 Remake.
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