Category Archives: Financials

Ubisoft has released its Q3 financials for the period ending December 31, and the firm shipped over 13 million dance titles and 7 million units of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations during the period.

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Zynga’s first public quarterly financial report saw the casual publisher incur heavy losses, but an increased user base.

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Activision Blizzard has released its full-year 2011 and Q4 financials, and has said to expect Diablo III during Q2 this year, which would place it somewhere between March and June, and a new entry in the Call of Duty franchise with “meaningful innovation” is expected this year.

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Mad Catz has reported a nasty three months ending December 31, showing revenue down to $46.2 million from $93 million year-over-year. Profits decreased to $11.2 million, down from $26.4 million in Q3 2010.

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Warner has released its full-year financials for 2011, and reported a revenue increase of 9% $12.6 billion thanks to sales of to Batman: Arkham City, Mortal Kombat, and “several”Lego titles. Arkham City has now shipped 6 million units worldwide since October, and Q4 results for its Film and Entertainment sector, which includes video game sales, saw a 7% increase in revenue year-over-year to $3.9 billion. Revenue across all sectors for full-year 2011 was $29.0 billion, which is an 8% increase year-over-year.

Konami has reported its financial results for the nine months ending December 31, and it was a rather prosperous period for the firm with a reported profit of ¥17.05 billion ($224 million), which is a 77.3% year-over-year increase. However, most of the firm’s profit came from sectors outside of its consumer games sector, which declined 40% year-over-year.

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SEGA’s latest financial report shows a year-over-year decline for its games division during the first nine months of the fiscal year ending December 31.

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Square Enix has released its financial results for the nine-month period ending December 31, 2011, and the firm reported increases in both revenue and profit thanks to its games division as well as its social and online offerings.

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THQ has posted its financial results for the quarter ending December 31, 2011, revealing $9.2 million year-on-year decrease in sales but a healthy looking release schedule.

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Take-Two has released its results for Q3 of fiscal year 2012, and the firm has posted revenue of $236.3 million, compared to $334.3 million year-over-year when Red Dead Redemption was released. For the nine-month period ending December 31, 2011, revenue was $677.7 million, compared to $954.6 million for the same period last year, and losses of $41.7 million.

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Capcom has posted its financial results for the fist nine months of its fiscal year, and for the period, both profit and revenue decreased year-over-year. Profits were down 52.6% to ¥3.2 billion ($42.6 million) compared to ¥6.8 billion ($89.8 million), and revenue was down 29% to ¥50.3 billion ($660.6 million) compared to ¥70.8 billion ($930.0 million).

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Sony has posted a loss of $1.2 billion for the quarter ending December 31, 2011, citing floods in Thailand as a major contributing factor for the disappointing result.

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EA has posted $1.65 billion in revenue for Q3 FY12, which is a 15% increase year-over-year from $1.41 billion. Packaged goods sales came in at $1.23 billion compared to $1.108 billion year-over-year, and losses for the quarter were $205 million, compared to $322 million year-over-year.

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Nintendo president and CEO Satoru iwata had good news at Nintendo’s dire quarterly briefing; the 3DS has smashed records globally to become the company’s fastest-selling hardware.

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Nintendo’s has lowered its forecasts for FY2012 after reporting a net loss of ¥48.3 billion loss for the nine month period ending December 2011, compared to a profit of ¥49.5 billion in the previous corresponding period.

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We’re back into bumper season with a host of new content on the US PlayStation Store this week.

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Apple posted a record-breaking $46.33 billion in revenue for the quarter ending December 31, 2011.

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Microsoft has posted a 5% year-on-year increase in revenue for the quarter ending December 31, 2011, with strong performance from the Xbox 360 division.

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Ubisoft has reported €650 million in estimated sales for Q3 2011-12. The figures, based on current preliminary data, show an 8% year-over-year increase which exceeds company guidance of between €580 million and €620 million. The estimate has led the firm to revise its full-year targets, with sales now expected to hit between €1,050 million and €1,080 million, thanks in part to “a solid performance” from Assassin’s Creed Revelations and “outstanding sales” of Just Dance, according to company CEO Yves Guillemot. Ubisoft will publish its definitive sales figure for Q3 on February 15.

Media Molecule stated in its annual report that its main business risks came “largely as a result of the company’s heavy reliance” on the LittleBigPlanet brand.

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