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Sports games score big sales for Konami as revenue tops $1.76 billion for last nine months News Feb 1st, 2019

Sports games score big sales for Konami as revenue tops $1.76 billion for last nine months

Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links set to launch in China on mobile

Square Enix profits drop after three months with no new games and new mobile titles fail to perform News Aug 9th, 2018

Square Enix profits drop after three months with no new games and new mobile titles fail to perform

Three-month financial results show a slow quarter for the Japanese publisher

Nintendo Switch nears 20 million sales News Jul 31st, 2018

Nintendo Switch nears 20 million sales

Earnings report for the Japanese publisher shows a strong start to the year, with $1.5b in overall revenue so far

Capcom delivers record $35m profits despite mobile decline News Jul 30th, 2018

Capcom delivers record $35m profits despite mobile decline

Revenue jumps to $155 million for the three months ending June 30th 2018

Pokemon Company profits almost halve to $81 million News May 29th, 2018

Pokemon Company profits almost halve to $81 million

But still represents the second highest on record

NetEase profits tumble 20% in Q1 as Onmyoji and New Ghost lose traction News May 17th, 2018

NetEase profits tumble 20% in Q1 as Onmyoji and New Ghost lose traction

Battle royale hits Knives Out and Terminator 2: Judgement Day offset lost revenue

Monster Strike publisher Mixi plots $900m investment in biz dev and M&A over next five years News May 17th, 2018

Monster Strike publisher Mixi plots $900m investment in biz dev and M&A over next five years

$100 million earmarked for Monster Strike and new IP development

Tencent’s mobile games revenue up 68% to $3.4 billion in Q1 2018 News May 16th, 2018

Tencent’s mobile games revenue up 68% to $3.4 billion in Q1 2018

But investors concerned by historically low operating margin

Lineage M spikes NCSoft profits up 570% year-on-year to $189m News May 15th, 2018

Lineage M spikes NCSoft profits up 570% year-on-year to $189m

But revenues are down quarter-on-quarter as Lineage sales stabilise

GungHo’s sales and profits continue to fall amidst Puzzle & Dragons decline News May 15th, 2018

GungHo’s sales and profits continue to fall amidst Puzzle & Dragons decline

But still hugely profitable

Mobile games Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links and Pro Evo 2018 power Konami to record profits of $413m News May 11th, 2018

Mobile games Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links and Pro Evo 2018 power Konami to record profits of $413m

Revenues also grew 4.2 per cent year-on-year to $2.19 billion

1 $6 billion on from Puzzle & Dragons’ launch, whatever happened to Gungho Online? Data & Research Feb 7th, 2018

$6 billion on from Puzzle & Dragons’ launch, whatever happened to Gungho Online?

Fumbling the golden egg

1 Super Mario Run clocks up 200 million downloads but Fire Emblem Heroes has better profitability News Oct 31st, 2017

Super Mario Run clocks up 200 million downloads but Fire Emblem Heroes has better profitability

Mario gets the reach as Fire Emblem get the money

Mobile advertising firm InMobi sees operationally profitable 2016 following big boost in China News Apr 5th, 2017

Mobile advertising firm InMobi sees operationally profitable 2016 following big boost in China

Even a $1 million fine couldn't bring it down

Samsung slashes sales forecasts and predicts $2 billion loss in wake Galaxy Note 7 woes News Oct 12th, 2016

Samsung slashes sales forecasts and predicts $2 billion loss in wake Galaxy Note 7 woes

Sales figures affected, but not so much

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