Konami profits up 41.8% as eFootball surpasses 800m installs

Konami has generated ¥310.8 billion ($2 billion) in revenue over the first three quarters of its fiscal year, up 22.8% year-on-year over the nine months leading to December 31st, 2024.

Meanwhile, profit for the period rose by 41.8% year-on-year, hitting ¥63.1 billion ($408.3 million).

More than 70% of earnings came from Japan, where revenue of ¥219.1 billion ($1.4 billion) was recorded, followed by the US’s ¥56.1 billion ($363.9 million). Europe ranked third - above the rest of Asia and Oceania - at ¥21.9 billion ($141.7 million).

Mobile’s helping hand

From Konami’s total revenue over the period, ¥228.9 billion ($1.5 billion) came from its digital entertainment catalogue comprising its many video game series. This was a 32% increase year-on-year in video games revenue and represented 73.7% of the company’s total earnings over the three quarters.

Certain Konami titles were highlighted in the latest financial report for their recent achievements, including eFootball, which has surpassed 800 million downloads worldwide across PC, console and mobile. Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez joined together as new eFootball ambassadors.

On mobile specifically, Professional Baseball Spirits A celebrated its ninth anniversary and Jikkyou Pawafuru Puroyakyu celebrated its 10th. Commemorative events were held for each game.

Mobile’s presence was also known in Konami’s esports initiatives, with Professional Baseball Spirits A used as the competition title for the eNippon Series of the Prospi A Pro League.

Professional Baseball Spirits A and Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel are also due some "attractive" promotional measures in the future to reach "even more customers". The latter title raced to 50 million downloads in its first nine months.

Lastly, Konami has updated its forecast for the full fiscal year from ¥380 billion ($2.5 billion) revenue to ¥412 billion (2.7 billion), which would be a 14.3% increase year-on-year. Operating profit is expected to hit ¥100 billion ($647.1 million), which would mark a 24.6% increase.

The results indicate an effective turnaround for the company since its 2022-2023 fiscal year flop.