Console exclusives are highlights for Capcom
Xbox 360 titles Dead Rising and Lost Planet: Extreme Condition have been singled out as highlights of Capcom's financial year, along with PSP hit Monster Hunter Portable 2nd.
Xbox 360 titles Dead Rising and Lost Planet: Extreme Condition have been singled out as highlights of Capcom's financial year, along with PSP hit Monster Hunter Portable 2nd.
Net sales for the year ended March 31 were up to JPY 74.5 billion (EUR 454.9m) compared to 70.2 billion (EUR 428.6m) the previous year, while operating income was up from JPY 6.6 billion (EUR 40.3m) to JPY 9.6 billion (EUR 58.6m). Net income fell to JPY 5.9 billion (EUR 36.028m) compared to JPY 6.9 billion (EUR 42.1m) for the previous year.
The publisher's home videogame division reported revenues of JPY 43.8 billion (EUR 267.4m), while operating income rose by over 175 per cent to JPY 8 billion (EUR 48.8m), due to low internal development costs of the popular Xbox 360 and PSP projects.
Other titles proving popular in Japan were Mega Man: Star Force for the DS and Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for PlayStation 2. Sales in Japan were up 4.6 per cent to JPY 56.7 billion (EUR 346m) with operating income up to JPY 10.1 billion (EUR 61.6m).