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1st Course · Jul 31, 2014

http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/html/e140731b.html
http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/explanation/2014/1st/explanation_2014_1st_01.pdf
http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/business/million.html

Capcom Co., Ltd. would like to announce that net sales decreased to 9,575 million yen (down 45.1% from the previous year) in the 3 months of fiscal year ending March 31, 2015. As for profits, operating income increased to 1,268 million yen (up 75.3% from the previous year), and ordinary income increased to 1,223 million yen (up 6.3 % from the previous year). Net income for the current period decreased to 765 million yen (down 7.5 % from the previous year).

Capcom has promoted measures to improve earnings by reducing the cost of sales in the Mobile Contents sub-segment, etc. and cutting back on selling, general and administrative expenses, which resulted in 75.3% growth in operating income.

Revenue ¥9.56B (-45% yoy)
Opt income ¥1.22B (+75% yoy)
Net Income ¥0.7B (-7.5% yoy)

Digital Contents highlights

a. In the Digital Contents business, "Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trilogy" (for Nintendo 3DS) showed strong sales while "Dead Rising 3" (for Xbox One), which became a million-seller in the previous fiscal year, also remained robust. However, no major new titles were released in this period so sales focused on existing products.
b. As for online titles, "Monster Hunter Frontier GG" (for PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii U) performed steadily.
c. In addition, the Mobile Contents sub-segment showed improvements in profitability as well as experienced favorable performance of "Monster Hunter Freedom Unite for iOS".
d. However, overall performance was reduced as minor titles and repeat sales accounted for most of the lineup during the period under review due to a lack of major new titles.

Platinum titles March 31 > June 30

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+---------------------------------------+----------------+---------------+-------+
|                                       | March 31, 2014 | June 30, 2014 |  Dif  |
+---------------------------------------+----------------+---------------+-------+
| Dead Rising 3                         | 1200k          | 1400k         | +200k |
| Resident Evil 5                       | 6600k          | 6700k         | +100k |
| Resident Evil 6                       | 5800k          | 5900k         | +100k |
| Dead Rising 2                         | 2800k          | 2900k         | +100k |
| Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City | 2300k          | 2400k         | +100k |
| DmC Devil May Cry                     | 1500k          | 1600k         | +100k |
| Resident Evil Revelations             | 1100k          | 1200k         | +100k |
+---------------------------------------+----------------+---------------+-------+

Unit sales & forecast

Capcom sales this past quarter: 50% physical, 50% digital (overall 1.4m)

They plan to release 25 SKU this FY (down from 39 last FY). They expect to sell 13m games this FY (down from 17.5m last FY).

Psycho_Mantis · Jul 31, 2014

at least they are making a profit :/

I-hate-u · Jul 31, 2014

Despite Dead Rising 3 good numbers, they sold more units of games on PS3/PS4? Are there even PS4 Capcom games out there? Am I reading this right?

Vashetti · Jul 31, 2014

Very surprised RE5 is still selling enough to add 100k over a three-month period.

Underrated game IMO, I loved it.

Salex_ · Jul 31, 2014

I-hate-u said:
Despite Dead Rising 3 good numbers, they sold more units of games on PS3/PS4? Are there even PS4 Capcom games out there? Am I reading this right?

The top number is the amount of games released between PS3/PS4 and 360/X1. The bottom number is the actual software numbers.

Unreal Champ · Jul 31, 2014

I-hate-u said:
Despite Dead Rising 3 good numbers, they sold more units of games on PS3/PS4? Are there even PS4 Capcom games out there? Am I reading this right?

There are 38 titles for the PS3/4 compared to 19 for the Xbox 360 / One, so of course it would sell more.

Tizoc · Jul 31, 2014

Do they mention how well Ace Attorney 5 did? Can't access the links in the OP as I'm at work.

Team Top Hat · Jul 31, 2014

What did monster hunt 4 sell total in Japan?

mckmas8808 · Jul 31, 2014

Salex_ said:
The top number is the amount of games released between PS3/PS4 and 360/X1. The bottom number is the actual software numbers.

Thanks I couldn't understand it at first.

Orniletter · Jul 31, 2014

Team Top Hat said:
What did monster hunt 4 sell total in Japan?

4.1 Million

zeromcd73 · Jul 31, 2014

Team Top Hat said:
What did monster hunt 4 sell total in Japan?

3.5million physical and 289k digital. I believe that including shipped numbers and downloaded cards too the number is 4.1m.

Bjoern the Smexy · Jul 31, 2014

Team Top Hat said:
What did monster hunt 4 sell total in Japan?

4.1 million copies as of March 31st 2014.

silvermember · Jul 31, 2014

So you are saying exclusive are bad for non monster hunter games, capcom?

I-hate-u · Jul 31, 2014

Unreal Champ said:
There are 38 titles for the PS3/4 compared to 19 for the Xbox 360 / One, so of course it would sell more.

Ahh okay. I didn't know Capcom released more titles on the PS family. I thought their games were multi with the possible exceptions.

Sammy Samusu · Jul 31, 2014

yas they better profiT

Jimmyfenix · Jul 31, 2014

Alright who keeps buying Dead Rising 2 ?

sublimit · Jul 31, 2014

c. In addition, the Mobile Contents sub-segment showed improvements in profitability as well as experienced favorable performance of "Monster Hunter Freedom Unite for iOS".

Oh great. -_-

sixteen-bit · Jul 31, 2014

Jimmyfenix said:
Alright who keeps buying Dead Rising 2 ?

zombie fans probably

Freedom = $1.05 · Jul 31, 2014

Is that RER number combining the 3ds and HD release or solely the HD release?

Jawmuncher · Jul 31, 2014

Surprised they kept a profit considering they were just relying on stuff already released.

Wait is 2400 2.4 million?
How in the hell did ORC get that high.

TheSeks · Jul 31, 2014

Sammy Samusu said:
yas they better profiT

Sammy Samusu
I should post less pop-gaf speak spam. It's bad for my health.
(Today, 08:53 AM)

0.7Billion profit is "profiT?" That's barely good.

Jimmyfenix said:
Alright who keeps buying Dead Rising 2?

People on PC? People on PS3? Non-X-box 720 owners?

Capcom fucked up hard making Dead Rising 3 X-box exclusive, but at least they're trying to correct that... kinda.

sörine · Jul 31, 2014

Freedom = $1.05 said:
Is that RER number combining the 3ds and HD release or solely the HD release?

Only HD. We never got an exact 3DS number but it's likely 800k+ by itself.

Psycho_Mantis · Jul 31, 2014

Its about $7 million profit.

Jimmyfenix · Jul 31, 2014

TheSeks said:
Sammy Samusu
I should post less pop-gaf speak spam. It's bad for my health.
(Today, 08:53 AM)

0.7Billion profit is "profiT?" That's barely good.

People on PC? People on PS3? Non-X-box 720 owners?

Capcom fucked up hard making Dead Rising 3 X-box exclusive, but at least they're trying to correct that... kinda.

Since they have other older titles on the list i wonder why Street Fighter is missing from the list. Maybe they will talk about sales when Ultra hits retail.

Takao · Jul 31, 2014

I wonder how Capcom is still moving PSP/Vita software when they haven't launched anything at retail since 2012.

"In the Digital Contents business, "Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trilogy" (for Nintendo 3DS) showed strong sales"

I know 50k is pretty good for what AA Trilogy is, but that's still a minuscule number to be the game Capcom's leading their reports with.

Jimmyfenix · Jul 31, 2014

Takao said:
I wonder how Capcom is still moving PSP/Vita software when they haven't launched anything at retail since 2012.

"In the Digital Contents business, "Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trilogy" (for Nintendo 3DS) showed strong sales"

I know 50k is pretty good for what AA Trilogy is, but that's still a minuscule number to be the game Capcom's leading their reports with.

I need to know how much Lost Planet 3 sold.

Riposte · Jul 31, 2014

Are those differences rounded up or rounded down?

Vamphuntr · Jul 31, 2014

RE5 is selling as much as RE6 in that quarter if I'm reading this properly? That can't be good for RE6. RE5 Gold is now pretty old.

Riposte · Jul 31, 2014

Vamphuntr said:
RE5 is selling as much as RE6 in that quarter if I'm reading this properly? That can't be good for RE6. RE5 Gold is now pretty old.

I wouldn't be surprised if PC/steam sells more than gold copies.

disappeared · Jul 31, 2014

Jimmyfenix said:
Alright who keeps buying Dead Rising 2 ?

It's a cheap and awesome zombie game. Word of mouth is nicely carrying it along.

Mr Swine · Jul 31, 2014

Are those DR3 numbers good or is this the reason why Capcom is releasing the game on PC?

Duxxy3 · Jul 31, 2014

They should probably go back to making games and not, ya know... nothing.

Vamphuntr · Jul 31, 2014

TheSeks said:
Capcom fucked up hard making Dead Rising 3 X-box exclusive, but at least they're trying to correct that... kinda.

Is it really that easy to gauge something like this? Considering the game completely disappeared off radar for more than a year and how the whole soundtrack leaked on youtube during the time it went MIA I don't think it's unreasonable to think it wasn't going anywhere development wise without Microsoft's money. Considering Capcom got paid for it I'm not sure it's a bad deal.

Riposte said:
I wouldn't be surprised if PC/steam sells more than gold copies.

I thought RE5 Gold was on Steam too. I checked and it seems I was wrong the DLC aren't available on PC. Yeah, it's pretty obvious PC sales are helping.

Shantom · Jul 31, 2014

Riposte said:
I wouldn't be surprised if PC/steam sells more than gold copies.

RE5 has GFWL on PC, which is being shut down, and therefore Capcom haven't given the game a sale in quite a while, so the majority of sales at the moment probably are from consoles. Dead Rising 2 is in the same situation.

ZeroCDR · Jul 31, 2014

Riposte said:
I wouldn't be surprised if PC/steam sells more than gold copies.

I'm hoping that's the case, my body is ready for a Steamworks update for RE5. I don't even care if they continue to skimp on the Gold Edition content, not that it should be that hard to port in the first place.

Riposte · Jul 31, 2014

Shantom said:
RE5 has GFWL on PC, which is being shut down, and therefore Capcom haven't given the game a sale in quite a while, so the majority of sales at the moment probably are from consoles. Dead Rising 2 is in the same situation.

Do you have the numbers?

Nyoro SF · Jul 31, 2014

PikaZeroX said:
I'm hoping that's the case, my body is ready for a Steamworks update for RE5. I don't even care if they continue to skimp on the Gold Edition content, not that it should be that hard to port in the first place.

Capcom has shown a surprising amount of devotion to PC RE4, so here's hoping.

Megapsycho · Jul 31, 2014

Psycho_Mantis said:
Its about $7 million profit.

Check your math. 700 million profit.

mrmickfran · Jul 31, 2014

They can thank Lost Planet 3 for that profit.

Riposte · Jul 31, 2014

Megapsycho said:
Check your math. 700 million profit.

You are confusing ~~zenny~~ yen for dollars.

Shantom · Jul 31, 2014

Riposte said:
Do you have the numbers?

Nope, but it seems obvious to me that RE5 getting no front page exposure on Steam for the last few months will have meant it hasn't sold that much in the last few months, especially when the reason for the game not getting its normal 75% off sale is because of uncertainty over its future. It's possible, going by the steam thread here, that Capcom are now preparing a new patch for RE5, so this should be resolved soon.

Duress · Jul 31, 2014

Stop screwing up IPs!

perfectsil · Jul 31, 2014

weird "full game download" is its own category with no platform specific numbers

lowhighkang_LHK · Aug 17, 2014

Is Capcom including digital sales for these various games? Because I don't think a lot of these older games are selling 100,000 more for the span of two months without including digital.

It's really frustrating, considering how digital sales are slowly become more relevant yet NPD doesn't track them.

L Thammy · Aug 17, 2014

Gaist Crusher still bringing in that zenny.

Shyakugaun · Aug 17, 2014

I-hate-u said:
Despite Dead Rising 3 good numbers, they sold more units of games on PS3/PS4? Are there even PS4 Capcom games out there? Am I reading this right?

Smh so much reaching to hate lol

Nirolak · Aug 17, 2014

lowhighkang_LHK said:
Is Capcom including digital sales for these various games? Because I don't think a lot of these older games are selling 100,000 more for the span of two months without including digital.

It's really frustrating, considering how digital sales are slowly become more relevant yet NPD doesn't track them.

Yes, they list "DL" as a platform.

Neoxon · Aug 17, 2014

At least they're making a profit.

ethomaz · Aug 17, 2014

Mr Swine said:
Are those DR3 numbers good or is this the reason why Capcom is releasing the game on PC?

I do think these numbers are low but some guys will disagree

OP. 7 million dollars profit? Not good numbers

Unknown Soldier · Aug 17, 2014

Mr Swine said:
Are those DR3 numbers good or is this the reason why Capcom is releasing the game on PC?

Well if you consider the install base of the Bone they seem awfully good.

But the sales of the Bone have also stalled pretty hard, so it makes sense to release a PC version as well for more units sold, especially considering how close the current consoles are to PC architecture.

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