Capcom says that “is still ongoing” to achieve its prognosis of better net profits than last year, despite going back at this stage.
The company published its financial results for the third quarter of its current fiscal year, noting that its net sales for the first nine months have dropped 16.3% interannual, operating income has dropped 35%, ordinary income has dropped the 36.5% and net income has dropped 33.4%.
However, it also emphasizes that its previous forecast that would end the current fiscal year with better results that last year is still on its way, due to the next version of Monster Hunter Wilds.
Capcom says that total games of games for the first nine months were 30.53 million units, which has dropped year after year, but points out that last year’s figures include the launch of Street Fighter 6.
He also points out that sales of catalog titles units have increased from 26.7 million to 28.61 million during the first nine months year after year.
As is after nine months, Capcom is currently in a net income of ¥ 23 billion ($ 148 million) compared to ¥ 34 billion ($ 222 million) last year.
However, due to the launch of Monster Hunter Wilds on February 28, it predicts that its net income at the end of the fiscal year will be ¥ 46 billion ($ 296 million), compared to ¥ 43 billion ($ 279 million) the last year and ¥ 36 billion ($ 236 million) the previous year.
Last month, Capcom announced that it is developing a new entry in the Onimusha series, the first new main entrance in two decades.
He also added that he is working to recover more inherited IPS, a statement confirmed later that month with the announcement that he is working with the new clovers of Hideki Kamiya in an Okami sequel.