Lollipop Chainsaw RePop sold much better than expected, resulting in a better financial forecast for parent company Extreme.
The company has revised its consolidated earnings forecast for its fiscal year ending March 2025, attributing the Lollipop Chainsaw remaster as the main reason for this.
As reported by Gamebiz, Extreme, which is the parent company of Lollipop Chainsaw RePop developer Dragami Games, revised its sales forecast to 11.65 billion yen ($75.4 million), up from 11 billion yen. ($74 million). It also revised its net profit to ¥1.08 billion ($6.9 million), down from ¥710 million ($4.6 million).
In total, it foresees an increase in sales of 5.9%, an increase in operating profit of 50%, an increase in ordinary profit of 52.4% and an increase in net profit of 52.1% for the year, in compared to its previous forecast.
The company says the main reason for this revision is that sales of Lollipop Chainsaw RePop, which was released in September, have significantly exceeded expected sales, although it does not appear to have specified exactly how many copies this means, nor what the original expectations are. were.
Dragami Games announced in September that the game had sold 100,000 units in its first week since its release.
The digital version of Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP for PS4 and Xbox One will be released on December 2!
Coinciding with the release of the PS4 and Xbox One versions, the “Pin-up Girl Outfit” that was so popular in the original version will return and be added to… pic.twitter.com/eNg2EZq15s
— DRAGAMI GAMES 【OFFICIAL】 (@Dragami_Games) November 13, 2024
Created without the involvement of original creative director Suda51 or co-writer James Gunn, Lollipop Chainsaw RePop has two modes: an original mode designed to play like the 2012 version released on Xbox 360 and PS3, and a new RePop mode that is less violent and Features pop art damage effects.
Dragami also announced today that the digital versions of RePop for PS4 and Xbox One will be released on December 2.
