Konami sales soar, no MGS4 until '08?

By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UKPosted May 22, 2007 11:58 am PT

Winning Eleven publisher reports strong financials, Solid Snake's next-gen debut now slated for company's current fiscal year, which ends next March.

Japanese developer and publisher Konami has reported record sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007--280 billion yen (approximately $2.3 billion) up from 262 billion ($2.15 billion) last year. Operating income also jumped to 28 billion yen ($230 million), a huge increase over the previous year's 2 billion yen ($16 million). The company puts last year's results down to an "accelerated depreciation related to the health and fitness segment."

Konami's digital entertainment division, which includes games, continued to be the main source of profit for the company, with sales down very slightly on last year at 165 billion yen in total ($1.4 billion). Titles which did well over the past 12 months included the Winning Eleven football game series, selling a total of more than 8 million units--the highest number ever in a single year for the franchise. Other titles which the company praised included the Dance Dance Revolution series, which shifted over a million units. New anime game tie-ins Death Note: Kira Game and Kirarin Revolution, along with Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, were also cited as strong performers.

For its current financial year, Konami named only one title that it is expecting to drive sales--Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. The announcement means that the game could arrive as late as March 31, 2008, although the last release date issued by Konami was still a general "2007."

In its gaming and system division, Konami reported strong sales in North America of the new K2V video slot machines, which were boosted by expanded slot legalization in Pennsylvania and Oklahoma. Consolidated net revenues for the division totaled 16.7 billion yen ($137 million) up 58 percent year-on-year. The company intends to pursue strategic alliances with other companies in the overseas markets in the coming 12 months.

Japan revised its Nursing Care Insurance Law in April 2006 and passed the Healthcare Reform Act in June. Konami believes this resurgence of health consciousness was responsible for the rise in the company's health and fitness division profits by 9 percent to 88 billion yen ($720 million). During the last fiscal year, Konami opened 10 new fitness clubs, making a total of 312 run or outsourced by the company across Japan. The company states that it will continue with an "accelerated opening" of Konami Sports Clubs, and that it is expecting to expand upon the business in a number of ways--including marketing health supplements.

Konami is predicting net revenue of 295 billion yen ($2.4 billion), operating income of 33 billion yen ($271 million), and net income of 18.3 billion yen ($150 million) for the coming financial year.

460 Comments

  • benx350

    Posted Aug 16, 2007 7:55 am PT

    man 2 game delayed gta4 and mgs4 dam o ya mgs4 not coming out for the 360 i have a 360 ya its fun but hey its life buddy

  • Preston192

    Posted Aug 10, 2007 7:16 pm PT

    I really hope it will come to the 360. I love MGS, but I'm a bit reluctant to purchase a PS3.

  • Ross20_PS3_OWNS

    Posted Jul 11, 2007 8:31 am PT

    Wait a Minute, Didn't Konami say that MGS4 Couldn't be developed for the 360 because it doesn't have enough Processing Power?
    And that MGS4 Is Being Developed around the PS3's Cell Processor.
    I can't see it going Multi-Platform...

  • SilentEdge256

    Posted Jul 10, 2007 3:59 pm PT

    "NavySeal-103 Every one are talking that the Xbox 360 is better than PS3. LOL no, PS3 is better than Xbox 360 think that Xbox 360 has been in stores ONE YEAR longer than PS3 ! PS3 is gonna fly over the Xbox 360.
    And MGS4 is gonna be exclusive to PS3 cuz Kojima said to press that it's gonna be exclusive to PS3 and Playstation 3 is Japanese game console.
    Sorry box fans but PS3 is gonna kick box as yesterday."

    Just like shininji mikami said RE:4 was gonna stay cube exclusive over his dead body

  • DarkSan00

    Posted Jul 10, 2007 3:50 pm PT

    noooooooooo! it's coming out next year!?! nooooooo

  • sony_is_sony

    Posted Jul 10, 2007 11:21 am PT

    my bad ... I mean (GROW UP)

  • sony_is_sony

    Posted Jul 10, 2007 11:19 am PT

    grew up ( betodrums )

  • betodrums

    Posted Jul 10, 2007 11:07 am PT

    Ooh my god!!! for all PS3 poser fans, maybe it´s time for you to cry . MGS4 on the Xbox 360 is a fact!!! sweet dreams punks!!!

  • EZy_EZ

    Posted Jul 5, 2007 2:23 pm PT

    If MGS came out on 360, less sales for PS3..

  • danny_the_boy

    Posted Jul 2, 2007 4:57 pm PT

    I WANT MGS 4 NOWWWWW

  • NavySeal-103

    Posted Jun 24, 2007 12:20 pm PT

    Every one are talking that the Xbox 360 is better than PS3. LOL no, PS3 is better than Xbox 360 think that Xbox 360 has been in stores ONE YEAR longer than PS3 ! PS3 is gonna fly over the Xbox 360.
    And MGS4 is gonna be exclusive to PS3 cuz Kojima said to press that it's gonna be exclusive to PS3 and Playstation 3 is Japanese game console.
    Sorry box fans but PS3 is gonna kick box as yesterday.

  • Gunslinger329

    Posted Jun 22, 2007 6:13 pm PT

    Because you touch yourself at night...

  • hamza_420

    Posted Jun 12, 2007 7:20 pm PT

    the only reason i bought the PS3, and they delay the release by ONE YEAR!!!! WHY!!!!!! >.

  • guitarfreak2005

    Posted Jun 11, 2007 2:31 am PT

    Well, here, MGS2 did awesomely awesome in the PS2, but did horribly on the Xbox. Do you think Konami wants to do that again? Also, Kojima regularly confirms that the MGS4 WILL be a PS3 exclusive to the press. He also said that he doesn't like porting games, and it leaves a "bitter taste" in his mouth. Probably because he didn't want to port MGS2, but was forced by Konami.

  • F-E-A-R13

    Posted Jun 9, 2007 8:41 pm PT

    this is good in a way because ill get enough time to get ma self a ps3 and bad because i been waiting for it for a long time now. and i don't think that MGS4 will look good on the 360 like i said before Play Station OWNS the MGS series.

  • marco245

    Posted Jun 9, 2007 3:43 pm PT

    Well, just because it wasn't there doesn't mean that its not for ps3. Besides, why else would sony be making MGS for the big screen?? Konami also denied claims that ot was coming to 360.

  • neuromancer123

    Posted Jun 9, 2007 2:52 pm PT

    uhh, recent trailer released shows that mgs4 is coming 07. this article is wrong-ola. also, the ps3 logo didnt show up in the trailer, as it had in earlier trailers. does this mean ps3 is losing mgs4 as an exclusive? one can only hope.

  • Gunslinger329

    Posted Jun 7, 2007 8:41 pm PT

    I must agree, Kinngmitch. Although I would rather have it ship late and be amazing than ship too soon and be awful.

  • shinjutsu

    Posted Jun 6, 2007 8:35 pm PT

    *Laughs* All I know is I guess I won't have to get a PS3 or XBOX360 till October or September when GTA comes out....I was going to get a PS3 just for this game and then I would also get a GTA, but now I'm not too sure. 360 is doing better than the PS3 for now, so I've been thinking on buying a 360 instead, I'm still not sure. Sh*t I mite just buy both, 1st a 360 then when this comes out a PS3...hmm I think I've solved my problem..


    -Dahan

  • kinngmitch

    Posted Jun 6, 2007 6:34 pm PT

    Why is every one arguing about the 360 or ps3 ports or what ever the hell there planing for the systems, why am i the only one pissed off that i have to wait ANOTHER year for a game that was suppose to come out this year? ughhh i cant wait.... WHY KOJIMA, WHY??????

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