Capcom Revenues Increase, Monster Hunter X Has Been "Major Hit"
Street Fighter V forecasted to sell two million units.
Capcom has revealed its financial results for the nine-month period spanning April 1 to December 31, 2015. The Japanese publisher of Street Fighter, Monster Hunter, and Resident Evil games reported a net revenue of ¥57 billion, which represents a 19.3 percent increase over the same period in 2014, when it reported ¥47.8 billion.
Xbox Studio Closures Are Confusing | Spot On Gray Zone Warfare | Community Briefing Trailer #1 Senua's Saga: Hellblade II - Senua's Psychosis Feature Trailer Squirrel With A Gun - Official Announcement Gameplay Trailer Night Slashers: Remake || Official Christopher Smith Character Gameplay Trailer Animal Well GameSpot Review Street Fighter 6 - 8 Minutes of Akuma Gameplay (High-Level CPU) Roblox - Netflix Nextworld Official Trailer Crow Country | Official Launch Trailer Halo Infinite - Official "This is Halo" Extended Multiplayer Trailer Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus - Official Announcement Trailer Learn To Move Like An Ape | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Please enter your date of birth to view this video
By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
According to Capcom, the continued growth in the mobile game audience was supplemented by an overall increase in audience. This growth was due to its efforts to cater to more diverse customer tastes and by "attracting women, families and senior players through new customer development."
The company also noted that it has focused on streamlining the development process so costs are reduced and the length of time a game is in development is also shortened.
Digital download sales were described as "profitable." Monster Hunter X, which launched in Japan in November 2015, was said to be "a major hit" and reached sales of 3.2 million units, which exceeded its forecast of 2.5 million units.
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and Resident Evil Revelations 2 continued to sell in Japan, North America, and Europe, with both titles exceeding 500,000 units respectively.
Monster Hunter Online, which launched in December in China and is operated by Tencent, was noted as getting "off to a good start, thus increasing the possibility of even greater business development going forward."
Dragon's Dogma Online's performance was said to have been "strong" across PS4, PS3, and PC. It "got off to a solid start" with downloads exceeding 1.5 million. Capcom has marked it as becoming the company's "next core title following Monster Hunter Frontier."
Monster Hunter Explore for Android and iOS, meanwhile, surpassed 3 million downloads.
Capcom's amusement equipments business improved, with sales of Resident Evil 6 machines "strongly increased," but Asura's Wrath sales remaining weak.
Looking forward, Capcom has forecasted sales of Street Fighter V as 2 million units across Japan, North America, and Europe. The fighting game is its next major release and is set to launch on PlayStation 4 and Steam on February 16.
Got a news tip or want to contact us directly? Email news@gamespot.com
Join the conversation