Konami nine-month profits tumble 40.4%

MGS4 is the best thing that ever happened for konami

As someone who defected from Pro Evolution to Fifa, they NEED to completely overhaul Pro Evolution to bring me (and many others) back to the franchise.

What do they expect? With so few mainstream titles being released it's no suprise they're losing money. Case in point, Rockstar is losing money because GTA IV came out a couple years ago now, and they don't have another hit game to fill the time until the next GTA. Some commpanies make money in spurts, with a few big titles, some release many titles and have constant income. EA releases many more games, but I'd argue the quality lacks at times, lol. Anyway, it's market strategy...Konami takes years to release new titles.

I too want Suikoden 2 on PSN, that would be amazing, i never had the chance to play it.

Oh man, that hurts. Konami should relaese games right now. Like: Z.O.E., new Contra game (2D for the PS3, XBOX 360 and Wii), Castlevania Collections, Suidoken, etc. Any updates of Metal Gear Raiden: Uprising?

aaaaand the new castlevaniaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i still dont get why the stupid gameboy advance had so many castlevanias and psp just 1 mmm........................ its actually a cool really cool game but KONAMI we NEED MORE CASTLEVANIAAAAAAAS FOR THE PSP advance sucks in comparison with psp graphics so why u holding back?? and the castlevania for the 360 how much long u gonna take??

i neeeeeed metal gear RISING for the 360 where is iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for the 360 remember konami at least put a decent trailer not just black clouds and lightnings plz or even better a metal gear acid real version for the ps3 and the 360

they really haven't released any good games in a while, if anything I'd like to see one really solid Silent Hill game, don't know why people still think MGS4 is all that, it was one long horribly written cutscene with brief bits of gameplay in between and I can do without another one

haha boo-hoo, "We're only making hundreds of millions instead of billions."

If MGS4 was on Xbox 360 it probably would have sold more because in 2008 there were a lot more 360 owners than PS3 owners but I think Konami made a good call only releasing it on PS3 as the 360 probably would have had to have multiple disks and wouldnt have been as near as good as on PS3.

that sucks.

I want Suikoden 6 for Playstation 3 please!

Z.O.E. on PS3/xbox360 now. that would be AWESOME.

@NDegree: I agree. Konami's turn around on releases is pretty sad unles you count all the retreads of classics. The new castlevania and a possible z.o.e. sequel will give the company breathing room...if they ever come out. i would love to see a whole new take on a contra game, maybe something inspired by the gears or lost planet franchise. Kojima is a mad man so i know the new castlevania will be intresting to say the least.

More MGS and Castlevania games, please!

Castlevania and MGS Rising and peace walker can't come soon enough I guess

I want Suikoden II on the PSN. NOW please.

Konami profits were at $116 million, even with their 40% tumble. Profit is yummy.

If Kojima wasn't behind the helm for the new Castlevania game, I could potentially be worried about Konami, but since Kojima is working on the new Metal Gear AND the new Castlevania, I think they will be able to ride out the storm.

@ TheKungFool Yeah but they actually have to do something with those properties.

Snake? snake! SNNAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKEEE!

Konami will be fine. CastleVania, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRev, ProEvSoccer, Contra....they've got some great properties. And just for the record....we another SUIKDOEN please :)

wow, i didn't realise just how important PES was to Konami...(when they say 'soccer' i asusme they mean that or one of its regional counterparts)...If nearly half of their 09 games sales are from it, you'd think they'd bother trying, else see their market share eroded by EA...

Oh yeah, get rid of the exclusivity too. That is like chopping off one hand before you get to bat.

and people WANT MG Rising to be exclusive?

Ohh, how sad. We'll all have to live off toast and water now. Like I care. Quit making stupid sports games and you might do better. Sports games are about as fun as a elevator ride.

They should try something new.

MGS4 is one and a half years old and every body knows that old games sales less but konami thinks other wise.the strangest thing is they never release any thing about the MGS Rising not even a trailer of the gameplay but i hope its great like the last releases .

Konami should think out of the box. They have to make approximately 3 to 4 games every year instead of 2. Reboot Contra and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and bring new hardcore IP's. Thats the way to go I think????

A new Suikoden game might help improve those profit figures, particularly if it wasn't banished to the handhelds and actually appeared on the main consoles. I understand Metal Gear is Konami's cash cow, but there's more than one segment of gamer out there.

what where they waiting for??? Money coming from nowhere? Make downloable reeditions of the 3 NES castlevanias (specially Dracula's curse, my favorite!) make a REAL current gen castlevania that kicks the old glory of castlevania (C3, SC4, Simphony and the like ... i'm not that sure about that Castlevania: Lords of Shadow thing... too much GoW if you ask me ) and you will get a truckload of cash... I can even say that i could prefeer a Old School, awesome 2D graps, no MetroidVania, more like the first one Castlevania... I could buy a wii only for that game. A zone of the enders could never be a bad idea and that's it. You can't get lots of money, hoping for people to get old games. Work and you will gain.

lol Did you see the picture of the prototype PS3 with the boomerang? XD I wasn't even into PlayStation (maybe 2) when I saw them showcase that one and even I was like "What the heck kind of boomerang-controller is that!?". XD PES is kinda "meh" to be honest, I tried them and they're quite "old" compared to FIFA 10. Now, I'm not some kind of FIFA-fanboi or something, I don't even watch real soccer. While I loved the '90s FIFA-games, was disappointed in the ones of the previous decade and very impressed by the last one, I must go with FIFA and I hope they'll keep going in this right direction.

They almost don't release games.

make another konami world crossover game again or ZOE 3 :)

One trick pony.

yup ZOE3 would rock!! Oh and I hope this fiscally bad problem doesn't affect any of the games that Konami is releasing in the near future (castlevania and MGS rising come to mind). Please don't rush them!

well Konami's problem is they put all their eggs into one basket. they released MGS4 and thought it would carry them for 2 years. Then they go and release a bunch of crap on the side. It shouldn't be like that for them, they have so many great franchises under their belt but we never hear about anything but MGS. i guess its a gift and a curse for them.

Hey Konami how about you get on Kojima's @ss about getting us Zone of Enders 3 before the world ends in 2012!!!!!

Konami is nothing without Metal Gear. That is the problem. How about some new franchises instead of old rehashed ones. A little innovation goes a long way.

konami is great company people just need to buy the games they make

@Black_Adder_ TOTALLY MAN,PES is the best soccer game ever

Go Konami!

This only shows how much mgs is worshiped... Afte it no matter how many games they launched they still had losses.

Odd, after MGS4 Konamy make a lot of game for WII and still get losses?

I want Suikoden, Castlevania and ZoE.

Good thing for Konami that people of the world love football/soccer.

suikoden, or a castlevania game pls... make castlevania easier so it will sell at the west.

Obviously metal gear solid sales are going to drop after a year of it being out. Its on release when you get the majority of sales.. not a year later... wtf is gamespot on?

Suikoden was one of coolest games on PS2 and I'm Pro Evolution Soccer fan from PS1 times (still remember the first Japanese version - looked like the one from those arcade games where you must insert a coin to play:)) It's a shame that Japanese versions always are a bit better (Winning eleven). If anybody finds FIFA boring and annoyingly easy - try Pro Evolution Soccer. It's much more realistic and requires some brains to play on hardest difficulty - I've seen some FIFA fans struggling in PES even on easiest difficulty level:)