Konami-owned (54% actually) Hudson Soft Co. plans to quadruple profits over the next three years by focusing on titles for the Wii. Bloomberg reports that incoming president, Michihiro Ishizuka, expects to hit an operating profit of $97 million by March of 2011. Hudson will release eight titles for Wii in 2008 and already has 10 others on the market.
Hudson has seen significant growth from its Wii and DS titles, seeing an operating profit* growth of 53% due to the two systems. Ishizuka believes that in two years from now, software developer profits will see the most growth when a "winner and loser for consoles becomes clear." He states Hudson will focus on promoting licensing of its games and marketing, so plan on about 15 more versions of Bomberman in the next two years.
*"Operating profit is revenue minus the cost of goods sold and administrative expenses."
Reader Comments (14)
Posted: Apr 7th 2008 5:43PM (Unverified) said
Your brain is always fried then, you are always stealing others comments and then just changing a thing or two.
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Posted: Apr 7th 2008 12:22PM falcomadol said
People seem to love Hudson games when they have Nintendo's name on the front of the box.
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Posted: Apr 7th 2008 1:05PM CountNoobula said
MGS4 on the Wii.... "Put Wiimote in mouth the smoke"
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Posted: Apr 7th 2008 1:06PM (Unverified) said
Bomberman should have been in Brawl.
I mean. Seriously.
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I mean. Seriously.
Posted: Apr 7th 2008 1:10PM Shagittarius said
I like the use of the word explosive, it aludes to 'explosive diareaha' which is an apt way to describe the shovelware flooding the Wii.
Ker-splat.
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Ker-splat.
Posted: Apr 7th 2008 2:07PM (Unverified) said
Could I be the only one pining for a new Milon's Secret Castle? *sigh*
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Posted: Apr 7th 2008 4:14PM NO DOUBT GET LOUD said
I was wondering why I saw HUDSON in the credits of Hottest Party...
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Posted: Apr 7th 2008 4:49PM (Unverified) said
Wow 8 new bomberman games but I still haven't finished bomberman act Zero Bomberman Arcade, bomberman minigames, bomber mama, bomberdogs, bomberman teaches typing, and Bomberman in the land of Bombs. damm how will I ever be able to keep up with all those great releases.
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