Square Enix summons Earnings Report; Final Fantasy XIII Sales Projections evade attacks

by David Hinkle { Nov 6th 2009 at 10:30PM }

Square Enix recently chose to attack with its annual earnings report, and among the 12-page PDF file's barrage of numbers, things look pretty good for the company. Net sales for the six months ending September 30, 2009 were up 33 percent over the same period last year to 91 billion yen ($1 billion), while operating income was also up by 39 percent to 13 billion yen ($144.5 million) over the same period last year. It's not all roses and Dragon Quest IX sales, however -- net income was down almost 58 percent to 2.7 billion yen ($30 million).

The statement also talks about the acquisition and assimilation of Eidos in direct proportion to Square Enix's games group division -- which includes video games across all platforms and online games for personal computers. Through the aid of titles like Batman: Arkham Asylum, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and the aforementioned Dragon Quest IX, the games division rose its net sales and operating income by 117 percent and 63 percent to 4.8 billion yen ($53 million) and 1.0 billion yen ($11 million), respectively.

As for the company's upcoming darling, Final Fantasy XIII, Square Enix prez Yoichi Wada spoke about concern regarding the title's projected domestic sales. Basically, he's not concerned at all! "PS3 sales continue to increase. We're bundling PS3 and FFXIII, and can expect even further sales increases. Orders for FFXIII are definitely not bad," he said. While he didn't reiterate anything as bold as six million, Wada did claim that the game is expected to sell in the millions.

Source - Square Enix earnings (PDF) [Via andriasang]
Source - Wada comments on FFXIII sales

Tags: dragon-quest-ix, earnings, earnings-report, eidos, financial, square-enix, yoichi-wada

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

brian @ Nov 6th 2009 10:33PM

my god thats some nice hair

Special Agent Steve @ Nov 6th 2009 10:56PM

I don't like That Guy. He's a douche.

Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 6th 2009 11:11PM

Wow, now that guy got canned!

Access Granted [No one can stop Mr. Domino!] @ Nov 7th 2009 1:01AM

That dude Snow is thinking: Dude!!!.... That's the biggest effin crow I've ever seen!

sony boy (6 years til sony man child!) @ Nov 6th 2009 10:33PM

i predict 8 million.

Deadpool @ Nov 6th 2009 10:48PM

Most definitly...OVER 9000!

I love that meme. :)

Shadowfax (PSN: u2fan4894) @ Nov 6th 2009 10:55PM

That guy in the middle looks like a snowboarder douche.

MystileArmor @ Nov 6th 2009 10:57PM

MystileArmor summons FAT MEGAN FOX. Joystiq does not evade Bath Water, MystileArmor gets struck with downvotes!
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MystileArmor found item: STUPID MEME X1

Follisimo @ Nov 6th 2009 11:19PM

I wonder if the US will see this PS3 and FF bundle. Depending on the bundle I'd finally buy a PS3 and build a collection.

MystileArmor @ Nov 6th 2009 11:57PM

What the fuck are you smoking?

esposch @ Nov 7th 2009 12:33AM

@ Mystile Armor
Cocks, obviously.

stephaninator @ Nov 7th 2009 12:45AM

Question, I have a PSTriple and a 360, what would be the better system to get FF XIII on?

Access Granted [No one can stop Mr. Domino!] @ Nov 7th 2009 12:56AM

Hmmm... Dunno what a pstriple is but my best bet is go with the Playstation 3.

JACK @ Nov 7th 2009 2:18AM

its going to be the same, the only thing that I think will be different is the amount of disks. Not a big deal, so if you were looking for a major difference, like graphics etc.. then I don't think you will until it comes out and people review it.

HoodandEzio05 @ Nov 7th 2009 7:05AM

The game is being developed for the PS3 and then ported to 360, I would go with the PS3 version.

Mazrael @ Nov 10th 2009 1:59PM

already preordered mine

gmoyajp @ Nov 7th 2009 1:34AM

i been supporting square enix since 1990 and yet i still do weather is imports or NA. now in days i just hope FF can be like old time's but FFXIII seem promising. i guess changes is good in a way and will see how FFXIII gose this dec. i imported!!!

JACK @ Nov 7th 2009 2:14AM

cant decide what to click....

[-] or [!]

sikbeta @ Nov 7th 2009 6:03AM

Japan is gonna be crazy

the_randomizer @ Nov 7th 2009 3:04PM

Just one question, why have I seen so much video game news that's not related to Nintendo in the Wii/DS section? Kinda weird if you ask me.

sam @ Nov 7th 2009 6:29PM

Just one question, which system did Dragon Quest 9 come out on?

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