Konami income declines as expected in first half of fiscal 2010
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Nov 9th 2009 at 5:31PM }
See, Konami? Shake off that melancholy. That's one whole percent less than you expected to lose! Hey, you know what they say: When life takes one less lemon away from you than you expect it to take, then you can make lemonade with that lemon. Sure, it'll be fairly weak lemonade with just the one lemon, but it'll still be crisp and refreshing.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Battledrill @ Nov 9th 2009 6:38PM
SNAAAAAKEEE!
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 9th 2009 5:36PM
Meebe its time for another...Metal Gear?
Prof. Von Manifest (aka the caterpillar in your buttermilk) [PSN: Manifest37] @ Nov 9th 2009 7:45PM
A simple solution would be TROPHIES!!
Trophies would reinvigorate the user base, increase DLC purchases, & attract more users! Now Konami, deploy it now!!
Leobebes (BDF: Braid Defence Force) @ Nov 9th 2009 5:40PM
Konami is done.
Nintendonly @ Nov 9th 2009 5:42PM
Maybe it's time for... Metal Gear Solid 4 to go to the 360?
Aaroniero Arruruerie @ Nov 9th 2009 5:44PM
uh why? dont you think MGR is enough
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith @ Nov 9th 2009 5:50PM
That won't happen. Accept it.
ssuk @ Nov 9th 2009 6:52PM
Tomorrow: Konami Announces Metal Gear Solid 4 for Wii
Microsoft: Oh for the love of fu--
Misanthropic Gamer @ Nov 9th 2009 5:41PM
Seems like Kojima alone is keeping Konami afloat.
Jon D @ Nov 9th 2009 5:45PM
Shattered Memories will pull in a little bit of money, as will Pop'n Music on the Wii. This is what happens when you push your yearly releases.
Josh @ Nov 9th 2009 5:49PM
Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth (would like to) get!
Josh @ Nov 9th 2009 6:27PM
First profits were Up, Up and then Down, Down....then um....Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start.
FIN
Menchi @ Nov 9th 2009 6:34PM
Konami.
I hear releasing games tends to make you money. You might want to look into that.
What did Konami release this year anyway? Metal Gear Iphone and PES10? Maybe they had Metal Gear PSP originally forcast for '10 and now it got bumped, or the raiden game.
But i mean for a forcast to be down 81% how on earth do you let your profits slip that much :S
OmegaWarrior @ Nov 9th 2009 6:49PM
If I'm reading this correctly, the article is talking about profit, not revenue; in other words, Konami still made money, just not as much as they expected to several months ago.
They didn't lose 1% less than they expected; they MADE 1% MORE than they expected. They're still in the black. No Worries.
Mike @ Nov 9th 2009 7:20PM
All because of PES10?? ;)