Konami has introduced its monetary outcomes for the 2023-24 fiscal yr, and it appears prefer it’s been a yr of report income for the Steel Gear Stable and Silent Hill writer.
Per Konami’s official assertion, the corporate raked in a 69.6% revenue improve over the earlier yr, bringing in 59.2 billion yen in income and 360.3 billion in general income (the latter representing a 14.6% improve over final yr).
In line with Konami’s report, this rise was pushed largely by “report highs within the Digital Leisure enterprise”, i.e. PC, console, and cellular video games, plus ancillary titles.
Within the Digital Leisure sector particularly, Konami reviews revenues of 249.1 billion yen, representing a 16.7% improve on final yr’s whole.
Particularly, Konami says the launches of main initiatives like Steel Gear Stable: Grasp Assortment Vol. 1 and Silent Hill: The Quick Message have contributed to its success (though it is price noting that The Quick Message is a free-to-play sport).
Konami additionally factors to eFootball 2024, which was launched as a significant replace to the continuing eFootball live-service venture again in September. At the least it is doing higher than eFootball 2022, proper?
Anime tie-in sport Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel has additionally been acquired nicely, racking up 60 million downloads to this point, in accordance with Konami. Possibly all of this mixed will lastly persuade the corporate to launch one other Castlevania sport. We are able to however hope.
Konami additionally noticed main leaps ahead within the Amusement area this yr, with a leap in income of 35.3% over final yr (26.4 billion yen in comparison with 19.5 billion in 2023).
As you have in all probability guessed, “amusement” refers to pachislot and pachinko video games, however it additionally encapsulates arcade video games and even esports.
The yr has been rosy sufficient that Konami is predicting one other improve in income for subsequent yr, forecasting a income determine of 380 billion yen and an additional revenue improve, albeit a slightly modest one at 2.2%.
It is also been a adequate yr that Konami was in a position to elevate salaries for its Japanese staff for the third yr in a row. It is good to see that in an business which may look to some prefer it’s dropping its empathy for its staff.
Konami’s upcoming slate for the yr consists of the incoming Steel Gear Stable 3 remake, in addition to Bloober Crew’s Silent Hill 2 remake, each of that are presently scheduled for a 2024 launch. Keep tuned for extra on these and all different issues Konami.
