Please support Game Informer. Print magazine subscriptions are less than $2 per issue
Capcom's Profits Are Down, But Sales Are Up
Capcom announced its financial results for the first half of the 2010 fiscal year today, and the results are a mixture of good and bad news. The sales are up, but the profits are down.
The report calls out Dead Rising 2 and Super Street Fighter IV as performing well, along with Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes. However, it also points to the disappointing performance of Lost Planet 2, indicating that Capcom was expecting much more from the title. Overall, compared to the same time last year, sales increased 4.7 percent.
With good sales, why are profits down? Capcom says that the sharp appreciation in value of the Japanese yen is responsible. There you go: just blame the economy.
I’d like to ask you to support Game Informer’s continued coverage of games with a subscription. For less than two dollars per issue, we mail you a full year of 10 print magazines, each with cover stories and preview features filled with exclusive details about the most exciting upcoming games. We profile and interview game creators. We look back on the rich history of gaming, and we celebrate what’s next.
Here on the website, we offer much of our content for free, including game reviews, daily news, videos, event coverage, and more – all with minimal ads.
We do so with a small editorial team, alongside contributing paid writers from around the world – over 65 individuals from 9 countries around the world, just in the last couple of years.
It’s not possible without support.
In a time when game makers and games coverage have faced hard struggles and layoffs, the future of this 30+ year magazine and community is at risk. Our new standalone magazine subscription is the number one way you can keep us alive – and we believe you’ll get a pretty fantastic gaming magazine in your mailbox every few weeks for your trouble.
Thank you.
