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Capcom released its financial results for the year ended March 31, 2014, revealing both sales and profits were up for the company in part due to the success of Monster Hunter 4.

The game publisher noted sales of 102.2 billion yen (roughly $1 billion) for the full year, with profits of 3.4 billion yen ($33.8 million), an increase of 15 percent compared to the previous fiscal year.

Capcom highlighted the “explosive popularity” of Monster Hunter 4 as well as strong sales for Dead Rising 3 and Resident Evil Revelations for its successful year. Monster Hunter 4 launched in September 2013 in Japan and has since sold 4.1 million units, making it Capcom’s sixth best selling video game.

Likewise, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen was said to show “firm sales” while Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Dual Destiny hit its sales targets. The company also noted lower than expected sales for the release of Lost Planet 3, stating this was “due in part to intensifying competition in the European and U.S. markets.” Lost Planet 3 received a 7 out of 10 from Polygon.

a. In the Digital Contents business, the featured title “Monster Hunter 4″ (for Nintendo 3DS) was supported by overwhelming popularity, as mentioned above, and created a huge buzz even comparable to a sort of social phenomenon. Moreover, sales of “Dead Rising 3″ (for Xbox One) that has been geared toward the European and U.S. markets, and “Resident Evil Revelations” (for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U and PC) exceeded a million titles each and so three titles have become million-sellers.

b. In addition, “Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen” (for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360) showed firm sales while projected sales were basically achieved for “Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Dual Destinies” (for Nintendo 3DS).

Furthermore, full-game digital titles, which respond to changes in forms of distribution, contributed to the expansion of sales by growing significantly both at home and overseas in line with the progress in diversification of business models. This included the over-performance of “DuckTales: Remastered” for overseas in addition to the aforementioned “Monster Hunter 4″ showing strong sales.

c. Sales of “Lost Planet 3″ (for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC), were below expectations due in part to intensifying competition in the European and U.S. markets.

d. Meanwhile, the online game “Monster Hunter Frontier G” (for PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii U) performed lower than anticipated, but the browser game “Onimusha Soul” which was distributed in Taiwan with the aim of expanding Capcom’s business fields, garnered a great deal of attention and ranked first in popularity. This thereby marked the beginnings of gaining a foothold in the market for the local corporation, which<br /> was established two years ago.

e. However, mobile contents underperformed as a whole due in part to a lack of major titles and the fiercely competitive environment even though “Monster Hunter Hunting Quest” performed steadily.

f. As a result, net sales were 65,824 million yen (up 3.4% from the previous fiscal year), and operating income was 4,489 million yen (down 36.4% from the previous fiscal year).

So Lost Planet failed as we all knew, the others did well enough. Its not a RE year so profits were not going to be big but they made money so thats good. Duck Tales did great which is nice to see.

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| Game | Platform/s | Dec 31, 2013 Sales | Mar 31, 2014 Sales | Change |


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| Dead Rising 3 | Xbox One | 1,000 | 1,200 | +200 |


| Resident Evil 6 | PS3,Xbox 360,DL | 5,600 | 5,800 | +200 |


| DmC Devil May Cry | PS3,Xbox 360,DL | 1,400 | 1,500 | +100 |


| Monster Hunter 3 (Tri) G | 3DS,DL | 2,300 | 2,400 | +100 |


| Monster Hunter 4 | 3DS,DL | 4,000 | 4,100 | +100 |


| Monster Hunter Freedom Unite | PSP,DL | 3,600 | 3,700 | +100 |


| Resident Evil 4 Wii edition | Wii | 1,900 | 2,000 | +100 |


| Resident Evil Revelations | PS3,Xbox 360,WiiU,PC,DL | 1,000 | 1,100 | +100 |


| Street Fighter X Tekken | PS3,Xbox 360,DL | 1,600 | 1,700 | +100 |


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RE4 Wii edition sold 100k this last quarter, wtf?! Revelations a million seller not counting 3DS which is also a million seller. Good. RE6 maybe the second best selling RE game…

Dvader said:

RE6 maybe the second best selling RE game…

I hear RE6 is like the best of the series.

Yup RE6 is 100k away from RE4 from becoming the number 2. But RE4 wii sold 100k and we dont have digital sales of the HD versions and that PC version just hit so I think RE4 will remain second place.

edgecrusher said:

RE6 selling well is like Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness selling well. Who fuckin' cares?

It was a fine game and gives Capcom plenty of money to make a great RE7. They know the reaction 6 got, they wont screw up again.

edgecrusher said:

You have way too much faith in modern day Capcom.

Probably. But it maybe a reboot which is what I have wanted so lets see.

Archangel3371 said:

I loved RE6 as well and am very eager to see RE7. Also good to see Dead Rising 3 do well as it's another excellent game, same with Dragon's Dogma. I really want a DD2. So can't wait for Ultra Street Fighter IV. Viva la Capcom.

Woo! High five "everything is awesome" brother!