Dragon’s Dogma 2 Has Done So Well Capcom Is Paying Out More Money to Shareholders

Now, Capcom has revised its full-year earnings forecast and its dividend forecast for the monetary 12 months ending March 31, 2024. Gross sales, income, and earnings per share all all revised up in single digit percentages versus the earlier forecast, Capcom said.

Explaining the revision, Capcom namechecked Road Fighter 6, which has bought three million copies since occurring sale in June 2023, and Dragon’s Dogma 2, which the corporate mentioned “has carried out favorably.” Gross sales for Capcom’s again catalog titles additionally grew. Right here’s the assertion:

“In our core Digital Contents enterprise, as well as to Road Fighter 6, the newest title within the Road Fighter sequence, being met with broad acclaim globally, Dragon’s Dogma 2 was launched within the fourth quarter and has carried out favorably. Additional, gross sales grew for catalog titles consisting primarily of previous titles from main sequence due to their regular recognition. Altogether, this has led us to anticipate earnings for this enterprise to exceed our plan.

“Because of this, we anticipate internet gross sales, working revenue, abnormal revenue, and internet revenue attributable to homeowners of the dad or mum to all outperform our beforehand introduced forecast.”

It’s actually good occasions for Capcom, whose video games usually get pleasure from crucial acclaim and business success. Regardless of an argument over microtransactions and a backlash to the sport’s efficiency, notably on PC, Dragon’s Dogma 2 noticed the largest launch for a single-player Capcom sport on Steam, with a formidable 228,585 peak concurrents. Capcom has surveyed Dragon’s Dogma 2 gamers about their expertise with the sport, in addition to potential DLC. Given Dragon’s Dogma 2’s gross sales success, it appears extra significant DLC is an inevitability.

As for the longer term, Capcom is engaged on the following large Monster Hunter sport, Monster Hunter Wilds, and new Resident Evil video games.

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