Metal Gear Solid 4 solidifies Konami Q2 earnings

Since then, solid metal gears 4: Guns of Patriots went on sale to the admiration of requests, it was clear that the game will blow. Just how big blow polmesyatsa became clear after the game went on sale, when Konami announced that the secrecy actioner sold over 3 million units worldwide in just 14 days. Today, Konami has reported its earnings for the April-June quarter, which contained MGS4 's leave 12 - th June. At the three-month period, Tokyo-based publisher took in revenues ¥ 70.8 billion ($ 654 million), up just 17 percent from the year before. Consolidated revenue raised by working solid 65 percent to ¥ 11.6 billion ($ 107.2 million), while post-tax net income managers in on the ¥ 5.7 billion ($ 52.1 million). Unsurprisingly, MGS4 drastically alters the ratio of platforms on which Konami earns his money. For this quarter, 57.3 per cent of company 's revenue came from the PlayStation 3, up 56 percent from the same period the previous year. Revenue Wii roughly doubled from 5 percent to 9.9 percent, while revenue increased Xbox 360 from 1.6 percent to 2.6 percent. Revenue PlayStation 2 dropped dramatically from 35.7 percent to 11.5 percent, revenue Nintendo DS went from 32.8 per cent to just 7.6 percent, and income PSP went from 20.5 percent to 9.5 percent. At its 2009 financial year, which ends 31 - ogo March 2009, Konami expects net income of ¥ 26 billion ($ 240 million) on revenues 330 billion ¥ ($ 3.1 billion), respectively, increases 11 and 41.7 per cent.

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