Capcom has announced its financial results for the business year ended March 31 2013, which are roughly in line with the figures forecast by the Japanese publisher last month, when it halved its profit guidance.
During the fiscal year, flagship game Resident Evil 6 sold 4.9 million units, failing to meet Capcom's initial projection of seven million units shipped.
In contrast, new IP Dragon's Dogma exceeded expectations with sales of 1.3 million units, while series reboot DmC Devil May Cry moved a "solid" 1.1 million copies, enjoying "stable popularity in overseas markets".
For the current financial year ending March 31 2014, Capcom expects to post net sales of 97 billion yen (£632) and a net profit of 6.8 billion yen (£44.3m)
The company also reiterated its recently announced intention to increase internal game development at the expense of partnerships with overseas studios.
It said: "In order to lower development costs and shorten time frame for development, Capcom will restructure its development organisations, which are the core parts of the company's business, increasing ratio of in-house developments by focusing on the overhaul of overseas development companies."
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Fr33Kye on 8 May '13 said:
Dmc managed 1.1? Good to hear.
WHERESMYMONKEY on 8 May '13 said:
I just really hope that Ninja theory are still signed on to make DmC2 despite Capcoms overall focus on going back to inhouse development.
MrPirtniw on 8 May '13 said:
Nearly 5 million copies of Resi 6?? Please excuse me.
(weeping sounds)
mw123 on 8 May '13 said:
Totally agree with what others have said dmc reboot is a absolutely brilliant game well done ninja theory.
Vhyper1985 on 8 May '13 said:
I'll add the obligatory "that's nice, now give us a new Mega Man game dammit" comment
sbradley88 on 8 May '13 said:
Screw Mega Man, I want my Onimusha! Or to a lesser extent Dino Crisis
budge on 8 May '13 said:
I'd love another Dragon's Dogma game thankyou very kindly, Capcom.
TheLastDodo on 8 May '13 said:
That's good to hear about DMC (I enjoyed the demo) and Dragon's Dogma, I'll take the plunge on DD after I get through some RPG's in my backlog.
Does Dragon's Dogma have a demo on PS360?
DavidG on 8 May '13 said:
their way ahead of you mate, its called dark arisen and you must buy DD again.
leprechaun75 on 8 May '13 said:
Now you're talkin'...Dino Crisis was brilliant, I'd happily wait for it to be rebooted next gen, it would look savage.
Resident Evil 6 was such a let down, I loved RE5 , but too many on-rails sections and QTE's ruined RE6 for me.
on the other hand though, Dragons Dogma is the dogs Bollix, my favourite game of last year
wwinterj on 8 May '13 said:
1.1 million copies of DmC? That's a far cry from DMC 4. I hope Capcom have learned there lesson but I doubt it.
TheBusterMan on 8 May '13 said:
Really enjoying Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen.If they make a sequel,would be nice if they added co-op.