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Japanese publisher Namco Bandai has revered the Y11.7bn loss seen in the quarter ending December 31st 2009 by reporting a profit of Y3.7bn for the same quarter in 2010. For the nine months ending December 31st sales were up 1.8 per cent at Y288bn. Operating earnings were up 253 per …

Slowing demand for the DS and the strength of the Japanese YEN have lead to a punishing quarter for platform holder Nintendo. For the quarter ending June 30th operating income fell by a considerable 42.2 per cent year-on-year to YEN 40.4bn. Sales dropped by 25.6 per cent to YEN 188.6bn. …

A 13 per cent year-on-year increase in traffic is the headline figure to emerge from Future Publishing’s H2 fiscal results. The media company reported a profit of 3.6m for the period – 13 per cent up on the same period the year before. However, revenues fell seven per cent in …

The full year financial results for Konami this year have proved a mixed bag, with profits increasing but revenues falling. In total profit jumped 22.4 per cent year-on-year for the 12 months ending March 31st 2010, ending at $143.4m. Revenues were down 15.4 per cent at $2.8bn. Revenues at its …

Capcom has suffered a 73.1 per cent drop in profits over the last twelve months. The Resident Evil publisher saw net sales fall to 2.17 billion Yen (16m), down from eight billion Yen (60m) the year before. Sales decreased from 91.8 billion Yen (679.7m) to 66.8 billion Yen (494m), a …

Nintendo has reported an 18 per cent decline in net income for the year ending March 31st 2010 at $2.45bn. Revenue was $1.53bn – a decline of 22 per cent. It’s Nintendo’s first full-year annual decline in six years, but is also the third most profitable year in the company’s …

The Xbox 360 has now sold over 40m units worldwide since it was first launched in late 2005. The news comes as Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division reports yet another successful quarter, with the three months ending March 31 delivering profits $165m. Revenue hit $1.67bn – up from $1.63bn in …

Virginia-based US publisher SouthPeak Interactive has seen the $1.2m profit it enjoyed in the quarter ending December 31st 2008 turn into a $2.6m loss for the same period in 2009. Also down were revenues – they fell from $17.3m to $10.1m, a decline of 42 per cent. Operating costs, however, …

With falling sales of Rock Band blamed for a three per cent year-on-year decline in sales for Harmonix owner Viacom, the company has said that it wants a partial refund of bonuses paid to the developer in 2008. Viacom enjoyed strong profits of $694m for the quarter ending December 31st, …

Japanese publisher Konami has reported profits of $116.7m for the nine months ending December 31st – a 40 per cent year-on-year decline. Profits were down 18 per cent compared to the same period in 2008 at $2.1bn. The steepest decline stemmed from Konami’s gaming operations, where revenue fell 33 per …