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Okay, so I was rummaging through some headlines the other day, and guess what I stumbled upon? Capcom’s news about their latest financials. Totally blew my mind for reasons I still can’t figure out. I mean, who checks the yen numbers first thing in the morning? But I did. Anyway, Capcom raked in ¥45.5 billion — that’s $302.2 million if you’re like me and your brain glitches at foreign currencies — by the end of June.
So, there I was, staring at a 53.7% jump from last year. No big deal, right? Wrong. This was mostly thanks to their games. They shouted out a few big titles: Devil May Cry 5, Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil 4 Remake, and Street Fighter 6. Side note: apparently, Devil May Cry is popular again because of some anime thing on Netflix. Who knew cartoons could drive video game sales like that?
Here’s some mind-numbing but actually kinda cool stats: Devil May Cry 5 hit 10.5 million units — 1.7 million of ’em just this past quarter. Meanwhile, Resident Evil Village clocked in at 12.2 million. Didn’t see that coming. Resident Evil 4’s doing closeish with 10.6 million. Oh, and Street Fighter 6 managed to hit five million, partly ’cause it launched on the Nintendo Switch 2. Whatever gets people throwing virtual punches, I guess.
If you’re counting along (and why wouldn’t you?), that’s Capcom moving 14.16 million units in the quarter, up from 9.53 million last year. Numbers don’t lie, even if they make your eyes glaze over sometimes. Oh, and to pile on, their operating profit went wild, up 90.8% to this jaw-dropping ¥24.6 billion — about $163.4 million. So yeah, those guys are doing something right.
Honestly, no idea why I fixated on this. Maybe it’s the thought of all that yen swimming around. Maybe it’s just that I need a new game distraction. Who knows.
