While the torrent of negative headlines may lead you to believe all is not well at Konami, the Metal Gear Solid publisher is still somehow raking in copious amounts of cash.
Believe it or not, this past quarter (which ended on June 30) Konami pulled in a whopping ¥51.2 billion in revenue. For those keeping track, that's up 5.3 percent from last year's figure of ¥48.6 billion. Even more impressive were its ¥4.28 billion in profits, which made for a staggering 159.9 percent increase.
When looking specifically at its Digital Entertainment division, Konami saw ¥23.8 billion in revenue and ¥6.5 billion in profit. That's a 16.7 and 78.5 percent year-over-year increase, respectively. Not too shabby, if I do say so myself.
So… I'm sure you're probably asking yourself right now: How the heck is Konami making all this money when Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain still has yet to launch? After all, the studio hasn't released anything of note lately. Well, that's where its mobile efforts come into the picture. It's all thanks to a super popular mobile game called Jikkyou Pawafuru Puroyakyu.
Konami has been making money hand-over-fist on this little bugger. The game has surpassed 13 million downloads since it was released back in December of last year, which is hardly a small feat. Couple that with its slew of other popular mobile titles, not the least of which include Star Wars: Force Collection and PES Collection, and it's no wonder Konami is sitting happily in the black.
What does this mean for the future of the publisher? Well, you can bet Konami is only going to invest more and more in the mobile market, which, sadly, means less content for hardcore gamers looking for quality console content. The times are a changin' and there's not a whole lot we can do about it, aside from picking up a copy of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain when it launches on September 1 of course!
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