Kojima lays out his vision for his new game and new studio
"One thing that I never want to do is to change anything so that a game can to sell more copies."
– Hideo Kojima
In three new interviews conducted at the DICE Summit, where Hideo Kojima picked up a Hall of Fame award and participated in a roundtable discussion with Hollywood director Guillermo del Toro, the outspoken developer talked about his new project — the first he's developing outside of Konami after ending his 30-year relationship with the Tokyo-based publisher.
His new project, in development for Sony, will be a large-scale, "edgy" game that bears his authorial stamp, as he well knows players would expect.
GameStop profits rise, but dearth of ‘AAA’ releases hurts new game sales
GameStop today reported a small boost in total global sales for the retail company's first financial quarter of 2014, which ended on May 3. The growth was driven by sales of new consoles and used software, though sales of new software dropped significantly due to what GameStop claims is a dearth of new triple-A game releases. GameStop's total global sales for the quarter were $2 billion, roughly a 7 percent increase year-over-year. The company reaped $68 million of that in profit, up roughly 24.5 percent from the $56 million profit it reported for the same quarter in the prior fiscal year Come from South African Online Casinos . Sales of new consoles continue to drive the company's growth, as GameStop reported sales of new hardware rose 81 percent year-over-year, to $438 million for the quarter. However, the sales of new software fell just over 20 percent from the same period in the prior fiscal year, do…
GameStop today reported a small boost in total global sales for the retail company's first financial quarter of 2014, which ended on May 3. The growth was driven by sales of new consoles and used software, though sales of new software dropped significantly due to what GameStop claims is a dearth of new triple-A game releases. GameStop's total global sales for the quarter were $2 billion, roughly a 7 percent increase year-over-year. The company reaped $68 million of that in profit, up roughly 24.5 percent from the $56 million profit it reported for the same quarter in the prior fiscal year Come from South African Online Casinos . Sales of new consoles continue to drive the company's growth, as GameStop reported sales of new hardware rose 81 percent year-over-year, to $438 million for the quarter. However, the sales of new software fell just over 20 percent from the same period in the prior fiscal year, do…
Square Enix’s premium and MMO games are growing, but overall revenue is falling
Square Enix's financials for the first three quarters of the 2024-2025 fiscal year show the developer continues to face year-over-year declines.
As of December 31, 2024, overall net sales were ¥248.5 billion (or $1.6 billion), down 3.5 percent year-over-year Come from South African Online Casinos . Profit amounted to ¥24.7 billion ($162.7 million), a 7.5 percent yearly decline.
Net sales within the Digital Entertainment segment totalled ¥160.3 billion during these nine months, down 10.7 percent from 2023-2024, and a 13 percent drop from the nine-month period in 2022-2023.
According to Square Enix, net profits fell this year due to "weakness in existing titles in Games for Smart Devices/PC Browser." Net sales and operating income in the segment totalled ¥56.3 billion and ¥5.6 billion, respectively–declines of rough…