Sega-Sammy Q4 2011 Profits $450m in Apr-Dec 2011

by Jacob Mazel, posted on 03 February 2012 / 2,409 Views

Sega-Sammy's nine month results for April to December 2011 have arrived. The company had revenue of 311.6b Yen ($4.09b) for the period, with profit of 34.3b Yen ($450m). Revenue was flat compared to the same period of 2010, while profit declined by about 7%. Sega-Sammy maintained its forecast from October, when revenue was projected to reach 440b Yen ($5.78b) in the year to March 2012 with profit of 38b Yen ($499m).

Through six months, Sega-Sammy profit was only 3.98b Yen ($56m) - so the company had profit of 30b Yen ($394m) in the December 2011 quarter - largely on the Mario & Sonic + Sonic Generation launches. Revenue was 159b Yen ($2.09b) in the December quarter, against 152.6 Yen ($2.00b) in the first six months - so profitability clearly improved with the major titles.

Through April-December 2011, Sega-Sammy has shipped 12.6m games, down from 13.63m in the same period of 2010. The company does expect to ship 20m games, up from 18.6m for the full fiscal year though.

Apr-Dec 2010 Apr-Dec 2011

PS3 1.13m 1.92m

PSP 1.44m 0.77m

Vita n/a 0.01m

Wii 1.42m 2.81m

DS 1.34m 0.34m

3DS n/a 0.62m

X360 1.48m 1.30m

PC 0.87m 0.70m

Catalogue 5.91m 4.14m

Total 13.63m 12.60m

So far, Sega's major hits have been:

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii) - 2.39m

Sonic Generations (X360, PS3, PC, 3DS) - 1.63m

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Extend (PSP) - 0.29m

Mario & Sonic should easily end up as the biggest game launch of this fiscal year, particularly once the 3DS version arrives.

Contact VGChartz at jmazel@vgchartz.com

11 Comments

TheSource (on 03 February 2012)

2012 might really be the end of the world, Sega making tons of money, Nintendo & Sony losing lots of money.

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Iveyboi (on 03 February 2012)

Ahaha amazing!

kincuri (on 04 February 2012)

This article is total bull shit. If you actually read the balance sheet, the vast majority of Sega-Sammy's profit comes from "Pachislot and Pachinko Machines". In fact, their "consumer" business, which produces video games, reported a 5.5 billion Yen LOSS. Sega would have been better off sticking to their gambling services, rather than producing games. To say that "the company had profit of 30b Yen ($394m) in the December 2011 quarter - largely on the Mario & Sonic + Sonic Generation launches" is utter non-sense. If you're going to report on company earnings report, learn to read a balance sheet first!

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non-gravity (on 03 February 2012)

To Jacob: When discussing the financials for a company like this, wouldn't it be good to discuss how the Sammy part of Sega-Sammy performed?

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Panama (on 03 February 2012)

Sonic Generations deserves better sales.

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Degausser (on 04 February 2012)

Pretty site the video game side of SEGA made a loss and it's the Pachinko stuff thats keeping them in the black.

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pezus (on 03 February 2012)

Where do all the PS3 game sales come from?

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Aj_habfan (on 03 February 2012)

Mostly Sonic and Yakuza

BasilZero (on 03 February 2012)

Probably discount bin games lmao

menx64 (on 03 February 2012)

sonic colors (wii+ds) > sonic generations (360,ps3,pc,3ds) silly silly Sega...

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Acevil (on 03 February 2012)

Honestly I think it was a bad move to ignore the wii for the Sonic Generations. They made good ports in the past, and could have easily made one and gained sufficient sales from it.

enrageorange (on 03 February 2012)

Just the 360 and ps3 version of sonic generations are tracking on par with wii colors and ahead of ds colors. Silly sega for ignoring hd consoles with sonic colors...

BasilZero (on 03 February 2012)

Wow Sega rolling in the money and I keep forgetting they own Sammy lol

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Tuanniez (on 04 February 2012)

Other way around mate, Sammy bought Sega in 2004. Sammy is also the most profitable part of the company with their pachinko machines and so on from what I can remember.