Court Docs Reveal Profits for Gaming Divisions of Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, More - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 July 2021 / 5,123 Views
Court documents from the Epic Games v. Apple case keep getting leaked and another leaked document has revealed the profit for publishers off of games and services in the calendar year 2019.
Of the big three console manufacturers, Sony earned the highest profit for its games division with $4.1 billion. This was followed by Nintendo with $2.3 billion in profits, followed by Microsoft in third, which had a listed range of $1.6 billion to $2.3 billion.
Tencent had the highest profits with $6.3 billion, followed by Apple with $5.2 billion. Other company profits for gaming include Google with $3.2 billion, Netease with $2.4 billion, Activision Blizzard with $1.6 billion, Electronic Arts with $1.2 billion, and Epic Games with $1.08 billion.
Some leaked court documents from the Epic Games v. Apple court case include an internal Xbox review of The Last of Us Part II that was done by the Xbox Portfolio Team, that Dead Island 2 and Saints Row 5 will be exclusive to the Epic Games Store, how much Sony was against adding cross-platform play to multiplatform games on the PlayStation 4, and Epic paying Two-Two Interactive $146 million to have the PC version of Borderlands 3 launch as a timed exclusive on the Epic Game Store.
Document from Apple vs Epic revealing profit for Publishers off games and services
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Profit
Tencent - $6.3B
Apple - $5.2B
Sony - $4.1B
Google - $3.2B
Netease - $2.4B
Nintendo - $2.3B
Microsoft - ($1.6B - $2.3B range)
Activision / Blizzard - $1.6B
EA - $1.2B
Epic - $1.08B pic.twitter.com/aXneihwgc3
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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This court case continues to spill so much industry secrets...
In this case they may only be estimates
It's really not that much of a secret. Publishers that are also developers are going to make tons of money of course. Let's say sony, microsoft, or nintendo sell 40 million first party games in a year. That's 1.6 to 2.4 billion dollars in sales depending on the physical/digital split.
Nintendo and sony are likely selling more first party games than microsoft. So it lines up.
Would rather see revenue but profit is cool too
Look above at the supplied link it's not fiscal ,but calendar year 2020 I Won't spoil it besides saying it was positive and if you want fiscal year ending april info it's in the forum
I like when Tim Sweeney was asked if Apple had made a deal only for Epic and no other developers, would he have accepted the deal. He said YES! Lol so much for the "we're fighting the Apple monopoly for all developers" mentality he has been supposedly championing this whole time.
So 70usd for first party games is not necessary
This process is turning into a very good source for chart analysis lmao
Well DAMN next this court case is gonna reveal the social security numbers of every employee in Sony Microsoft and Nintendo lmao
Gamepass isn't sustainable confirmed. :-D
This was 2019 profits. I doubt either Sony or MS have profitable gaming divisions right now with the launch of two new consoles.
you may change your mind , https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/mustafa-mahmoud/playstation-set-a-new-industry-record-for-revenue-in-2020/
Oh? Well ... Can't say I'm surprised by the profit numbers. Sony reported their biggest earnings of their gaming segment for 2020 for a reason :)
These numbers are from 2019.
Out of the three console makers Sony has the largest profits. That makes them the industry leader as far as console gaming goes. Tencent and Apple are way above them, but those are more PC/Mobile gaming companies.
iirc Sweeney put a caveat in a earlier leak that they were estimates, plus they don't seem align with the official numbers from sony's 2019 financials as far as I can tell.
I will place my own caveat don't smirk or yell to loud if Im proven wrong I'm sensitive.
Lol gotta love the Salty downvotes of Xbox fanboys. How about disproving this fact before you try to downvote me into oblivion?
So..... Sony is doomed??
