Investor Relations

I am Yosuke Matsuda. I will be discussing the progress made by each of our business segments.

Consolidated net sales and operating income rose YoY in Q1-Q3 FY2022/3.

This is a breakdown for the Digital Entertainment segment. The HD Games sub-segment launched “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy” in Q3.Despite strong reviews, the game’s sales on launch undershot our initial expectations. However, sales initiatives that we kicked off in November 2021 and continued into the new year have resulted in sales growth, and we intend to work to continue to expand sales to make up for the title’s slow start.

Net sales rose YoY in the MMO sub-segment thanks not only to substantial growth in paying subscriber numbers for “FINAL FANTASY XIV” but also to the successful launch of an expansion pack for the title.

Net sales rose YoY in the Games for Smart Devices/PC Browser sub-segment due to the change in accounting policies, but existing titles delivered weak performances, and new titles did not perform to our initial expectations. However, existing titles saw a recovery trend in January, and we intend to strive for solid growth by releasing our upcoming titles.

This is our HD Games pipeline. We have multiple new titles planned for launch in Q4 as well.

In Q3, the MMO sub-segment launched expansion packs for “FINAL FANTASY XIV” AND “DRAGON QUEST X ONLINE.”

These are the main titles in our Games for Smart Devices/PC Browser sub-segment. We released multiple new titles in Q3, but with some exceptions, they got off to starts that underperformed our initial expectations.

This slide shows the breakdown of digital versus physical sales in the Digital Entertainment segment.

This slide shows units sold by region in Q1-Q3 FY2022/3.

The content production account stood at ¥93.1 billion at the end of Q3. We have multiple major titles slated for launch, and we will ensure that each release meets certain standards of quality.