Forward of a report on its earnings for the 2024 fiscal yr, Capcom has revised its earnings forecast due to robust gross sales throughout its catalog of video games, specifically highlighting Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Avenue Fighter 6.

In an April 25 press launch, Capcom introduced it had raised its internet gross sales forecast for the 2024 fiscal yr (which covers April 2023 by means of to March 2024) by 8.9%. It initially estimated it will make 140,000 million yen (tantamount to simply beneath $900 million) in gross sales, however has now up to date it to 152,400 million yen (about $979 million). As such, total earnings and shareholder earnings are all up too, which factors to Capcom’s 2024 fiscal yr being extra profitable than it initially anticipated.

Capcom namedrops Dragon’s Dogma 2 (which launched shortly earlier than the tip of the fiscal yr in March) and Avenue Fighter 6 (which launched in June 2023) as contributing to this: “Along with Avenue Fighter 6, the most recent title within the Avenue Fighter sequence, being met with broad acclaim globally, Dragons Dogma 2 was launched within the fourth quarter and has carried out favorably.” Though it doesn’t point out precise figures, we already know from an April 2 press launch that Dragon’s Dogma 2 bought over 2.5 million models in lower than two weeks regardless of all of the controversy surrounding its day one microtransactions. As for Avenue Fighter 6, it crossed the three million gross sales milestone in January, however that quantity may very effectively have gone up in the previous few months.

Though it doesn’t present every other particular examples, Capcom does add, “Gross sales grew for catalog titles consisting primarily of previous titles from main sequence resulting from their regular recognition,” suggesting the corporate’s total library has been promoting effectively. Different Capcom video games to have launched prior to now 12 months embody the dinosaur themed shooter Exoprimal (which lately added a Mega Man crossover), the Mega Man Battle Community Legacy Assortment, and the Apollo Justice: Ace Legal professional Trilogy.

We should always see extra concrete figures as soon as Capcom publishes its full yr earnings, which is scheduled to occur on Might 9. Assuming issues have gone in addition to Capcom expects, this may imply the corporate will need an excellent higher 2025 fiscal yr. In the meanwhile, its launch schedule for the remainder of 2024 is fairly minimal, consisting solely of re-releases of the Monster Hunter Tales duology of RPGs in June and Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, a brand new motion technique IP. It’s subsequent main launch, although, is 2025’s Monster Hunter Wilds, which ought to flip a really good-looking revenue for Capcom given the sequence’ recognition.