Sony produced an excellent set of results for FY24 Q2 but did not revise up the full-year guidance. Pelham Smithers reviews each division and notes that that with 1H OP at 56% of the full year guidance, it is on course to come in ahead of targets.
A lack of new hit titles for the quarter and a weak performance in its back catalogue sales were the reasons behind the FY24 Q2 performance coming in short of consensus. Already on a high valuation, will the Feb 25 launch of Monster Hunter Wilds be enough to exceed the already higher than guidance estimates in the street?
It has been a busy week for bean counters in the video games industry, with the release of global console sales data for September, US software and hardware markets for September, and weekly software sales for UK, Japan and Steam. These figures seem to paint a similar picture: hardware sales are bad, though not as bad as over the summer, while software sales are okay. Pelham Smithers elaborates.
When the BoJ raised rates in March, it had been 17 years since it had last done so, though the world was very different then. While the July rate hike was unlikely to move the economic needle, the question now is what else might follow the subsequent financial market maelstrom. Pelham Smithers discusses the outlook for Japan’s macro environment, what new fiscal policies the new PM might introduce, how the BoJ might react and the all-important trend in corporate earnings. This then leads us to...
OSAKA, Japon--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Capcom Co., Ltd. (TOKYO : 9697) a annoncé aujourd'hui que Monster Hunter Wilds sortira le 28 février 2025. Ce communiqué de presse contient des éléments multimédias. Voir le communiqué complet ici : Monster Hunter Wilds (Graphic: Business Wire) Monster Hunter Wilds est le dernier titre de la série Monster Hunter. Il se déroule dans un monde dynamique et changeant qui, par moments, se situe dans une région sauvage, grouillante de meutes de monstres qui attaquent, et l'instant d'après, se transforme en un environnement naturel riche et foisonnant de vie. En vue de...
OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Capcom Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:9697) today announced that Monster Hunter Wilds will be released on February 28, 2025. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: Monster Hunter Wilds (Graphic: Business Wire) Monster Hunter Wilds is the latest title in the Monster Hunter series and is set in a dynamically changing world that is in one moment a severe wilderness, swarming with packs of attacking monsters, and in the next transforms into a rich natural environment teeming with life. Working toward its upcoming release, Capcom is developing the game...
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