Gaming has become Konami’s only destination with the rise – pachinko and casinos are falling

In the latest quarterly report Konami announced an annual decline in revenues of just 0.6% to $ 1.8 billion.

For such a slight “drop” against the backdrop of the global pandemic, the corporation should thank its video game business – its annual revenues grew by 33% to $ 1.3 billion. However, operating profit for the year increased by 75.3% (!), Reaching $ 482.8 million in 9 months.

This was largely made possible by record revenue from mobile games, especially Professional Baseball Spirits A and portable version PES 2023… She also showed herself perfectly Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! for Switch – in a few weeks its circulation exceeded 2.5 million copies.

But the rest of Konami’s offices showed a decrease in annual revenues of 31-48% – this applies to casinos, pachinkos, arcades and gyms. But the video game direction has every chance of showing a record year.

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