Japanese company Konami announced a record profit after nine months of operation in the current fiscal year (for the period from April to the end of December 2023). Division key indicator Digital entertainmentresponsible for console, computer, mobile and card games, grew immediately 75.3%, despite the fact that the revenue of the entire company decreased by 0.6%, the publication reports IGN… The latter is due to restrictions on the operation of pachinko halls, casinos, sports clubs and entertainment centers amid the coronavirus pandemic (traditional games are far from Konami’s only business).
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In the midst of this past Christmas season, Konami released on Nintendo Switch the game Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban!, which by now has managed to disperse in circulation in 2,500,000 copies and become the most successful release of the company in the entire history of its work in Japan… Prior to that, the record holder for sales in the publisher’s home market was for a long time Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel monsters 4 for Game boy… It found 2.2 million customers in 2000-2001 and remained Konami’s only release for about twenty years, selling over 2,000,000 copies in Japan.
TOP 5 Most Played Konami Console Games in Japan of All Time:
- Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Switch, 2023) – 2,500,000
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4 (Game Boy, 2001) – 2,200,000
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Game Boy, 2000) – 1,520,000
- TwinBee (Famicom, 1986) – 1,200,000
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PS2, 2001) – 1,140,000
In this year’s report, the company also noted the success of the football series Pro Evolution Soccer…
By the end of 2023, Konami is going to release at least Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush duel (Switch), the new Pro Evolution Soccer (all current platforms), and an in-game adaptation of sci-fi manga Edens Zero (mobile devices).
There are rumors on the network about an imminent announcement Silent Hill for Playstation 5which is supposedly created by an internal studio Sony by agreement with Konami, but this information has not yet been confirmed.
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