{"id":35019,"date":"2024-08-02T14:35:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T05:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=35019"},"modified":"2024-08-23T17:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T08:07:20","slug":"konami-reports-record-breaking-profits-confirms-upcoming-releases-for-2024-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/konami-reports-record-breaking-profits-confirms-upcoming-releases-for-2024-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Konami reports record-breaking profits, confirms upcoming releases for 2024 and beyond\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On August 1, Konami reported record-breaking sales and profits for the first quarter of this fiscal year, and confirmed its pipeline of new game releases, including upcoming titles\u00a0(as reported in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4gamer.net\/games\/999\/G999905\/20240801046\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4Gamer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gamebiz.jp\/news\/390156\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GameBiz)<\/a>. Although focusing on Japan-exclusive releases up until July this year, Konami has many global launches lined up for 2024 and beyond- including those from beloved IPs like Metal Gear Solid and Silent Hill.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Konami\u2019s sales and profits for the first quarter (April 1 to June 30, 2024) experienced an impressive year-on-year increase, reaching record-breaking highs. Sales revenue hit 90,039 million yen (up 24.0% year-on-year) with net profit for the period totaling 19.16 million yen (up 43.3% YoY). These healthy consolidated financial results were mainly thanks to the solid performance of Konami\u2019s Digital Entertainment business (i.e. video games and the <strong>Yu-Gi-Oh! O<\/strong><strong>CG<\/strong>). This included a continued strong performance from<strong> <\/strong><strong>eFootball<\/strong><strong> 2024<\/strong>, thanks to in-game additions and an esports tournament. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802-35019-003.jpeg\" alt=\"Konami eFootball\" class=\"wp-image-35030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802-35019-003.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802-35019-003-380x214.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802-35019-003-768x432.jpeg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Konami\u2019s game releases so far this fiscal year have focused on the Japanese market. All three games released between April and June were Japan exclusives (<strong>ORE\u2019N<\/strong>, <strong>The Perfect Island for Grinding<\/strong>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/konami-new-shohei-ohtani-tie-in-baseball-game-under-fire-for-game-breaking-bugs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the top selling, yet buggy upon release <strong>Powerful Pros Baseball 2024-2025<\/strong><\/a>).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802-35019-001.jpg\" alt=\"Konami game release pipeline 2024 2025\" class=\"wp-image-35022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802-35019-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802-35019-001-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802-35019-001-768x431.jpg 768w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Konami&#8217;s game release pipeline (Image source: <a href=\"https:\/\/img.konami.com\/ir\/en\/ir-data\/meeting\/2024\/en0801_dw9yh3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FY2025 Q1 Financial Results Powerpoint<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, on August 6, Konami will launch a new IP worldwide. <strong>CYGNI: All Guns Blazing<\/strong> is being developed by Scottish studio Keel Works and is set to be published by Konami for PC (Steam), PS5 and Xbox X|S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cygnigame.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CYGNI<\/a> aims to elevate the classic vertical and side-scrolling shoot\u2019em up, giving what looks to be a polished, modern take on the genre.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming up on October 8 for PS5 and PC (Steam) is the much-anticipated <strong>Silent Hill 2<\/strong>. The remake of the horror classic is set to take players right back into James\u2019s psychological state, with original Japanese team members and Polish developer Bloober Team <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-2-remakes-producer-says-the-original-japanese-devs-wanted-more-changes-than-bloober-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">working hard to stay faithful to the 2001 game<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802-35019-002.jpeg\" alt=\"Konami Silent Hill 2 remake\" class=\"wp-image-35028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802-35019-002.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802-35019-002-380x214.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240802-35019-002-768x432.jpeg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond October 2024, Konami has confirmed that it has six global releases in the pipeline, however their launch dates are still TBD. These include remasters\/remakes of popular franchises; <strong>Suikoden I&amp;II HD Remaster<\/strong> (coming to PS4, Switch, Steam and Xbox One) and <strong>Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater<\/strong> (PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam). The upcoming <strong>Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection<\/strong> (Switch and Steam) is a completion of retro Yu-Gi-Oh! games that were previously only released in Japan. Two more Silent Hill entries are also in the pipeline; mainline title <strong>Silent Hill f <\/strong>and<strong> <\/strong>spin-off <strong>Silent Hill: Townfall<\/strong>, however neither platform nor release date information has been made available for these games.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Konami&#8217;s global release pipeline is packed with games from popular IPs like Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Suikoden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":35027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-35019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Konami reports record-breaking profits, confirms upcoming releases for 2024 and beyond\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Konami&#039;s global release pipeline is packed with games from popular IPs like Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid, Yu-Gi-Oh! 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