{"id":41635,"date":"2024-12-18T12:35:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T03:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=41635"},"modified":"2024-12-18T12:35:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T03:35:38","slug":"nitroplus-reports-24-yearly-profit-growth-following-acquisition-by-cygames-owner-cyberagent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nitroplus-reports-24-yearly-profit-growth-following-acquisition-by-cygames-owner-cyberagent\/","title":{"rendered":"Nitroplus reports 24% yearly profit growth following acquisition by Cygames owner CyberAgent\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nitroplus recently published financial statements for the fiscal year ending August 2024 (as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/gamebiz.jp\/news\/397517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GameBiz<\/a>). According to the report, the Saya no Uta and Steins;Gate developer saw their annual net profit increase by 24.1% to 773 million yen (about $5.02 million).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2024, Nitroplus became a consolidated subsidiary of CyberAgent, the parent company of developers like Cygames, <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-developer-records-miraculous-6214-profit-growth-thanks-to-explosive-success-of-gakuen-idolmaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">QualiArts<\/a> and Colorful Palette. The digital media conglomerate <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nitroplus-to-be-acquired-by-cygames-parent-and-resume-work-on-games-abandoned-due-to-lack-of-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">purchased<\/a> 72% of Nitroplus\u2019 shares for 16.9 billion yen (over $104 million). &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Nitroplus produces not only games but various other content such as novels, anime, and illustrations, CyberAgent is <a href=\"https:\/\/pdf.cyberagent.co.jp\/C4751\/d0Ia\/PFRP\/Qu9k.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">positioning<\/a> it at the core of its IP creation strategy. According to Nitroplus\u2019 CEO Takaki Kosaka, the company is retaining its name, culture and creative freedom. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Spring 2025, Nitroplus will release their brand-new dystopian mech action game <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nitroplus-mecha-girl-action-game-dolls-nest-postponed-to-spring-2025-to-ensure-higher-quality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dolls Nest<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saya no Uta and Steins;Gate developer Nitroplus saw annual net profit increase by 24.1% to 773 million yen in fiscal year 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":41638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-41635","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 v27.4 - 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