{"id":54987,"date":"2025-12-15T15:38:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T06:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=54987"},"modified":"2025-12-15T15:38:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T06:38:38","slug":"umamusume-pretty-derby-developer-sees-136-growth-in-net-profit-thanks-to-the-titles-huge-global-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/umamusume-pretty-derby-developer-sees-136-growth-in-net-profit-thanks-to-the-titles-huge-global-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Umamusume: Pretty Derby developer sees 136% growth in net profit thanks to the title\u2019s huge global success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese developer Cygames recently announced their financial results for the fiscal year ending September 2025, revealing a significant increase in both revenue and profit. The huge step-up compared to the previous fiscal year is linked to the success of <strong>Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond<\/strong> and the international release of <strong>Umamusume: Pretty Derby<\/strong>, with the two games being crowned CyberAgent\u2019s (Cygames\u2019 parent company) <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/umamusume-pretty-derbys-english-release-is-our-third-biggest-hit-says-cygames-parent-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second and third biggest hit in 2025<\/a> respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/gamebiz.jp\/news\/417550\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gamebiz<\/a>, the company\u2019s operating profit reached over 33.1 billion yen (about $213 million USD), marking a 103.3% increase year-on-year, with a 3.0% rise in revenue (137.5 billion yen; equating to around $886 million USD). Cygames also witnessed a growth in net profit, which increased by 136.5% compared to the past year, reaching over 21.7 billion yen (about $140.2 million USD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ever since its official English version hit Steam and mobile platforms on June 26, Umamusume: Pretty Derby, which was already fairly popular across Asia, undoubtedly became Cygame\u2019s blockbuster in the West. Around half a year since its release, and the hype is as strong as ever (so strong that it\u2019s turning some of the players into <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/umamusume-pretty-derby-player-grows-so-fond-of-horses-they-decide-to-co-own-a-real-racehorse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">real-life racehorse owners<\/a>), with steady player counts even after the launch-peak. The title also won the Best Mobile Game category at this year\u2019s Game Awards, which is likely to give it an additional popularity boost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To celebrate winning Best Mobile Game at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheGameAwards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheGameAwards<\/a> 2025, we&#39;ve gifted all Trainers an SSR Guaranteed Make Debut Ticket!<br><br>\ud83c\udf81 Gift Contents:<br>&#8211; SSR Guaranteed Make Debut Ticket \u00d7 1<br><br>Huge thanks to our Umazing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Umamusume?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Umamusume<\/a> community for making this possible! \ud83d\udc96 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tYP6RBDb5n\">pic.twitter.com\/tYP6RBDb5n<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Umamusume: Pretty Derby (@umamusume_eng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/umamusume_eng\/status\/1999359251635142806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And despite CyberAgent being faced with <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/cygames-parent-company-sees-4-7-million-loss-resulting-from-konami-patent-infringement-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">almost $4.7 million in losses<\/a> related to Konami\u2019s patent infringement lawsuit against the game, it seems like the title\u2019s overwhelming success in the West managed to increase the revenue of the company\u2019s gaming division almost six-fold compared to previous year (Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/pdf.cyberagent.co.jp\/C4751\/lAG8\/r7Us\/tMHN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CyberAgent financial results for FY 2025<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/umamusume-pretty-derby-highly-popular-among-core-gamers-with-over-100-games-on-steam-research-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Umamusume: Pretty Derby highly popular among \u201ccore\u201d gamers with over 100 games on Steam, research says\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Umamusume: Pretty Derby developer Cygames&#8217; recently announced financial results reveal a big increase in revenue and profit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":54989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[261,17],"class_list":["post-54987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-financial-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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