{"id":65796,"date":"2026-04-24T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=65796"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:14:12","slug":"wizardry-variants-daphne-developer-drecom-sees-257-rise-in-operating-profit-thanks-to-the-games-strong-performance-and-a-shift-of-focus-to-self-published-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/wizardry-variants-daphne-developer-drecom-sees-257-rise-in-operating-profit-thanks-to-the-games-strong-performance-and-a-shift-of-focus-to-self-published-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizardry Variants Daphne developer Drecom sees 257% rise in operating profit thanks to the game\u2019s strong performance and a shift of focus to self-published titles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese game developer and publisher Drecom announced its consolidated financial \u00a0forecast for the fiscal year ended March 2026. As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/gamebiz.jp\/news\/424942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GameBiz<\/a>, the company expects record-high year-on-year growth, with projected operating profit jumping by 257.2%. According to Drecom, this is largely due to the company shifting away from collaborations with other companies in favor of self-published games, as well as the extraordinary performance of Wizardry Variants Daphne, which has grown into their flagship title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the report, the company expects a 38.3% year-on-year rise in sales, with operating and ordinary profit going up by 257.2% and 466.1% respectively. Despite operational costs for Wizardry Variants Daphne significantly rising due to the recent addition of multi-language support and expanded content, it seems like this has been outweighed by the substantial increase in revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"(English) Fearlessness: Abandon fear, all ye who enter the Abyss. - Wizardry Variants Daphne\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rxwbQZDkC-s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the game\u2019s director Keisuke Kanayama told AUTOMATON <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/interviews\/were-still-at-the-bottom-of-the-dungeon-wizardry-variants-daphnes-success-has-exceeded-all-of-drecoms-expectations-but-development-became-just-as-demandi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in an interview from last year<\/a>, upkeeping the servers and constantly trying to deliver new content had put a significant load on the development team, both financially and in terms of manpower. \u201cBefore launch, all of our development work simply went into making the game better. But once you go live, it becomes a mountain of tasks, from tuning existing game elements, fixing bugs and creating new Abysses, to managing a larger team,\u201d he explained. However, despite ongoing development cycle feeling like the game\u2019s own dungeon crawling in Kanayama\u2019s eyes, it seems like, all the trouble will finally pay off for Drecom in the long run thanks to Variants Daphne\u2019s positive performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/wizardry-variants-daphne-is-not-open-world-because-it-was-made-with-jrpg-fans-in-mind-the-gameplay-experience-is-uniquely-japanese-says-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wizardry Variants Daphne is not open world because it was made with JRPG fans in mind. \u201cThe gameplay experience is uniquely Japanese,\u201d says director<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/despite-being-a-western-ip-wizardrys-biggest-following-is-still-in-japan-we-talk-to-wizardry-variants-daphne-devs-about-the-shift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Despite being a Western IP, Wizardry\u2019s biggest following is still in Japan. 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