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Publication date of the original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-11-25 15:57 (JST)
Translated by. Ryuki Ishii<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Square Enix has released the outline for their FY2022\/2023 Q2 financial results briefing held on November 5. According to the outline (PDF link<\/a>), NEO: The World Ends with You<\/strong><\/em> was well received by users, but \u201cit has underperformed\u201d the company\u2019s initial expectations. The wording used in the Japanese version of the outline (PDF link<\/a>) is, \u201csignificantly lower than our initial expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company booked net sales of 168.9 billion yen, an operating income of 29.1 billion yen, an ordinary income of 31.4 billion yen, and a net income attributable to parent company shareholders of 22.9 billion yen in the first half of the fiscal year 2022\/2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The net sales of the HD Games sub-segment were \u201clower than in the same period of the previous fiscal year, which had seen the release of FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE <\/em>and Marvel\u2019s Avengers<\/em>.\u201d This year\u2019s lineup, which includes Outriders<\/em>, NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…,<\/em> Life is Strange: True Colors<\/em>, and NEO: The World Ends with You, <\/em>was apparently weaker than last year\u2019s in terms of sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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