With a turnover of 1.8 billion euros and above all a net profit of 222 million euros against a net loss of 47 million euros last year at the same period, Sega Sammy is indeed emerged from the turbulent period into which the pandemic had precipitated it, because of its presence in battered sectors such as arcades, slot machines and tourism. The group has already exceeded its objectives for the full fiscal year, thanks in particular to the rebound in sales of pachinko/pachislot machines, but also to the good performance of sales of video games.
Sega ended the year by releasing Shin Megami Tensei V, Football Manager 2022 and Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania which all met expectations. Sega, however, distributed just under 22 million games between April and December 2021, down sharply from the 34.2 million games sold last year. A volume that does not take into account free-to-play receipts, of which the top 3 at the moment are Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage, Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis and Fist of the North Star Legends ReVIVE. And if Sega has now completely given up ownership of its arcades in Japan, you’ll know that sales of lint-catching machines are doing very well.
Between April and December 2021, Sega’s video game business is in very good shape and generated revenue of 905 million euros and operating profit of 222 million euros. The release of Total War: Warhammer III, and to a lesser extent Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, should allow the video game to end the fiscal year on an even more flattering balance sheet.
Still for April-December 2021, Sega also indicates that it has distributed: