The first half of SEGA’s 2015 fiscal year isn’t looking too good – the company has suffered a loss of $17.9 million.
The period ending September 30th 2014 saw SEGA manage to pull in $1.3 billion in revenue, which is down 5% year-on-year. Less than a third of the total revenue came from SEGA’s game division and they only released one console game in the second quarter of the year, which was Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. It sold 230,000 units before the end of September. Operating profit was down 72% to $30.9 million.
SEGA’s nine-month results should show a nice improvement however, as the heavily anticipated Alien: Isolation was released a week after the accounting period closed. Check out the Flickering Myth review of Alien: Isolation here.
The majority of SEGA’s game division revenue, which totalled to $439 million, came from digital games, which accounted for $196 million, while packaged games only totalled $137 million. With the upcoming Sonic Boom on the horizon, it will be interesting to see how SEGA’s fortunes continue to fare.
Figures courtesy of playstationlifestyle.net
Originally published November 3, 2014. Updated April 13, 2018.
