Despite hitting the headlines recently in all of the wrong ways, Konami has reported a strong fiscal year (ending March 31). Profits jumped 147 percent to ¥9.5 billion, up from ¥3.8 billion a year ago.
The Digital Entertainment segment was the most profitable for the firm, thanks in large part to the success of mobile baseball title Jikkyou Pawafuru Puroyakyu. The game was downloaded eight million times in its first four months of release.
"As for computer and video games, we released the latest title in the World Soccer Winning Eleven series, World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 (known in the U.S. and Europe as Pro Evolution Soccer 2015), and the online payment system on its new game mode, myClub, has performed well. Even though we also released other games including Professional Baseball Spirits 2015, the number of sold titles decreased in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, based on a policy of selection and concentration due to diversifying consumer preferences."
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