The final profit of the game software giant Capcom, which is headquartered in Osaka, reached a record high for the nine months up to last month.
A major factor was the increase in sales of game software due to the demand for nesting due to the new corona.
The nine-month financial results for the nine months from April last year to last month announced by Capcom on the 28th were 64.8 billion yen, an increase of 22.6% from the same period of the previous year.
In addition, the final profit increased by 34.1% to 17.5 billion yen, the highest ever for this period.
The main reasons for this are that the movement to refrain from going out worldwide has spread due to the influence of the new coronavirus, sales of game software have increased due to so-called nesting demand, and the latest works of popular software have been released one after another. It has become.
The company explains that not only the latest work but also past software is becoming popular again.
On the other hand, Capcom was hit by a cyber attack last November, and it is possible that the personal information of up to about 390,000 people was leaked.
CFO Kenkichi Nomura, who met online, apologized for the information leak and said, "We are still investigating the causes and countermeasures, and I think it will take some time. At this point, it will not significantly affect our business performance." It was.