Based on Namco’s earnings report for the July through September quarter, Soul Calibur V sold 180,000 copies over the holiday. What’s most impressive is that Soul Calibur V continues to steadily sell. Namco Bandai also sold 870,000 copies of Soul Calibur V over the period, bringing that game’s total up 1.56 million copies. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 racked up 1.35 million in sales across the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii U. Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Soul Calibur V were the stars of Namco Bandai’s lineup.

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Profits were up, though, from under $89 million last year to approximately $114 million this past quarter.īandai Namco to improve Tekken 7 online play in Season 4, teases new fighterīandai Namco’s ‘Code Vein’ is in the vein of ‘Dark Souls’ Not a great one, but good enough to show that there’s life to be lived and money to be made in the console business.Īccording to the company’s consolidated earnings for that October through December quarter, Namco Bandai pulled in 128 billion yen, of just under $1.4 billion, putting it flat with the same period in 2012 in terms of revenue. Despite declines in its biggest series, Namco Bandai had a good 2012. Not every company is doing poorly, though. Both the machines themselves and the lucrative packaged games to play on them aren’t selling in the numbers that made console games the largest earning force in the $50 billion per year video game industry for years. As evidenced by earnings reports from Nintendo, Electronic Arts, and Square-Enix in recent days, the console video game business isn’t great at the moment.

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