Sony leads Konami to a 46% net income increase in Q1

by Nicholas Gasse - 2008/08/05 2:33pm

Konami released its quarter 1 2008 results today and is reporting a massive 46% increase. Konami sold the most titles on the PS3 system, making up 57% of the publishers total software sales. Metal Gear Solid 4 alone shipped almost 4 million copies world wide. Even in the portable front, the Sony PSP is Konami's leading platform, with 9.5% of its total software being accounted to it. Altogether, Sony sold 82.8% of its software to Sony systems. The only other really notable title was Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer game, selling about 1 million units across multiple platforms. Heres the breakdown:


Unit Sales Platform Mix

Consoles
PS3 57.3 %
PS2 11.5 %
Wii 9.9 %
360 2.6 %

Handhelds
PSP 9.5 %
NDS 7.6 %

PC&Others
1.6%


Unit sales of video game software

Geographic Areas (units in million)

Japan 1.93
North America 2.59
Europa 2.3
Asia 0.12
Total 6.94

Genre/Category (units in million)

Soccer 0.95
Baseball 0.36
TV Animated 0.3
Music 0.33
Metal Gear 3.94
Other 1.05
Total 6.94