Square Enix Reports Strong Quarterly Earnings Thanks to FFXIV and Mobile Games

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Square Enix reported strong quarterly earnings yesterday and attributed the quarter's success to the strong performance of Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood and the continued success of their mobile games (Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, Kindom Hearts Union X, etc). Square Enix reported net sales of 1.165B USD during the last 6 months ended September, 2017 vs $938M for the 6 months ended September, 2016, an increase of 24.2% year over year. Here are some of the highlights from the earnings report:

MMO Revenues came in at 8 billion yen (~$71 million USD) for the quarter.

Smart Devices (Mobile) and PC Browser Game Revenues were $200 million for the quarter.

Source: Q2 2018 Investor Presentation

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