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Games (Offline)
The Company plans, develops and distributes games for game
consoles (including handheld game devices). The Company also
handles localization of games developed and distributed in Japan for
distribution in North America through a wholly owned subsidiary,
SQUARE ENIX, INC., while distribution in Europe and Asia were
handled primarily by leading publishers through license
arrangements until the end of the preceding fiscal year. Starting
from the fiscal year under review, distribution in Europe has been
handled by a wholly owned subsidiary, SQUARE ENIX LTD.
During the fiscal year under review, the Company released “FINAL
FANTASY XII” (1,680 thousand units sold
in North America and 1,100 thousand
units in Europe as of March 31, 2007),
“KINGDOM HEARTS II” (700 thousand
units in Europe, ditto) and “DIRGE OF
CERBERUS –FINAL FANTASY VII–”
(460 thousand units in North America
and 270 thousand units in Europe,
ditto) for PlayStation2, as well as “FINAL FANTASY III”
(990 thousand units in Japan and 460 thousand units in
North America, ditto) and “DRAGONQUEST MON-
STERS: Joker” (1,410 thousand units in Japan, ditto) for
Nintendo DS. In addition, value-priced titles achieved
strong sales both in Japan and overseas markets.
Consequently, sales in the Games (Offline) segment
totaled ¥51,316 million (up 11.8% from the previous
fiscal year results), and operating income amounted to
¥16,348 million (up 70.5%, ditto).
08
Review of Operations
The Year in Review Overview by Business Segment
SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD., and its consolidated subsidiaries (collec-
tively, “the Company”) strive to strengthen the foundation and
profitability of the Games (Offline), Games (Online), Mobile
Phone Content, Publication, Amusement and Others business
segments.
The Company has been pursuing fundamental R&D activities
to obtain advanced information technologies crucial to promote
its network-related businesses as well as to apply the obtained
technologies to its products and services.
The total number of game titles shipped, including repeat
orders, reached 7,210 thousand units in Japan, 6,150 thou-
sand units in North America, 3,500 thousand units in the PAL
region (Europe,
etc.) and 70 thou-
sand units in Asia,
for a grand total of
16,930 thousand
units.
Business Segment Information (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007)
(Millions of yen)
Games (Offline) Games (Online) Mobile Phone Publication Amusement Others Elimination or Consolidated
Content corporate total
Net sales 51,316 13,660 7,767 11,208 75,702 3,978 (161) 163,472
Operating income 16,348 6,767 3,013 3,603 (351) 1,311 (4,776) 25,916
Operating income margin 31.9% 49.5% 38.8% 32.1% (0.5%) 33.0% –15.9%
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STUDIO/SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
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