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FINANCIAL REPORT
Financial Year 2001/2002
35
2.3.3 Production volumes evolution
Number of titles produced in-house and in co-production
(third-party):
2001/2002 2000/2001
Number of titles* 58 61
* title = 1 game on several platforms (i.e. Batman™ Vengeance PS®2,
GameCube™, Xbox™ and GameBoy®Advance, four formats for one title).
The company attaches strategic importance to its in-house
development business, as this ensures:
■better game quality and rigorous control of timescales and
budgets;
■improved profitability, thanks to development for several
formats, in particular for triple A titles;
■the development and creation of tools and technology which
can be reused from one game to another.
The slightly lower number of development titles confirms
the Group's strategy of concentrating more on games with
considerable potential, such as Myst®III: Exile 1,120,000
units of which have been sold, Rayman®Advance (770,000
units), Batman™: Vengeance (over 670,000 units) and the
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon™ series (over 760,000 units).
2.3.5 Platform sales break-down
2001/2002 2000/2001
PC 42% 27%
Play Station®11% 27%
Play Station®Play Station 2 15% 9%
Dreamcast/Nintendo 64 Ns 7%
GameBoy/GameBoy™Color 7% 23%
GameBoy®Advance 19% /
GameCube™ 3% /
Xbox™ 1% /
Others 2% 7%
Sales for the new platforms (Game Boy®Advance, PlayStation®2,
Nintendo GameCube™ and Xbox™) account for 38% of annual
sales (9% in the previous year). Sales for PC, which were
sustained in particular by the success of Myst®III: Exile,
Tom Clancy's Ghost ReconTM, account for 42% of annual sales.
Sales in the North America region were 137 million for the
year, and accounted for 37% of Group sales.
The Europe region accounted for 58% of annual sales, at
212 million (+21%), with Germany, Benelux and Scandinavia
achieving the highest growth.
The Asia-Pacific region accounted for 5% of annual sales, an
increase of 55%.
2.3.4 Geographical sales break-down
FY 2001/2002 2000/2001
Sales % Sales Sales % Sales
France 67.97 18% 61.13 24%
Germany 43.89 12% 34.89 13%
UK 41.46 11% 34.05 13%
Rest of Europe 59.01 16% 45.89 18%
Total 212.33 58% 175.95 68%
USA/Canada 136.51 37% 64.41 27%
Asia/Pacific 18.03 5% 11.64 4%
Rest of the World 2.09 1% 7.81 3%
Total 368.96 100% 259.82 100%