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2003
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FINANCIAL
REPORT
1.3.3 Change in Production Volumes
Number of titles produced by the company itself, titles
co-produced with third parties and titles distributed by the
company:
The company attaches strategic importance to its in-house
development business as this ensures:
better game quality and rigorous control of schedules and
budgets;
improved profitability, thanks to development for several
formats;
the development and creation of tools and technology that
can be reused from one game to the next.
The significantly lower number of development titles
confirms the group's strategy of focusing more on
high-potential games, such as Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell™,
which sold 3.6 million units in fiscal year 2002/03, Tom
Clancy’s Ghost Recon™ on consoles (1.8 million units),
Rayman®3: Hoodlum Havoc (1 million units), Rainbow Six® 3
on PC (430,000 units) and The Sum of All Fears™ (485,000 units).
1.3.4 Sales by Platform
2002/2003 2001/2002
PC 23% 42%
Play Station®5% 11%
Play Station®2 28% 15%
GameBoy/GameBoy™Color 1% 7%
GameBoy®Advance™ 8% 19%
Game Cube™ 7% 3%
X-box™ 27% 1%
Others 1% 2%
Sales for 128-bit consoles (PlayStation®2, Nintendo Game
Cube™ and Xbox™) have increased from 19% to 62% in annual
sales figures, proving the very strong dynamic that exists
in this sector. Sales for PCs amounted to 23% of total sales
(compared to 42% the previous year).Sales for portable consoles
(GameBoy®Advance and GameBoy™Color) dropped sharply
from 26% to 9% of total sales,in line with the distinct downturn
in this market.
1.3.5 Sales by Region
Fiscal Year 2002/03 2001/02
(million euros) Sales % of Sales Sales % of Sales
France 63.68 14% 60.38 16%
Germany 45.43 10% 43.93 12%
UK 50.85 11% 34.21 9%
Rest of Europe 90.27 20% 72.67 20%
Total Europe 250.23 55% 211.19 57%
USA/Canada 183.54 40% 135.55 37%
Asia-Pacific 16.40 4% 19.28 5%
Rest of world 2.80 1% 2.95 1%
TOTAL 452.97 100% 368.97 100%
Number of titles* 2002/2003 2001/2002
In-house production 20 22
Co-production 20 31
Publishing 45 47
Distribution 14 8
Total 99 108
*title = 1 game on one or more platforms (e.g.Rayman 3:Hoodlum Havoc on
PlayStation®2, Game Cube™, Xbox™ and GameBoy®Advance™ represents
four formats for the same title).
Sales in the North America region were 183 million for the
year, and accounted for 41% of Group sales. Over the fiscal
year,the region posted an increase of 35% at current exchange
rates and 52% at constant rates.
The Europe region accounted for 55% of annual sales,at 250
million (up 20%),with Spain and the United Kingdom showing
the greatest increases.