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Koei Tecmo Holdings has published its full-year financial results for the fiscal year ending March 2025. While we often report on how Koei skillfully makes up for losses in video games sales with its renowned investment strategies, this year the company saw significant profit from its core business – video games, as well as its investment returns. As a result, Koei Tecmo achieved record high net profit, ordinary income and non-operating income (source: GameBiz).

During the fiscal year, Koei Tecmo released nine console games, including hit releases like Dynasty Warriors Origin and the Atelier series' most ambitious entry to date – Atelier Yumia. Although segment sales were slightly lower year-on-year, profit increased by over $22 million thanks to sales of new self-published titles, increased digital sales of catalogue titles, and cost-cuts related to live-service games.

Koei Tecmo's investment division, known for its bold financial moves, contributed around $123 million in non-operating income. This marked a slight year-over-year increase and the company's highest figure ever, demonstrating some stable asset management skills amid hectic market conditions.

For the next fiscal year, Koei Tecmo has several new releases planned, including the Switch 2 exclusive AAA title Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, but nonetheless expects lower annual profits. This is attributed to large upfront development investments and recent market uncertainty.

Metrics for the full fiscal year 2025 are as follows:

• Net sales: 83.15 billion yen (down 1.7% year on year)
• Operating profit: 32.12 billion yen (up 12.7% year on year)
• Ordinary profit: 49.99 billion yen (up 9.3% year on year)
• Net profit: 37.63 billion yen (up 11.4% year on year)

Forecast for the full fiscal year 2026 is as follows:

• Net sales: 92 billion yen (up 10.6% year on year)
• Operating profit: 31 billion yen (down 3.5% year on year)
• Ordinary profit: 37 billion yen (down 26.0% year on year)
• Net profit: 27 billion yen (down 28.2% year on year)

Koei Tecmo profits hit all-time high thanks to strong performance of game and investment sectors - AUTOMATON WEST

Koei Tecmo has hit record highs across multiple profit metrics in the fiscal year ending March 2025 thanks to strong game sales and investments.

automaton-media.com

 

[GrayChild]

Nice. Now where's my Fatal Frame 6, you cowards?

 

[Shifty1897]

I remember hearing on one of the Colin Moriarty podcasts that Koei Tecmo's CEO's wife is wildly successful with investments/stock market, to the point when the CEO changed jobs they had to assure everyone the wife was staying on as a board member to make sure the investment side would keep operating well.

 

[Lorianus]

Ryza's thighs doing god's work.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Nice. Now where's my Fatal Frame 6, you cowards?

I was gonna say the same thing lmao. Definitely a Switch 2 thing.

 

[consoul]

DOAX Venus Vacation Prism really doin' numbers.

 

[Woopah]

I'm expecting strong sales for Ninja Gaiden 4 and Age of Imprisonment.

 

[Radical Dreamer]

Where DoA7

 

[Rat Rage]

Where is Marvel Ultimate Alliance 4 ?

 

[Hudo]

I am actually excited for Ninja Gaiden 4. It will also show whether Platinum can still deliver the goods or if they're indeed just a walking corpse.

 

[cireza]

Ok.

Where is Dead or Alive 7 then ?

 

[digdug2]

Cool. Where's our next Rygar entry?

 

[Zacfoldor]

Nioh 3 when.

 

[Project EVE]

Great news as Dynasty Warriors Origins was AMAZING! It was just so much fun to play. EPIC game.



Love ZhenJi and DiaoChan! We need more of them in our games.

 

[HYDE]

Nice. Now where's my Fatal Frame 6, you cowards?

No…Where is my Ninja Gaiden NES/SNES collection?

 

[HYDE]

I am actually excited for Ninja Gaiden 4. It will also show whether Platinum can still deliver the goods or if they're indeed just a walking corpse.

I am also, I think Team Ninja will make sure it's a banger.

 

[JayK47]

Practically every game I play, I have to sit through the Koei-Techmo loading screen. Glad they are doing well, while others all seem to be laying people off.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

Make Team Ninja great again!

 

[adamsapple]

Nice. Now where's my Fatal Frame 6, you cowards?

Or even a remaster collection of 1,2 and 3 on modern hardware.

 

[Shubh_C63]

Good profit KT.
Next move, increase the game prices.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Tecmo has been killing it the last few years.

 

[Generic]

Let me guess, Koei-Tecmo will start charging $80 for games on the basis of "market conditions" too.

 

[Diddy X]

Where is DOA beach volleyball, you cowards?

 

[Generic]

Where is DOA beach volleyball, you cowards?

In Asia

 

[consoul]

and they removed the volleyball.

 

[March Climber]

Seeing the game requests in this thread, KT needs more new I.P.