In the entertainment market, future development of game contents is expected through the functional enhancement of various devices, including mobile devices and video game consoles, and the standardization of next generation communication systems. In conjunction with the changing times, the preference for enriching daily life through full and abundant experiences in personal spending has been strengthened.
In the game industry, new experiences through game content are being offered in various ways, including eSports, which is regarded as a form of sports competition and is becoming well-known to a wide range of users and attracting more and more fans.
Under such circumstances, as for mobile games in the Digital Entertainment segment, Yu-Gi-Oh! DUEL LINKS has led our revenue in the global market and eFootball Winning Eleven 2020 (Known overseas as eFootball PES 2020) that was implemented a large-scale update has received favorable reviews.
In the domestic market, PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL SPIRITS A (Ace) has continued to perform well and multiple titles attracted much attention through activities such as anniversary events and sales promotions.
As the new titles, LOVEPLUS EVERY, the latest title in the LOVEPLUS series, and beatmania IIDX ULTIMATE MOBILE were released and continues to perform strongly.
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As for computer and video games, we released eFootball Winning Eleven 2020 LITE, a simplified free version of last September’s addition to the Winning Eleven series. In addition to myClub, which received favorable reviews, new online mode, “Matchday,” was introduced and the title is attracting a lot of attention from players compared to the previous title. As part of our continued active efforts in eSports, the “eBASEBALL Pro League,” which will be organized along with the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), 2019 season has begun.
From this season, the game is getting much more attention over last year through new activities such as the introduction of “legend players,” in which users are able to use retired players from the professional baseball league, and eInterleague games between the Central and Pacific leagues.
The Winning Eleven series were selected as a Culture Program at the 74th national Sports Festival, “Iki Iki Ibaraki Yume Kokutai”, and the final round was held. The computer and video game series, JIKKYOU PAWAFURU PROYAKYU and Winning Eleven were officially selected as titles for the Culture Program for the “National Prefectural Competition eSports Championship 2020 KAGOSHIMA” at the 75th National Sports Festival, “Burning Passion National Sports Festival KAGOSHIMA,” and the 20th National Sports Festival for the disabled, “Burning Passion Athletic Sports Tournament KAGOSHIMA.” In addition, the “eFootball League 2019-20 Season”, the new eSports official tournaments in the Winning Eleven series, has begun and is performing strongly with a wide range of players from beginners to experts.
The segment profit from this business decreased due to increase of production costs for new titles and research and development costs.
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