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On January 31, Konami released its financial results for the first nine months of the fiscal year ending March 2025. Its Digital Entertainment sector (i.e. game sector) saw both sales and operating profit increase thanks to a solid line-up of profitable releases, like Silent Hill 2. According to GameBiz, this helped the Konami Group achieve record-breaking profit in the third quarter (October to December 2024), on top of their previously reported record highs for the first half of the year.

In particular, the success of the Silent Hill 2 remake was highlighted by Konami. Releasing in October 2024, the remake brought the chilling PS2-era psychological horror to players on modern hardware. It surpassed 1 million sales shortly after launch and has sold over 2 million as of January 2025.

Konami’s sports related games also did well. This includes two new baseball titles heavily featuring and endorsed by popular baseballer Shohei Ohtani of the LA Dodgers. As for catalogue titles, eFootball continued to enjoy strong demand, reaching over 800 million downloads across all platforms.

Net sales for Konami’s Digital Entertainment sector during the nine-month-period totaled 228,882 million yen (up 32% year-on-year), while operating profit amounted to 80,817 million yen (up 44.6% year-on-year).

Konami has a number of titles in the pipeline relating to major IPs. In remasters and remakes, they will release the Yu-Gi-Oh! EARLY DAYS COLLECTION (an anthology of 14 classic Yu-Gi-Oh! Games) on Steam and Switch, Suikoden I & II HD Remaster, and MGS3 remake Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater. The company is also continuing to develop two brand new Silent Hill titles.

The consolidated financial results for the entire Konami Group for the first nine months (April to December 2024) of the fiscal year ending March 2025 were as follows:

• Net Sales: 310.829 billion yen (up 22.8% year-on-year)
• Business profit: 817.143 billion yen (up 38.7% year-on-year)
• Operating profit 86.7 billion yen (up 45.5% year-on-year)
• Net profit 63.110 billion yen (up 41.8% year-on-year)

Konami reports record high quarterly profits driven by Silent Hill 2 and other game releases - AUTOMATON WEST

Strong performance of games including the Silent Hill 2 remake and eFootball have helped Konami maintain record-breaking profits this year.

automaton-media.com

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Japanese gaming industry is killing it at the moment.

Loved Silent Hill 2, here’s to MGS Delta and hopefully some more quality original titles.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Nice, now do Castlevania (again) - I'd even take something as mediocre as Lament of innocence.

Lords of shadow was brilliant but not exactly "Castlevania", the 2nd game was dog shit (outside the improved combat).

Ah yes, no weabo/AnimU shit either, we're not 17 years old anymore

 

[Luipadre]

Nice, now do Castlevania (again) - I'd even take something as mediocre as Lament of innocence.

Lords of shadow was brilliant but not exactly "Castlevania", the 2nd game was dog shit (outside the improved combat).

Ah yes, no weabo/AnimU shit either, we're not 17 years old anymore

Oh man i would kill for a new proper castlevania game. I really hope they bring it back

 

[kindaGoth]

Now Metal Gear Solid our ass’s.

 

[yogaflame]

Good job by Bloober and Konami for SH2 remake. Even at Ps5 slim it is a beautiful game.

 

[Salmon Snake]

I would love to buy the game and play it but I'm a chicken shit when it comes to horror games.

I juat couldn't handle Mr. X in RE2 Remake.

On the other hand I loved Dead Space Remake.

 

[Badlucktroll]

I hope Bloober doesnt make some stupid original silent hill title that is something like the medium, for example, a direct sequel with adult laura going back and having it be like the chick in the medium

 

[poodaddy]

Oh man i would kill for a new proper castlevania game. I really hope they bring it back

I just finished every game in the Dominus Collection a few months ago and I have to say they were all outstanding games, especially the new version of that arcade game on there. I would absolutely lose my shit over a new Castlevania, it deserves to happen. I know it's not spoken of often, but I think it's time for that Castlevania 99 where we'd hopefully play as a young Julius and see how that all played out. It's crazy how important those events are to Aria and Dawn but we never actually got a game of that, it's just weird.

Also.....Bloodlines deserves a remake, what an absolutely brilliant game. Hell, I think Castlevania 3 deserves a remake as well, and Castlevania 2 should be remade from the ground up as it's actually got a lot of potential to be a great game, it's there, just hidden under all the bullshit.

 

[Nihilum]

Fuck Konami with a cactus

 

[samoilaaa]

its time for a new AAA castlevania

 

[SweetTooth]

Konami deserves all success they have now after getting rid of that fraud (Kojima)

 

[Big Baller]

Konami is back!

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Konami deserves all success they have now after getting rid of that fraud (Kojima)

I wish them both success, as long as they continue to make great games.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

I hope Bloober doesnt make some stupid original silent hill title that is something like the medium, for example, a direct sequel with adult laura going back and having it be like the chick in the medium

They’ve finally found their calling with Silent Hill remakes.

1 then 3 next please.