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[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Sega Sammy Holdings, the parent company of Sega, published their consolidated financial results for the first quarter of the ongoing fiscal year on August 7. The report covers the period from April 1 to June 30, 2024 and brings some good news for fans of the Shin Megami Tensei series.

According to GameBiz, Sega Sammy saw a significant year-on-year increase in both sales and profits, largely owed to the performance of their entertainment sector, i.e. video games. Net sales were up by 34.0% to 72.733 billion yen, and ordinary profit was up by 181.5% compared to last year, totaling 15.702 billion yen.

Sega Sammy states that the primary driver of this growth was sales of new games (referred to as “console games” in the report, likely to distinguish them from mobile games) as well as repeat sales of past titles. Sales of newly released titles were up by 56% and sales of past titles grew by 31.8% compared to last year.

Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance is highlighted in the report for its performance, having sold 500,000 units in only three days following launch. In addition, Vanillaware’s tactical RPG Unicorn Overlord and Persona 5 Royal have apparently been continuously performing well since release.

Angry Bird developer Rovio, which Sega Sammy acquired in August last year also made a significant contribution towards revenue, with sales totaling 8.7 billion yen.

Source - Automaton West

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

SMTVV, Unicorn Overlord and P5R performing well. That's music to my ears, Danjin44 !

 

[Danjin44]

 

[Kurotri]

 

[Saber]

Good for them, Atlus is a top tier developer that deserves every bit of love.

 

[Xyphie]

Sega buying Atlus for 14 billion yen (~$100M) is wild in retrospect.

 

[Danjin44]

This game still my GOTY, it was fucking phenomenal!

 

[Sub_Level]

I do like that their rereleases add content instead of just graphical updates.

Persona 3 FES
Persona 4 Golden
Persona 5 Royal
Devil Survivor Overclocked
Strange Journey Redux
Tokyo Mirage Sessions Encore
Dragons’ Crown Pro
etc

 

[Danjin44]

Atlus still not done.

 

[StereoVsn]

SMTVV, Unicorn Overlord and P5R performing well. That's music to my ears, Danjin44 !

Yep, great games selling well. You love to see that!

It’s also an interest contrast with SE who aren’t making any money with SP titles .

 

[Skifi28]

Sega buying xbox today?

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Atlus still not done.

It has a good chance of being a GOTY candidate considering all the stuff Atlus has shown so far of the game.

 

[hemo memo]

Persona 1 and 2 remakes when?

 

[RaZoR No1]

Currently any games that Atlus releases is an instant buy for me.

Best purchase of Sega, heck the whole gaming scene

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Persona 1 and 2 remakes when?

This.....and Persona 6 when?

 

[Team Andromeda]

Happy Days. Well done my beloved SEGA

 

[Killer8]

I think it shows that you can never really have too many JRPGs on the market. This has been a bumper year with Atlus releasing a ton of shit back to back and yet it's all done well.

 

[Metnut]

I’d love to go back in time and explain to someone playing mostly Sonic and NHLPA hockey on their Genesis that eventually Sega will primarily be a 3rd party JRPG factory in future.

 

[hemo memo]

This.....and Persona 6 when?

2027

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

This.....and Persona 6 when?

If you believe the most recent Persona 6 rumors it's probably coming sooner than people might expect (2025 or 2026 the latest). Supposedly, P6, P3R and P5T began development around the same time.

 

[PanzerCute]

P3R, Yakuza 8, Unicorn OverGOTY, SMTVV...

Only stellar releases from SegAtlus this year!

Totally deserved.