Capcom, about half of the number of games sold are reported for PCs. Maintain good performance with soft development of main for PC

Cap com announced on October 26, the second quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2023. In the question-and-answer session, it revealed that the ratio of PC software for the synchronous consumers has reached about 50%.

Cap com released Monster Hunter Rise: Sun break as a large new work in the second quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2023. It has sold 4.4 million copies so far. He said that he actively promoted digital sales in the sales of repeat titles, such as the main part of the same work, Monster Hunter Rise, Resident Evil Re: 3, and Devil May Cry 5. Thing. As a result, the ratio of the download version of the number of sales was 91.5%, far exceeding the package version. The number of units sold for home game software is 21.3 million, exceeding the same period of the previous year (19.8 million).

In this question-and-answer session, the company was asked about the ratio of PCs for the second quarter of consumers for consumers, saying, It is about 50%, mainly in the old work. In addition, the answer was about 50%when the first quarter announcement in July this year, so the ratio was maintained. The company often develops multi-platforms, including the title listed above. Among them, the strong presence of PC software was prominent.

In October this year, the number of simultaneous connection players at Steam has exceeded 30 million for the first time, indicating that PC gamers are increasing. The use of PS5 and Xbox Series X itself may be a boost. In recent years, Cap com has been developing on both the console and the PC, and it is likely that such situations have led to an increase in PC sales. As mentioned above, not only new works but also repeat titles may be strong.

Cap com is also known for making more focus on selling PC software. The company's President Harsher Sumoto said in September last year that its software development was mainly for PCs and stated that it would increase the proportion of sales in 2022 to 50 % (Nixon Kazan Shim bun. ) By the way, the sales ratio of the company's PC version of the company at that time was about 40 %. After that, the ratio of sales has increased, and this year's goal is achieved. The company has been focusing globally to increase the number of sales areas and users.

The company stated that the company has been promoting multi-platform development using Re Engine, and does not plan to change the development system just because the number of PC game users has increased. In addition, it is expected that the sales ratio of PCs on the full-year will decrease slightly in order to launch large new works in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2023.