Today, Konami announced its financial results for the first nine months of fiscal year 2026, related to the period between April 2025 and December 2025.
We learn from the official documents provided by the company that all revenue and profit metrics reached record highs for two consecutive fiscal years, mainly driven by the continued strong performance of key games.
Specifically, revenue was 353,020 million yen (up 13.6% year-on-year), while operating profit was 101,788 million yen (up 17.4% year-on-year).
Looking at the Digital Entertainment business, which includes games, esports, and the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game, revenue was 266,175 million yen (up 16.3% year-on-year), while business profit was 96,479 million yen (up 19.4% year-on-year).
As usual, and contrary to popular belief, video games take the lion’s share of Konami’s business. If you’re among those who believe the company makes its money mostly from pachinko and pachislot, this sensationalistic perception, mostly encouraged by influencers and social media, has basically always been false.
This time around (unlike the previous quarter), Konami did follow up on the positive results with a change of its full-year forecast.
The company now expects 468,000 million yen in revenue and 123,000 million yen in operating profit, compared to 430,000 million yen and 106,000 million yen predicted, respectively, at the beginning of the fiscal year.
This is “mainly attributable to the strong performance of core titles, including eFootball, in the Digital Entertainment business.”
If you’d like to compare these results with historical data, you can read our report about the first half of the fiscal year, based on data released in October.
Other gaming companies have already announced their financial results this quarter, including Koei Tecmo, Capcom, and Microsoft. You can expect plenty more reports on this topic in the coming days and weeks.
