Sq. Enix has shared its newest monetary report for the primary quarter of the fiscal yr (thanks for the heads up, Automaton), and what are you aware, income are up — considerably so.
The report reveals that the corporate’s working revenue within the three-month interval ending June 2026 got here in at ¥17,008 million, an 88.6% rise because the similar quarter final yr. All elements of the enterprise helped contribute to the rise, although the Digital Leisure (video games) sector made up the lion’s share, with a 51.8% enhance in web gross sales and a 91.8% enhance in working revenue.
Sq. Enix particularly calls out the “strong efficiency” of Last Fantasy VII Rebirth and The Adventures of Elliot for main the cost on the sport gross sales entrance, and Last Fantasy XIV acquired its flowers, too, even when its revenue enhance wasn’t fairly as spectacular — we’ll see if the brand new Change 2 model retains the positives coming within the subsequent quarter.
All of it places the corporate in a quite strong place going ahead, particularly contemplating that it nonetheless has a bunch of titles within the pipeline for Change 2, together with Last Fantasy Resonance, Dragon Quest Monsters: The Withered World, Revelation and people Dragon Quest XI, Octopath and Kingdom Hearts re-releases.
Certainly meaning we cannot be seeing any extra Sq. Enix layoffs this yr, proper?… Proper??
