Square Enix today released its fiscal results for the nine-month period ending on December 31, 2009. The company reported net income of 7.7 billion yen ($86.2 million) on 135.4 billion yen ($1.51 billion) in sales, an increase of 48 percent and 31 percent, respectively.
"Aimed at mid-and long-term growth for the Square Enix Group, we have made solid progress in our business plan set out at the beginning of the fiscal year," said Square Enix president Yoichi Wada. "Our integration activities since the acquisition of the UK-based Eidos in April are progressing rapidly and allowing us to strengthen our global business framework and through our improved localization systems, we were able to set a March launch date in North America and Europe."
Highlights for the fiscal period included sales of Dragon Quest IX, Final Fantasy XIII and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Batman: Arkham Asylum, published by Square Enix's recently acquired Eidos division, also sold well.
“We are pleased with the success of our Final Fantasy XIII launch in Japan on December 17, where we successfully shipped 1.8 million units in this market with a PlayStation 3 installed base of 4 million,” noted Wada.
