{"id":9693,"date":"2021-10-13T02:07:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T17:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capcom.co.jp\/ir\/?page_id=9693"},"modified":"2021-11-08T16:28:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T07:28:33","slug":"digital","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.capcom.co.jp\/ir\/english\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/digital.html","title":{"rendered":"Digital Contents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/ir\/assets\/css\/oar\/2017\/segments\/unique.css\">\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/ir\/english\/assets\/css\/oar\/2017\/segments\/unique.css\">\n\n<div class=\"oarBnWrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"oarBnBody\">\n\n<div class=\"fixedHeader\">\n\t<section class=\"fixedTop\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<h1><a href=\"\/ir\/english\/data\/oar\/2017.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/english\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/img_title01.png\" alt=\"ONLINE INTEGRATED REPORT 2017\"><\/a><\/h1>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"ticker\">\n\t\t<img 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decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/english\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/Menu\/finance_01.jpg\"><br>An Analysis of the Market and Capcom<\/a><\/li>   \n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div><!--\/\/unit-->\n\n\t\t<div class=\"unit\">\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"\/ir\/english\/data\/oar\/2017\/finance\/generator.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/Menu\/finance_02.jpg\"><br>Chart Generator<\/a><\/li>     \n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div><!--\/\/unit-->\n\t<\/nav>\n\t<\/div><!--\/\/container-->\n\t<\/div><!--\/\/navPopup-->\n\n\n\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\t\n\n\t<\/section>\t<!--\/\/section-->\n<\/div><!--\/\/fixedHeader-->\n<div id=\"hideGnav\"><\/div>\n                    \n<main id=\"rs_read\" class=\"oarMain\">\n<div class=\"message_past\">\r\n\t<p class=\"ms\"><a href=\"\/ir\/english\/data\/oar\/2025.html\">Latest version is available on the \"Online Integrated Report 2025\" top page.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"fullBox\">\n\n<section class=\"digital\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n\n<div class=\"readBox\">\n\n<h2 class=\"h2style dg\">Digital Contents<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"p mT10\">This business develops and sells packaged games and digital download content for the Consumer sub-segment. It also develops and manages Mobile Contents and PC Online Games. Consumer games produces creative, original content with a focus on action and adventure. Many of these million-seller titles are used for smartphone, tablet device and PC online games distributed worldwide in order to maximize earnings.<\/p>\n<\/div><!--\/\/readBox-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"chartBox\">\n<div class=\"graphBox01\">\n<div class=\"fLeft\">\n<p class=\"title01\">Net Sales\/Operating Margins<\/p>\n<p class=\"txtC mT15\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/english\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg01.png\"><\/p>\n<\/div><!--\/\/fLeft-->\n\n<div class=\"fLeft\">\n<p class=\"title01\">Assets\/ROA<\/p>\n<p class=\"txtC mT15\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/english\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg02.png\"><\/p>\n<\/div><!--\/\/fLeft-->\n<\/div><!--\/\/graphBox01-->\n\n<p class=\"title01 mT25\">SWOT Analysis<\/p>\n<p class=\"swot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/english\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg03.png\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"title01 mT25\">Utilization of Non-Financial Capital<\/p>\n<p class=\"mT10\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/english\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg04.png\"><\/p>\n\n<\/div><!--chatrBox-->\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"contBox results\">\n\n<a name=\"consumer\" class=\"anchorTarget\"><\/a>\n<p class=\"parttitle dg\">Consumer <span  class=\"txt18\">(Package + Digital Download Contents)<\/span> Sub-segment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"imageSet mT35\">\n<li class=\"txtC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/english\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg05.png\" alt=\"Chart: Consumer Market (Billions of dollars)\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"txtC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/english\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg06.png\" alt=\"Chart:Capcom Consumer Sales (Billions of yen) \"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"contttile dg mT30\">Market Trends and Operating Results for This Fiscal Year<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"midasi mT25\">Despite market stalling at the previous year&#8217;s levels, net sales increased 16.8% thanks to growth of major titles and digital download contents<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p mT35\">In 2016, the consumer (package + digital download contents) market stayed at approximately the same level as the previous year, reaching 21.2 billion dollars (down 2.3% from the previous fiscal year). <br>\nThis was due to a changeover to current-generation game consoles and the enhancement of online functionality, accompanied by an increase in digital download sales and a decrease in packaged sales. The consumer market is primarily comprised of North America, Europe and Japan, and this trend was especially evident in the North American and European markets, which account for approximately 85% of this market. The highly profitable digital download contents market now accounts for roughly 48% of the consumer market. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p\">The latest titles in Capcom&#8217;s flagship series performed favorably overall, with <em>Resident Evil 7 biohazard<\/em> selling 3.5 million units and <em>Monster Hunter XX (Double Cross)<\/em> selling 1.7 million units. <br>\nMoreover, with support from a steady user base, <em>Resident Evil 4<\/em>, <em>Resident Evil 5 Resident Evil 6<\/em>, which were rereleased on current-generation consoles, gave a solid performance (selling a combined 2.8 million units); catalog title <em>Monster Hunter X (Cross)<\/em>sold 1 million units, pushing earnings higher. On the other hand, despite enjoying solid popularity and consistent demand, sales of <em>Dead Rising 4<\/em> and the youth-orientated <em>Monster Hunter Stories<\/em> were weak overall. In digital downloads sales of the aforementioned rereleases, as well as catalog titles with wide profit margins, accelerated in the North America and Europe, resulting in solid sales growth to 9 million units amounting to 15.5 billion yen, an increase of 42.2% compared to digital download sales in the previous year.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p\">As a result, package and full-game download sales totaled 19.4 million units \n(up 29.3% from the previous year). Package sales were 33.7 billion yen, and digital download sales were 15.5 billion yen. Together, they resulted in Consumer sales of 49.2 billion yen (up 16.8% from the previous year), with operating margins in the mid 20% range. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"imgBox\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg09.png\" alt=\"Resident Evil 7 biohazard\"><br>\n  <em>Resident Evil 7 biohazard<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg10.png\" alt=\"Monster Hunter XX (Double Cross)\"><br><em>Monster Hunter XX (Double Cross)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg11.png\" alt=\" Dead Rising 4\"><br><em> Dead Rising 4<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg12.png\" alt=\"Monster Hunter Stories\"><br><em>Monster Hunter Stories<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><!--\/\/imgBox-->\n\n\n<\/div><!--\/\/results-->\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"contBox outlook\">\n<h3 class=\"contttile dg\">Market Forecast and Outlook for the Next Fiscal Year<\/h3>\n<p class=\"midasi mT25\">Projecting an 11.8% Increase in Net Sales from the Global Launch of Core Titles<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p mT25\">In 2017, the consumer market is forecast to grow to 21.6 billion dollars (up 1.9% from the previous year) due to favorable conditions for current-generation game consoles and the arrival of the Nintendo Switch, and despite a substantial drop in sales of games for previous generation game consoles. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p\">For Capcom, we consider Consumer business growth as one of the major keys to achieving our medium-term business goals. Our initiatives are to (1) strengthen digital downloads, (2) bolster our title lineup through the full-scale execution of our 60-month title development plan and 52-week map and (3) awaken dormant intellectual properties.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"rlink txtR\">\n<a href=\"\/ir\/english\/data\/oar\/2017\/management\/coo.html#growth01\">[Management Strategy] Growth Strategy 1: Consumer Business Expansion<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"p\">Efforts within (1) include growing unit sales by strategically releasing major titles and additional content. Also, as one method of utilizing our existing intellectual properties, we will rerelease titles digitally on current-generation hardware in order to create sales opportunities and increase the digital download sales ratio. In terms of (2), we will promote multi-platform development and release a new title within a major franchise every 2.5 years in-line with our 60-month map title portfolio. Finally, for (3) we will work to expand profitability by revitalizing dormant intellectual properties for which we have not recently released new titles.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p\">Next fiscal year, in addition to new titles in core global series such as <em>MARVEL VS. CAPCOM: INFINITE<\/em> and <em>Monster Hunter: World<\/em>, we will work to increase sales with catalog sales of <em>Resident Evil 7 biohazard<\/em>, which was released the previous year. We will also strengthen digital download sales to increase unit sales to 23 million units (up 18.6% compared to the previous year), forecasting net sales of 55 billion yen (up 11.8% from the previous year) and a level of operating income about the same as the fiscal year under review.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"imgBox p80 mT35\">\n<p class=\"clm02\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg13.png\" alt=\"MARVEL VS. CAPCOM: INFINITE\"><br><em>MARVEL VS. CAPCOM: INFINITE<\/em><br><span class=\"txt10\">&copy; 2017 MARVEL &copy; MOTO KIKAKU &copy; CAPCOM CO., LTD. 2017, <br>&copy; CAPCOM U.S.A., INC. 2017 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"clm02\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg14.png\" alt=\"Monster Hunter: World\"><br><em>Monster Hunter: World<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><!--\/\/imgBox-->\n<\/div><!--contBox outlook-->\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"contBox results\">\n\n<a name=\"mbc\" class=\"anchorTarget\"><\/a>\n<p class=\"parttitle dg\">Mobile Contents Sub-segment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"imageSet mT35\">\n<li class=\"txtC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/english\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg07.png\" alt=\"Chart: Mobile Contents Market (Billions of dollars)\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"txtC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/english\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg08.png\" alt=\"Chart: Capcom Mobile Contents Sales\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"contttile dg mT30\">Market Trends and Operating Results for This Fiscal Year<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"midasi mT25\">Market Grew up 24%; Profit Increased in Conjunction with 15% Increase in Sales<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p mT35\">In 2016, the mobile contents market was worth 48.5 billion dollars (up 24.4% from the previous year), expanding to twice the size of the consumer market. The main reasons for this were (1) the ongoing adoption of smartphones throughout the world and (2) the increase of popular native app games particularly in Japan and Asia that continue to attract game users. By region, the North American market was worth 10 billion dollars (up 51.5% from the previous year), Eastern European, developing countries and other regional markets were worth 6.1 billion dollars (up 27.1% from the previous year), and the Asian market including Japan was worth 27.6 billion dollars (up 20.5% from the previous year), all showing continued growth.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p\">The freemium (virtual item purchases\/in-game purchases) model, where users download a game for free, then purchase access to additional items and other game content as needed, has predominated the market since about 2010. With freemium games, the key success factors are IP (brand\/game content) coupled with operating know-how, which includes offering the appropriate services in conjunction with monetization. Because of this, the opportunity to improve earnings is growing for game companies with many popular titles as well as mobile development companies with operational expertise. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p\">In April 2016, we unified our mobile development structure group-wide and launched our new Mobile Business Division. We combined the organizations of the Capcom and Beeline brands (which up to that point had promoted independent strategies) to concentrate both development and management knowhow, and to enable quick decision-making.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p\">Under this restructured organization, we began distributing \n<em>Otomon Drop Monster Hunter Stories<\/em> in November 2016, which, along with the existing <em>Monster Hunter: Explore<\/em>, contributed to full-year profits. We also broke new ground with <em>Toraware no Paruma<\/em>, a romance game that was developed primarily by female staff, and which captured the number one paid app spot in the App Store rankings the day it was launched.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"p\">As a result, net sales increased to 3.8 billion yen (up 15.2% from the previous year). Profits were also up despite the recording of a loss on valuation of unprofitable titles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"imgBox p80 mT35\">\n<p class=\"clm02\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg15.png\" alt=\"Monster Hunter Explore\"><br><em>Monster Hunter Explore<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"clm02\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg16.png\" alt=\"Otomon Drop Monster Hunter Stories\"><br><em>Otomon Drop Monster Hunter Stories<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><!--\/\/imgBox-->\n\n\n<\/div><!--\/\/contBox results-->\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"contBox outlook\">\n<h3 class=\"contttile dg\">Market Forecast and Outlook for the Next Fiscal Year<\/h3>\n<p class=\"midasi mT25\">Projecting a 31.6% Increase in Net Sales from Both In-house and Collaborative Titles<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p mT25\">In 2017, the annual shipment of smartphones continued to outperform the previous year at 1.53 billion units (up 4.2% from the previous year). Moreover, for the next five years, the average annual growth rate is expected to be 3.8%, with shipments reaching 1.77 billion units by 2021. As a result by 2021, we expect the 2017 mobile market to increase to 59.8 billion dollars (up 23.3% from the previous year) and grow to 81 billion dollars (up 67.0% from 2016). <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p\">We will continue to develop new titles using our intellectual properties and localize existing titles for Asia. At the same time, we will explore a wide range of possibilities, including alliances with companies in Japan and other countries to create the next hit title.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p\">Next fiscal year we expect net sales of 5 billion yen (up 31.6% from the previous year) thanks primarily to license royalty revenue from an alliance, strengthening of existing titles and the distribution of the Android version of <em>Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney \u2212 Dual Destinies<\/em>.\n.<\/p>\n<\/div><!--\/\/contBox outlook-->\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"contBox results\">\n\n<a name=\"pcol\" class=\"anchorTarget\"><\/a>\n<p class=\"parttitle dg\">PC Online Sub-segment<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"imageSet mT35\">\n<li class=\"txtC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/english\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg19.png\" alt=\"Chart: PC Online Market (Billions of dollars)\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"txtC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/english\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg20.png\" alt=\"Chart: Capcom PC Online Sales (Billions of yen)\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"contttile dg mT30\">Market Trends and Operating Results for This Fiscal Year<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"midasi mT25\">The Asian Market Grew Substantially, but Decreased Revenue from Licensing Resulted in a 19.7% Decrease in Net Sales<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p mT35\">In 2016, the PC online market grew substantially to 31 billion dollars (up 23.5% from the previous year) owing to worldwide growth, especially in China and Asia, which account for more than 40% of the market. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p\">For Capcom, in addition to stable earnings contributions from domestic favorite <em>Monster Hunter Frontier Z (MHFZ)<\/em>, sales of <em>Dragon&#8217;s Dogma Online (DDON)<\/em> were on track. However, due to a downturn n license revenue from <em>Monster Hunter Online (MHO)<\/em>, which was launched last year in cooperation with China&#8217;s Tencent Holdings, net sales dropped to 5.7 billion yen (down 19.7% from the previous year).<br>\nProfitability was down due to amortization costs for <em>DDON<\/em> and other titles being up from the previous year and the recording of a loss on valuation for some titles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"imgBox p80 mT35\">\n<p class=\"clm02\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg17.png\" alt=\"Dragon's Dogma Online\"><br><em>Dragon&#8217;s Dogma Online<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"clm02\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/segments\/img_seg_dg18.png\" alt=\"Monster Hunter Online\"><br><em>Monster Hunter Online<\/em><br><span class=\"txt10\">&copy; 1998 &#8211; 2017 TENCENT INC, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><!--\/\/imgBox-->\n\n\n<\/div><!--\/\/contBox results-->\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"contBox outlook\">\n<h3 class=\"contttile dg\">Market Forecast and Outlook for the Next Fiscal Year<\/h3>\n<p class=\"midasi mT25\">Aiming to Reduce Loss by Revitalizing Existing Titles and Streamlining Management<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p mT25\">In 2017, we expect the market to increase slightly to 31.7 billion dollars (up 2.3% from the previous year), but with the shift to mobile among leading game companies, it will peak at 32.8 billion dollars by 2021 (up 5.8% from 2016), so growth will slow in the future. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p\"> Capcom will continue working to improve our revenue base through ongoing updates to existing titles such as <em>MHFZ<\/em>, <em>DDON<\/em> and <em>MHO<\/em> and by reducing overhead by streamlining management.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p\">As a result of these measures, next fiscal year we expect the operating loss to shrink despite net sales falling to 5 billion yen (down 12.3% from the previous year).<\/p>\n<\/div><!--\/\/cpmtBoc outlook-->\n\n\n<\/div><!--\/\/container-->\n<\/section><!--\/\/digital-->\n<\/div><!--\/\/fullBox-->\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"container mT25\">\n\n<section>\n<div class=\"pdfDownload\">\n<h3>PDF download<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Business Activity Achievements <span>(PDF:2.72MB\/12 pages)<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"\/ir\/english\/data\/pdf\/annual\/2017\/annual_2017_04.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOWNLOAD<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"related\">\n<h4 class=\"relatedLink mT25\">Related Pages<\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"relatedLink c02 clearfix\">\n<div class=\"cont c01 clearfix\" style=\"height:180px;\">\n<div class=\"pic\"><a href=\"\/ir\/english\/data\/oar\/2017\/know\/strength01.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/related\/thumb_strength01.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"txt\">\n<p class=\"title\"><a href=\"\/ir\/english\/data\/oar\/2017\/know\/strength01.html\">[Get to Know Capcom]<br>Capcom Strengths (1)<br>Intellectual Properties (IP) <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><!--\/\/txt-->\n<\/div><!--\/\/cont01-->\n\n\n<div class=\"cont c02 clearfix\" style=\"height:180px;\">\n<div class=\"pic\"><a href=\"\/ir\/english\/data\/oar\/2017\/management\/coo.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ir\/assets\/images\/data\/oar\/2017\/related\/thumb_coo.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"txt\">\n<p class=\"title\">The COO&#8217;s Discussion of Growth Strategy<\/p>\n<p class=\"txt\"><a href=\"\/ir\/english\/data\/oar\/2017\/management\/coo.html\">Capcom COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto discusses our growth strategies; 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