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CTOnews.com, August 7, Square Enix recently released its results for the second quarter of 2023. According to data, the company's total turnover during this period was 85.669 billion yen (CTOnews.com note: about 4.335 billion yuan), an increase of 14.4 percent over the same period last year. Net profit was 6.3 billion yen (about 319 million yuan), down 65.7 percent from the same period last year.

▲ Touyuan Square Enix reported that in Square Enix's main game business, turnover was 62.375 billion yen (about 3.157 billion yuan), an increase of 16.4 percent over the same period last year, while operating profit was 2.745 billion yen (about 139 million yuan), down 80.6 percent from the same period last year.

▲ source Square Enix financial report Square Enix said that the main game "final Fantasy 16" contributed a lot of revenue in this quarter. In addition, "final Fantasy 1-6 HD copy" also performed well. The reason for such a serious profit decline is mainly due to the problem of "pre-liquidation cost". The sub-financial report needs to settle the full cost of the development cost, while the game "final Fantasy 16", which goes on sale on June 22, is mainly due to the problem of "pre-liquidation cost". There are only 9 days of statistical time before the deadline, so the financial figures are not optimistic on paper.

In addition, Square Enix also said that the company's revenue from the MMO business has also declined, and mobile games and page games have also led to a decline in year-on-year revenue due to the weakness of existing works, but "does not represent the company's recent weakness." Square Enix believes that the third-quarter results will improve.

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