SEGASAMMY FY 2012 earnings & the announcement of SEGA Networks Ltd #1
today SEGASAMMY posted its full year earning results
the holding company posted a 21.8 billion yen of net income ($273 million) with forecasting of 40 billion yen for the next period (2013)
operation income/loss results by segment:
Pachinco & Pachislots = 71 billion yen ($889.4 million) profit
Amusement Machine Sales (Arcade) = 7.4 billion yen ($92.8 million) profit
Amusement Center Operations = 355 million yen ($4.4 million) profit
Consumer business (Video Game Software) = 15.1 billion yen ($189 million) loss
this year the consumer business segment is losing quite a lot than usual! this is the worst performance since the merger (i have no idea if the re-structuring loss is included or not which is around $83.2 million)
Arcade Major titles:
StarHorse3 Season I A NEW LEGEND BEGINS | 10.1 billion yen
WORLD CLUB Champion Football Series | 3.6 billion yen
SEGA NETWORK MAHJONG MJ5 | 2.8 billion yen
BORDER BREAK Series | 2.3 billion yen
SENGOKU TAISEN | 1.2 billion yen
Video Games Major titles
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 OlympicGames (Wii/3DS) | 3.28 million copy
Sonic Generations (PS3/360/PC/3DS) | 1.85 million copy
Virtua Tennis™ 4 (PS3/360/Wii/PSV/PC) | 1 million copy
Football Manager 2012 (PC/PSP) | 710 thousands of copies
Yakuza: Dead Souls | 550 thousands of copies
SEGA sold in total 17.2 million copy of games worldwide (6.1 in U.S / 8.3 in Europe / 2.8 in Japan)
it's worth to note that in the next year SEGA will be releasing around half the amount of the packaged releases of this year, also they are expecting equal sales between Packaged and digital games.
there is another announcement from SEGASAMMY today about a new company or a split company called SEGA Networks Ltd (a wholly owned company of SEGA Corporation)
this split will start next July the 2nd
Quote:
Notice is hereby given that SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC. (the “Company”) and consolidated
subsidiary SEGA CORPORATION (the “transferring company”) have determined to conduct a
company split on a part of the business operated by the transferring company (incorporation-type
company split) effective July 2, 2012 and transfer such business to the newly launched SEGA
Networks, Ltd. (“incorporated company in incorporation-type split”) as described below
Quote:
1. Purpose of company split
The purpose is to maximize profits by building an adequate business structure corresponding to
changes in business environment through a company split of the main functions of the network
business operated by the transferring company, transferring it to the incorporated company in
incorporation-type split, and seek to speed up management decision making and provide services
that cater to customer needs.
2. Summary of company split
(1) Schedule of split
-Date of split (effective date): July 2, 2012 (planned)
-Registration of incorporation of new company: July 2, 2012 (planned)
Based on the provisions of Article 805 of the Companies Act of Japan (simplified
incorporation-type company split), a general meeting of shareholders to approve the split will not
be held.
business description
Quote:
Business involved in the planning,
development, design, sales,
delivery and management and
operation of products and services
that utilize the Internet and other
means of communication
not quite sure what is this all about
Immerhat Apple seit über 10 Jahren keine Dividende ausbezahlt und die Aktie ist astronomisch viel wert 
*winkewinke*