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Square Enix reports fiscal year profit thanks to a couple of big hits

Square Enix reported a profit for its fiscal year that ended March 31 thanks to sales of its Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Deus Ex: Human Revolution titles.

The company reported 127.9 billion yen ($1.59 billion) in sales for the year, up 2 percent from a year ago. Net income was 6.06 billion yen, or $75 million, compared with a loss of 12 billion yen, or $150 million, a year before. Yoichi Wada, president of Square Enix, said in a statement that the company saw improved sales from the two big releases as well as sales of social and online games.

It’s kind of a rarity for a traditional Japanese game publisher to make money these days. Nintendo, Sony, and Sega all lost money in their most recent fiscal years. In the coming year, Square Enix plans to launch some big games such as a remake of Tomb Raider that will hopefully continue this upward trend.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.