Deus Ex and Tomb Raider drive 23% revenue growth for Square Enix

On the eve of the launch of its flagship game Final Fantasy XV, Square Enix reported earnings that showed good revenue growth but lower profit margins.

Tokyo-based Square Enix said its revenues for the six months ending September 30 were ¥106,347 million ($1.01 billion), up 23 percent from the same period a year earlier. But operating income was ¥11,115 million, or $106 million, down 11.7 percent. The release of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Rise of the Tomb Raider for the PlayStation 4 helped drive sales for console games up 30 percent in the quarter.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. 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.