Final Fantasy maker Square Enix ekes out a profit for the fiscal year

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 12, 2015
Updated June 18, 2025
1 min

Tokyo-based Square Enix held its own during the past 12 months, reporting a small profit on a billion-plus dollars in revenue. The financial report shows how the big Japanese company known for its Final Fantasy console games is adapting to the era of digital online and mobile games.

Square Enix reported revenues of 167.9 billion yen,or $1.39 billion, in the fiscal year ended March 31, up 8 percent from 155.0 billion yen, or $1.29 billion, a year earlier. Net income for the fiscal year was 9.8 million yen, or $81,826. That compares with net income of 6.5 million yen, or $54,917, a year earlier.

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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.