Konami omits Metal Gear Survive gross sales from earnings name

Fair to say that Metal Gear Survive didn’t precisely set the world aflame when it launched again in February: the game struggled on both UK and US retail charts in its first week, debuting behind Call of Duty: WWII and UFC three in England. Publisher Konami held their earnings name for the fiscal 12 months ending March 31 Thursday and their report avoids any dialogue of how the sport has offered.

As Gamespot notes, the fiscal 12 months report does point out Metal Gear Survive, however solely to comment that it’s amongst video games Konami launched within the 12 months’s remaining quarter. This is, they verify, a videogame that they made. Metal Gear Survive doesn’t come up once more, and it’s notably absent from sections discussing enterprise efficiency and the corporate’s outlook for the following fiscal 12 months. You can learn the full report here (.pdf).

There’s no cause to count on Konami to incorporate arduous gross sales figures for any specific recreation, however firms will usually convey up particular titles in experiences to traders once they’re an necessary think about driving revenues – one thing that almost all triple-A video games are anticipated to do of their first few weeks available on the market.