Capcom has released its latest financial report, showcasing the numbers for the first half of FY 2025 – and they don’t look great. Its revenue from video games was down 35% compared to the same period in the previous year with physical and digital sales both declining. Physical sales went down 68% and only accounted for a total of 6% of sales, while digital shrunk by 29% and made up 94% of sales with a split of 54% for PC and 40% for consoles. Only the mobile sector showed growth in this time period with sales increasing by 33%.
Still, Capcom sold more than 20 million copies of games in H1 of FY 2025, roughly 85% of them outside of Japan.
Monster Hunter has dominated the list of best-selling Capcom games in this time period – it’s clear that the anticipation for Monster Hunter Wilds is great. Monster Hunter World, Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, Monster Hunter Rise, and Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak all sold over one million units in H1 of FY 2025, allowing the IP to occupy the top four spots.
In terms of total sales, the Monster Hunter IP reached 105 million shipped units, though this didn’t change around the lifetime sales rankings – Resident Evil firmly stands at the top of that with 163 million franchise sales. Street Fighter rounds out the podium with 55 million copies sold.
You can currently try out Monster Hunter Wilds in its open beta test.
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While the Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders have garnered a lot of attention lately, there is one NFC team that has quietly been flying under the radar. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost a one-score game to the Lions in the divisional round in 2023 and followed that up with another one-score loss to QB Jayden Daniels and the Commanders last season, proving how close they have been to the ultimate prize in the two seasons with Baker Mayfield under center. In an appearance on ESPN's "Get Up" Tuesday morning, analyst and former player Ryan Clark offered high praise for Mayfield and what the Buccaneers are capable of. "Baker Mayfield is a top-10 quarterback in this league," Clark said. "Baker Mayfield is a football player. And when I say that, I know people at home are gonna be like, 'Duh, he gets paid to play football.' No, not all quarterbacks are seen as football players. Not all quarterbacks are embraced in the locker room as one of us." Clark sees the Buccaneers as a team the rest of the league should be paying attention to because of who they have returning and the close calls in the playoffs the last two seasons. "This is a team that's been on the cusp the last two years," Clark said. "Now you think about some of the pieces they've added, the confidence in their quarterback and the way that he plays, and Todd Bowles with another year to understand winning at a high level at the head coach position. This is a team you better be extremely scared of because they're stacked and they're confident." Mayfield has been sensational during his time with the Buccaneers. Although he did throw 16 interceptions, Mayfield accounted for the third-most passing yards (4,500) in the league last season and has thrown the most TD passes (69) in the last two seasons, per StatMuse. To add even more incentive for Mayfield, the team restructured his contract, which is set to expire after the 2026 season, to include $30M in guaranteed salary for that season. The Buccaneers return a lot of production on both sides of the ball, in addition to bringing in first-round draft pick Emeka Egbuka, who topped 1,000 receiving yards twice at Ohio State and accounted for 26 total TDs. While Tampa Bay allowed the 17th-most points per game (22.7) last season, it returns the majority of its defensive production. On top of that, the offseason acquisition of veteran LB and two-time Pro-Bowler Haason Reddick, who agreed to terms on a one-year deal, should be a welcomed addition for a franchise that had some question marks on defense last season. The Buccaneers are projected to have the sixth-easiest schedule in the NFL this season and have the best chance to win the NFC South for the fifth consecutive season, according to ESPN Analytics. If Mayfield can cut back on his turnovers and the defense can create more pressure on opposing QBs, the Buccaneers could be a threat in the NFC once again as they look to put their recent nail-biting losses in the postseason behind them.
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