The publisher doesn’t want to push quantity, but quality, and that’s completely understandable…

The Japanese publisher has also released its third quarter results (they also start their fiscal year in April, and have just released figures for the October-December period), and the performance of the digital division is much weaker than a year ago, with a drop in revenue at an unprecedented level (96.5%! Yes, that’s ninety-six and a half percent!).

The reason for this dramatic drop was Bandai Namco’s inability to repeat the huge success of Elden Ring (a game we’ll be talking about in a separate news item later today!) Even though the publisher is in the market with games based on the Dragon Ball and One Piece IPs, and even though Armored Core VI was released in August, FromSoftware’s game is simply in a different league in terms of sales and quality.

According to Bandai Namco, in the future they will build an optimal and balanced game portfolio, look at development systems, and strengthen development with a focus on quality. In other words, instead of releasing a lot of mostly forgettable games in a year, Bandai Namco wants to see fewer, but excellent titles in stores. As a result, the company has canceled the development of at least five games and suffered losses as a result.

The publisher is confident in Tekken 8, which has sold well since its release. It has been well received by fans and Bandai Namco expects it to continue to sell well in the next fiscal year. Of course, the company is not giving up on Elden Ring either, although Shadows of the Erdtree seems to be a long way off. This will be an important DLC for the game. Finally, the publisher has said that another Dragon Ball game is in the works.

So Bandai Namco is optimistic.

Source: PCGamer