Square Enix's 'Dragon Quest VII' Sells 456,552 Units in Opening Week
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: 6 days ago
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Should l Buy SONY?
Square Enix's (SQNXF) "Dragon Quest VII Reimagined" was the best-selling new release in Japan for the week of February 2-8, according to Famitsu. The game sold 177,653 units on Nintendo Switch (NTDOY), 160,101 units on Switch 2, and 118,798 on PlayStation 5 (SONY) for an opening week of 456,552 retail units sold during its launch week. The fourth best-selling game in Japan for the week was Koei Tecmo's (TKHCF) "Nioh 3," which sold 40,570 units on PlayStation 5.
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Current: 22.820
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Current: 22.820
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About SONY
Sony Group Corp is a Japan-based company engaged in the games & network services (G&NS), music, movies, entertainment technology & services (ET&S), imaging & sensing solutions (I&SS) and other businesses. It has seven business segments. G&NS segment is involved in network service business, the manufacture and sale of home video game consoles and software. The Music segment mainly includes music production, music publishing and video media platform businesses. The Movies segment mainly includes film production, television program production and media network businesses. The ET&S field mainly includes the television business, audio, video business, still image, video camera business, smartphone business and Internet-related service business. The I&SS segment mainly includes the image sensor business. The Financial segment is involved in the insurance business and banking business. The Other segment consists of activities such as disc manufacturing business and recording media business.
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Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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