Koei Tecmo has launched its monetary assertion for the fiscal 12 months ending in March 2024, and it accommodates an attention-grabbing nugget of knowledge concerning recently-released open-world motion RPG Rise of the Ronin.
Based on the studio’s report, Rise of the Ronin’s gross sales are “surpassing” these of the Nioh sequence, which Koei Tecmo says has led to a “excessive valuation” for the sport by gamers.
Later within the report, Koei Tecmo clarifies that Ronin’s “gross sales begin” has gone past that of Nioh and Nioh 2, possible which means that Ronin has carried out higher than both of the aforementioned video games did of their first month or so on launch.
![The player taking on a vaguely insectoid demon in Koei Tecmo's Nioh 2, which has been pipped to the post in launch sales terms by Rise of the Ronin](https://techraptor.net/sites/default/files/styles/content_inline_mobile/public/images/nioh-2-rise-of-the-ronin-koei-tecmo.jpg?itok=zfFWpc0S)
Koei Tecmo’s report additionally factors out that Rise of the Ronin’s Metacritic rating sits at “typically favorable”, though our personal reviewer Isaac was much less impressed with the sport than many.
Regardless of this constructive information concerning Rise of the Ronin, it appears to be like like Koei Tecmo’s gross sales on the whole aren’t doing fairly in addition to the studio would possibly hope, not less than within the PC and console division.
General, gross sales have elevated “as a consequence of new smartphone titles”, Koei Tecmo says; the truth is, on-line and cell gross sales had been “the best ever”, in line with the report.
Koei Tecmo makes specific reference to the Japan-only Pokemon Go-style sport Nobunaga’s Ambition: Shutsujin, which is the primary enterprise into the style for the writer, in addition to Atelier Resleriana, which was launched earlier this 12 months within the West.
![Cover art for the Koei Tecmo game Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Polar Night Liberator](https://techraptor.net/sites/default/files/styles/content_inline_mobile/public/images/atelier-resleriana-koei-tecmo.jpg?itok=2b0M88O8)
Whereas gross sales have improved over final 12 months, they’ve fallen in need of targets, as a consequence of “gross sales of latest console and cell titles” not reaching their respective targets, in addition to higher-than-expected outsourcing prices.
Trying to the long run, Koei Tecmo is at present engaged on a Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 remake, which is heading to PC, PlayStation, and Change someday this 12 months.
Moreover, the studio says “a number of new titles” are being labored on, though Koei Tecmo would not present any particulars about what these video games could be. We’ll have to attend and see what lies within the firm’s future.