Steam now generates thrice extra income for Capcom than PlayStation

[ad_1] TL;DR: Capcom's newest monetary report highlights a significant shift within the firm's enterprise: PC gaming, and particularly Steam, has develop into a dominant income driver. Within the final fiscal 12 months, most of Capcom's sport gross sales had been on PC, and Steam alone introduced in thrice extra income than PlayStation. The numbers mirror not only a platform choice however a broader realignment in how and the place Capcom reaches its viewers.

Capcom's securities report for the fiscal 12 months ended March 31 (through Gamebiz) exhibits that Steam accounted for 31% of the corporate's income. Capcom's income from the platform, and by extension its PC gaming income, grew by roughly 38%.

Gross sales of video games on Steam generated 52.7 billion yen (about $363.4 million) for Capcom over the last fiscal 12 months, up from the earlier 12 months's 225 million {dollars}. Monster Hunter Wilds, which turned some of the performed video games in Steam's historical past on the day it launched, was probably a big contributor regardless of being launched close to the top of the fiscal interval. Ongoing gross sales of earlier main releases and again catalog re-releases additionally probably performed a job.

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The report additionally exhibits that Steam's share of Capcom's income rose sharply from April 2024 to March 2025, rising from 21 p.c to multiple third. Though Capcom was as soon as primarily identified for arcade and console titles, PC gaming income has since surpassed that of PlayStation.

Whereas the report doesn't specify PlayStation's income share for the latest fiscal 12 months, it was simply 10.5 p.c the 12 months prior, and Steam's continued development has probably pushed it beneath 10 p.c. The report consists of income from all elements of the corporate, not simply from digital and bodily sport gross sales.

Though Capcom expects to earn extra from consoles than PC by 2027, and sure receives most of its income from cellular, digital PC sport gross sales – most of which happen on Steam – already account for almost all of its unit gross sales.

A current presentation revealed that out of the 51 million video games Capcom offered within the final fiscal 12 months, 28 million had been digital PC video games. This marks a big shift from only a few years in the past.

Capcom not too long ago unveiled Resident Evil Requiem, the most recent mainline entry in its horror franchise, which is predicted to be a key launch within the present fiscal 12 months except it's delayed from its scheduled launch date of February 27, 2026. Two extra main titles, Onimusha: Means of the Sword and the long-awaited Pragmata, are anticipated to play a equally vital position within the following fiscal 12 months.