Capcom record game sales FY26: 93% digital mix and 49.5M catalogue units power ninth straight profit high
Summary
Capcom sold 59.07M units in FY26, the highest in company history, up from 51.87M prior year.
Net sales hit ¥195.6B ($1.2B, +15.2% YoY); net income reached ¥54.5B ($345.4M, +12.7% YoY).
93% of units sold were digital; catalogue titles drove 83.7% of total volume.
Catalogue is now the core business, not a supplement to new releases.
"Strengthen long-term pricing measures and global sales"
01
Requiem's 7M-unit launch reactivated the entire Resident Evil back-catalogue
Requiem sold 5M copies within five days, the fastest-selling Resident Evil title ever.
It reached nearly 7M units by end of March 2026.
Capcom explicitly linked Requiem's reception to accelerated RE4 and Village sales.
New mainline entries now function as catalogue demand multipliers, not standalone events.
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Catalogue units jumped 25% YoY to 49.46M, representing 83.7% of all sales
Prior year catalogue was 39.49M units; FY26 hit 49.46M.
Monster Hunter titles also grew, including Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection.
Multiplatform porting, including Switch 2, is an active lever for expanding addressable base.
At 93% digital share, per-unit margin on catalogue sales skews heavily toward profit.
03
DMC anime and Street Fighter film turn transmedia into a measurable sales channel
Devil May Cry Netflix series drove increased DMC5 and legacy title sales via coordinated pricing.
Season 2 premieres this month, resetting the promotional cycle.
A Street Fighter film is slated for October 2026, applying the same playbook to a second IP.
Esports and media businesses also reported growth alongside digital contents.
04
FY27 targets 65M units with three named releases and a 100M long-term goal
Capcom forecasts FY27 net sales of ¥210B ($1.3B, +7.5%) and net income of ¥58B ($367.5M, +6.3%).
Unit sales target is 65M, a 10% increase over FY26's record.
Pragmata already sold 2M copies in opening weeks, confirming pipeline contribution.
Onimusha: Way of the Sword and Mega Man: Dual Override are both scheduled within FY27.
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