In the recently released Annual report for Capcom , Capcom had released an interesting table making a profitability comparison in the last Fiscal year ( Between April 2017 and March 2018 ) between " Big Five of Japanese 3rd party " Capcom , Square Enix , Sega, Konami and Namco Bandai and detailed it by ( Net Sales , Operating Margin and Game Business Margin )
As we can see , in regard of Overall Net sales , then the order is the following
Bandai Namco - 678.312 Billion Yen
Sega - 323.664 Billion Yen
Square Enix - 250.394 Billion Yen
Konami - 239.497 Billion Yen
Capcom - 94.515 Billion Yen
However , in regarding of Game Business margin , then the order based of percentage is little changed
Konami - 31%
Capcom - 25.8%
Square - 22.7%
Bandai Namco - 15.3%
Sega - 10.3%
For the Record , Here is the order of each company's " Gaming " net sales at the end of Fiscal Year 2017-2018 , The definition of it may vary from company to company
Bamco - 298 Billion Yen ( Home Video Games + Mobile )
Square - 191.454 Billion Yen ( Home Video Games + Mobile )
Konami - 120.250 Billion Yen ( Video Games + Game Cards + Mobile )
Sega - 95.5 Billion Yen ( Home Video games + Mobile )
Capcom - 74.141 Billion Yen ( Home Video Games + Mobile )
Bamco " Home Video Game " Segment Net sales without mobile is 98.4 Billion Yen
Edit : A comparison between the 5 Companies regarding Free Cash Flow
As we can see , in regard of Overall Net sales , then the order is the following
Bandai Namco - 678.312 Billion Yen
Sega - 323.664 Billion Yen
Square Enix - 250.394 Billion Yen
Konami - 239.497 Billion Yen
Capcom - 94.515 Billion Yen
However , in regarding of Game Business margin , then the order based of percentage is little changed
Konami - 31%
Capcom - 25.8%
Square - 22.7%
Bandai Namco - 15.3%
Sega - 10.3%
For the Record , Here is the order of each company's " Gaming " net sales at the end of Fiscal Year 2017-2018 , The definition of it may vary from company to company
Bamco - 298 Billion Yen ( Home Video Games + Mobile )
Square - 191.454 Billion Yen ( Home Video Games + Mobile )
Konami - 120.250 Billion Yen ( Video Games + Game Cards + Mobile )
Sega - 95.5 Billion Yen ( Home Video games + Mobile )
Capcom - 74.141 Billion Yen ( Home Video Games + Mobile )
Bamco " Home Video Game " Segment Net sales without mobile is 98.4 Billion Yen
Edit : A comparison between the 5 Companies regarding Free Cash Flow
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