Capcom Rises As Social Games Drive Surge In Profit: Tokyo Mover

Capcom Co. (9697), a Japanese video-game maker, rose the most in eight weeks in Tokyo trading after reporting first-quarter profit that beat analyst estimates.

The maker of the Monster Hunter Card Muster social-network game jumped 6.3 percent, the biggest gain since June 5, to 1,595 yen as of 9:59 a.m. Operating profit, or sales minus the cost of goods sold and administrative expenses, more than tripled to 2.7 billion yen in the three months ended June 30, Capcom said after the market’s close yesterday. That compares with the 1.8 billion yen average of four analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

[shutUpAndTakeMyMoney]

Damn capcom rising from social games like facebook games? oh boy.

[kingPoS]

If they managed to get their head on straight maybe they'll be like the Capcom of former glory. (AKA' stop leaning so #%@*'en hard on dlc)

[pwneddemocrat]

Damn, i never thought i'd see the day that the makers of the Resident Evil series and the Street Fighter series would rely on social gaming for their profits.

Damn, what happened?