Japanese publisher SEGA’s parent company has enjoyed a dramatically better first financial quarter than 2009, hauling in an operating income of ¥14,951 /$173 million for April to June 2010.
For the same period last year, SEGA Sammy Holdings suffered an operating loss of ¥7820 / $90.5 million. Net sales totalled ¥91,340 / $1058 million, up 51.1 per cent on last year’s ¥60,641 / $702 million.
While the company is generally in better health than 2009, its consumer business remains at an operating loss of ¥636 / $7.4 million. That said, it is a significant recovery from last year’s first quarter loss of ¥4500 / $52 million.
