Capcom Begins FY 2027 Strongly with Pragmata and Solid Resident Evil Performance

Image: Pragmata and Resident Evil Requiem (Credit: Capcom)

Capcom has posted strong Q1 results, with net sales and profit climbing sharply on the back of Pragmata and its ever-reliable Resident Evil catalogue.

Here's the full breakdown from Capcom's Q1 FY2027 (April–June 2026) report:

Consolidated Financial Results (Q1, 100 million yen)

Metric	Q1 26/6	YoY	Full-Year Plan (27/3)	Plan YoY
Net sales	704	+55%	2,100	+8%
Operating profit	410	+67%	830	+10%
Operating margin	58.3%	—	39.5%	—
Ordinary profit	414	+81%	830	+12%
Net profit (attributable to owners)	291	+69%	580	+6%

What drove the growth?

The Digital Earnings segment did most of the heavy lifting this quarter. It brought in ¥54.6 billion ($333 million) in net sales, an 83% year-on-year increase, along with ¥37.5 billion ($228.7 million) in operating profit, up 87.5%.

• Total unit sales: 23.81 million units, up 68.1% YoY (a record quarterly high for catalog sales)

• New units: 2.55 million (up 222.8% YoY), driven by PRAGMATA

• Catalog units: 21.26 million (up 59.1% YoY), driven by the Resident Evil series, especially Resident Evil Requiem

• Digital units made up 93.3% of total sales; overseas units made up 90.8%

Best-Selling Titles This Quarter (Unit Sales Ranking, 10k units)

Title	Release	Q1 (26/6) sales	Lifetime sales
PRAGMATA	Apr 2026	2.51 million	2.51 million
Resident Evil 4	Mar 2023	2.43 million	16.04 million
Resident Evil 2	Jan 2019	1.42 million	19.75 million
Devil May Cry 5	Mar 2019	1.29 million	14.24 million
Resident Evil 3	Apr 2020	1.15 million	14.52 million
Resident Evil Requiem	Feb 2026	1.14 million	8.06 million
Resident Evil 7 biohazard	Jan 2017	1.01 million	18.41 million
Resident Evil Village	May 2021	0.93 million	15.86 million
Monster Hunter: World	Jan 2018	0.78 million	30.45 million
Resident Evil 6	Oct 2012	0.71 million	17.60 million

Notable: PRAGMATA (all-new IP) sold over 2.5 million units in its debut quarter, and Resident Evil Requiem cumulative sales passed 8 million.

Lifetime Sales by Franchise (Cumulative Series Unit Sales)

Franchise	Cumulative units
Resident Evil	213 million
Monster Hunter	131 million
Street Fighter	60 million
Mega Man	45 million
Devil May Cry	41 million
Dead Rising	19 million
Ace Attorney	15 million
Dragon's Dogma	14 million
Marvel vs. Capcom	13 million
Onimusha	9.2 million
Okami	4.8 million

Other Segments

Arcade Operations

• Net sales: ¥67 (100M yen), +21% YoY; operating profit ¥8, -5% YoY

• Opened Chara Cap/Capsule Lab Hanyu (Saitama), bringing total stores to 62

• Same-store sales up 115% YoY

Amusement Equipments

• Net sales: ¥70 (100M yen), -9% YoY; operating profit ¥40, -18% YoY

• Released Biohazard RE:3 slot machine in May, selling 17,000 units (vs. prior-year Q1's 10,900 new + 9,200 repeat units)

• Plans to release one new machine per quarter using popular IPs

Other Businesses

• Net sales: ¥19 (100M yen), -15% YoY; operating profit ¥12, -8% YoY

• Character business (merchandise/collabs) contributed to IP awareness

• Street Fighter 6 competitions held globally via CAPCOM Pro Tour 2026 starting in May

• Devil May Cry Season 2 anime streaming worldwide on Netflix

What's Next

• Onimusha: Way of the Sword — demo released this quarter; full launch scheduled for September 4

• Live-action Street Fighter movie — scheduled for release on October 16

• Continued strategy to grow catalog unit sales through core franchises (Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, Street Fighter, Devil May Cry)

• Full-year targets remain unchanged: ¥2,100 net sales and ¥830 operating profit for FY ending March 2027

Given how well Pragmata has performed, talk of a sequel is already picking up. As per reports by Bloomberg, Capcom's head of finance, accounting, IT, and the PR and IR division, Yoshikazu Shimauchi, said the game exceeded internal expectations. He credited the strong marketing push and the game's distinctive protagonist, Diana, for helping it connect with players.