Right now Paradox Interactive shared its This fall 2023 monetary outcomes on prime of the general outcomes for the complete yr 2023, together with a gross sales milestone for Cities: Skylines 2.
Gross sales for This fall (between October and December 2023) have been 995.6 million SEK (Swedish Krona), up 72% year-on-year. Working revenue was 123.9 million SEK, down 49 % year-on-year. This contains 175.8 million SEK in writedowns.
Wanting on the full yr, gross sales have been 2,642.1 million SEK, up 34% year-on-year, whereas working revenue was 657.9 million SEK, down 26% year-on-year.
Within the devoted monetary convention, we hear that gross sales set a document for each the quarter and the yr, and month-to-month energetic customers reached a document stage as properly.
We hear from CEO Fredrik Wester that the corporate has a powerful monetary place however is sad with the standard of the video games launched through the quarter. Revenue additionally is not on the stage that Parado would love as a result of writeoffs, together with the losses as a result of industrial failure of Hairebrained Schemes’ Lamplighters League.
Talking of the lately launched Cities: Skylines 2, Wester admits that gamers’ expectations about efficiency or the delayed launch on consoles, on prime of the shortage of mod help at launch. But, he talked about that it nonetheless bought properly as a result of the underlying recreation is “actually good.” It handed a million copies bought after the top of 2023.
The builders are at present working very arduous on enchancment and Wester pledged that the sport is along-term engagement for Paradox and can be developed for a few years to return.
Later within the Q&A session he talked about that enhancing efficiency is the highest precedence, adopted by including mod help, the console launch, and persevering with to help the sport with DLC going ahead.
We hear that Paradox at present has 9 important video games in improvement. These do not embrace video games from Paradox Arc, but it surely contains already introduced video games like Life by You, Jail Architect 2, Millennia, and Foundry, whereas some are unannounced.
Simply at this time, Paradox introduced a brand new spherical of DLC for its common grand technique recreation Crusader Kings III.