Bandai Namco Holdings has posted a ¥8.231 billion profit for the third quarter of fiscal year of 2024 (and ¥60.398 overall for the fiscal year thus far), down from a ¥17.887 billion quarterly (and ¥84.444 three-quarters) profit this same timeframe last year.

By way of an investor Q&A session, it was noted that the company has shelved five titles that were in development, recording a loss due to those works and other reorganizations at the company. The likely underperformance of Blue Protocol has also been cited as a possible contributing factor. On the flip side, the company noted the strong opening performance of Tekken 8, and the ongoing development of new content for Elden Ring, as well as a new Dragon Ball game in development (likely referring to the forthcoming Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO).

Dragon Ball came in as the company’s second-best-performing franchise for the time period, pulling in ¥99.3 billion (behind the Mobile Suit Gundam at ¥108.3 billion). This is a slight drop from Dragon Ball‘s performance during this same timeframe last fiscal year at ¥102.2 billion. The company is projecting a full fiscal year total of ¥135 billion, however, which would be down from last full fiscal year’s ¥144.5 billion.

In terms of general toys and hobby merchandise (non-video games) for Japan, the Dragon Ball franchise pulled in ¥18 billion (behind the Mobile Suit Gundam and One Piece franchises at ¥51 and ¥46.3 billion, respectively). This is roughly in line with Dragon Ball‘s performance during this same timeframe last fiscal year at ¥17.9 billion. The company is projecting a full fiscal year total of ¥21 billion, which would be down from last full fiscal year’s ¥22.5 billion.