Tokyo-based Sega Sammy said its group sales totaled 399.44 billion yen ($3.84 billion) in the period.The company maintained its outlook for the full fiscal year through March 31, expecting 53.50 billion yen ($514.42 million) in net profit on sales of 528 billion yen ($5.08 billion).
In the nine month period, the Sammy division, which is focused on pachinko machines, performed more strongly that the Sega game-software division.
The Sammy division posted a group net profit of 48 billion yen ($461.54 million), more than twice its year-earlier profit of 18.70 billion yen.
Its operating profit nearly doubled to 83.75 billion yen ($805.29 million) during the period, while sales jumped 77.8 percent on year to 257.82 billion yen ($2.48 billion).
At the Sega division, operating profit fell 54.9 percent to 3.45 billion yen ($33.20 million) from 7.66 billion yen a year earlier due to some unexpected closures of its game arcades, the company said.
