NACON: SALES FOR THE 2024/25 FINANCIAL YEAR: €167.9 MILLION - Seite 2

The performance of the Back Catalogue (games released in previous years) remained excellent. Back Catalogue sales rose by 46.5% to €16.1 million in the fourth quarter.
Over the full year, they were up 31.2% to €58.6 million.

Sales in the Accessories business totalled €11.0 million after the launches of the REVOSIM range and the Xbox Revolution X Unlimited controller were postponed until the 2025/26 financial year.

After NACON postponed the launch of several games and accessories to the 2025/26 financial year, its sales rise slightly to €167.9 million as previously forecast.

As expected, operating income will be lower than in the previous year, but should remain slightly positive.

Outlook: strong growth in 2025/26

In the Gaming business, NACON will benefit from a much busier release schedule in 2025/26 than in 2024/25. Several major games will be released in the first half of the year, with very little risk of postponement.

The line-up for 2025/26 includes over 10 games in all four of NACON’s specialist genres.

• Sport: AFL^TM, Rugby League^TM, Cricket26^TM, Pro Cycling Manager^TM, Tour de France^TM,
• Racing: Rennsport^TM, Endurance^TM and seasons 4-6 of Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown^TM,
• Adventure: Robocop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business^TM, Hell is Us^TM, Edge of Memories^TM, Dragonkin^TM, Styx: Blades of Greed^TM,
• Simulation: Architect Life^TM and downloadable content (DLC) relating to several successful games.

The small number of games released in 2024/25 meant that Back Catalogue sales in 2025/26 are likely to be similar to the level achieved last year.

The Accessories business should also see firm growth, particularly in the first half with:

• the launch of the Xbox Revolution X Unlimited controller in April;
• the launch of several products in the REVOSIM range of premium racing accessories in June, including the RS Pure steering wheel, the DD-9Nm base and the RS Pure pedal set;
• the arrival in June of the Nintendo SwitchTM 2 console, for which NACON already has a full range of accessories. This new console should also boost sales of NACON’s video games.
  
  

As regards sales in the United States, NACON has already been making a large proportion of its products in Vietnam in recent years. Inventories in the United States are sufficient to meet local demand in the next few months.

In addition, the production site currently being built in Lauwin-Planque in France should be up and running in the second half of the 2025/26 financial year. The site will focus on producing controllers.