The Swedish company Starbreeze announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2023, which ended on June 30. Its revenue increased by 36% due to the demand for PAYDAY 2.
▪️Starbreeze’s revenue for three months amounted to $4 million. 99% of the amount ($3.9 million) was brought by PAYDAY 2.
The company closed the quarter with a net profit of $2.25 million. A year ago, she reported a loss of $1 million.
▪️Sales of games on PC amounted to $3.6 million, sales of games on consoles — $ 290 thousand.
▪️From June 8 to June 15, Starbreeze distributed PAYDAY 2 for free in the Epic Games Store. According to the company, more than 12 million people took the game in a week. Thanks to the distribution and discounts on all DLC for the game in June, the monthly active audience of PAYDAY 2 exceeded 1.5 million people — this is twice as much as in June 2022.
Starbreeze is pleased with the reaction of gamers and the press to the imminent release of PAYDAY 3. Earlier in its report, Embracer Group, the parent company of the game Deep Silver, reported that by the beginning of August, PAYDAY 3 had 1.5 million vishlist on Steam.