On April 15, Perfect World released its 2023 annual report.
According to the report, the company achieved revenue of 7.791 billion yuan last year, and the net profit attributable to the parent company was 491 million yuan, of which the game business revenue was 6.669 billion yuan, and the net profit attributable to the parent company was 490 million yuan.
According to the dividend distribution plan disclosed in the annual report, the company is expected to pay cash dividends of RMB 0.46 per share (tax included) for the whole year, with a total cash dividend amount of RMB 873 million - since its A-share listing in 2014, the total cumulative dividend amount of Perfect World has accounted for more than 50% of its net profit attributable to the parent company.
In terms of new products, the company's "Persona: Phantom of the Night", "One Punch Man: World", "Perverse Million King Arthur: The Ring", "Light Ink Cloud Town", as well as terminal game products "Zhuxian World" and "Perfect New World" have been tested externally.
"Zhuxian 2", "Gods and Demons Continent", "Codename New World", "Codename YH", "Codename Z", "Spirit Cage", "Codename Barbarian" and lightweight games are also under development.
Among them, "Persona: Phantom of the Night" has started the domestic public beta on April 12, and the game will top the App Store free list immediately after pre-downloading, and rank 8th on the best-selling iOS game list on the second day of the public beta, and the game will be officially launched in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and South Korea on April 18.
"Perverse Million: King Arthur: The Ring" has recently completed the paid test in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, "Zhuxian 2" will start testing on April 23, and "Light Ink Cloud Town" and "Codename Barbarian" will also start a new round of testing in the near future.
In terms of the game's going overseas, in February this year, the action-adventure RPG game "One Punch Man: World" was open beta in Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, and the game topped the free list of more than 100 global markets on the first day of launch.
In addition, Perfect World Film and Television has been deploying the short drama business since 2022, and the company's "Full-time Househusband Training Plan", "Wake Up! Love Brain" and "New Year's Day" once appeared on the TOP1 of the hottest list of Douyin short dramas, and "The Little Lady in the House" and "Bright Moon Flowing Fire" ranked the highest in the TOP1 of Youku's short drama popularity list.