Sega Sammy is the latest company to release its financials for the nine months ended December 31, 2017, and both sales and profits have dropped off. 

Net sales dipped by 8.7 percent year-over-year to 260.8 billion yen ($2.38 billion), while profits fell by 62.3 percent to 13.8 billion yen ($126 million). 

Despite that overall decline, Sega's entertainment division – which houses its video game operations – saw sales increase by 1.6 percent to 157.9 billion yen ($1.44 billion), and operating income rise by 12.3 percent to 17.3 billion yen ($157.9 million). 

That upward shift was driven by a sharp rise in physical game sales, with Sega selling 14.28 million retail copies through Q1 to Q3 compa…