By the end of the second quarter of its fiscal year, Disney Interactive was once again the media conglomerate’s only unprofitable sector, reporting a $54 million operating income (read: pre-tax) loss for the three month period ending March 31, 2013. This is, however, a 22 percent year-over-year improvement when compared to Q2 2012’s reported operating income loss of $70 million.
Disney contributes the loss to “growth at our Japan mobile business from a licensing agreement that started in February 2012 and lower acquisition accounting expense at our social games business.”
No mention is made of Junction Point Studios, which Disney closed in January after lackluster sales of Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, or of the company’s forthcoming game/toy platform Disney Infinity.
