Tomb Raider: Underworld sales are below expectations
- Posted January 9th, 2009 at 06:06 EDT by Mike Harradence
- 37 Comments
Eidos has unveiled its worldwide sales estimations for Tomb Raider: Underworld, noting how the latest entry in the popular adventure franchise has sold below expectations.
The publisher estimates sales of approximately 1.5 million globally following the game’s release in November 2008, attributing the figure primarily due to a “lower start” across the pond.
"On a global basis our sell through to 31st December, which we estimate at approximately 1.5 million units, is below our internal forecasts, primarily due to a lower start in North America," said the company.
"In a difficult North American economy we have seen retailers restricting inventory levels and triple-A products being price discounted above our expectation."
As a result, the publisher expects full year revenue to total around GBP 160 – 180 million, roughly GBP 20 million lower than initially forecast. Despite this, it remains confident that Batman Asylum will stimulate profits upon its release later this year.
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Strudel |
Strudel- 6:10am GMT - January 9th, 2009
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I bought it, and then I sold it, I think Laura's had her day, the PS3 has made room for amazing games like Uncharted that did what Laura should have done but always failed to do.
Also it was poorly timed, too late into the PGP (primary gifting period) and it's suffered.
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benstevens
- 6:14am GMT - January 9th, 2009
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sorry love tomb raider but with no trophy support you can forget it!!!!!!!!!! Release the patch for trophies and i will pick it up until them u will have to rely on M$ to bail you since you st4bbed sony in the bak. SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!
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Paranoimia |
Paranoimia- 6:56am GMT - January 9th, 2009
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Underworld is an excellent game. Lack of Trophy support needs to be addressed, I agree - but you're a fool if you let that alone stop you buying the game. My only criticism is that it was shorter than I'd hoped.
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pulga
- 7:41am GMT - January 9th, 2009
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I felt that this game came in a rough time with many great game. Also from the previews i felt it didnt have anything new to offer and i am just tired of the same barbie look face laura has they could have made it more real looking. I even prefer the girl from drakes fortune and even it wasnt palyable.
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Tonic99 |
Tonic99- 7:52am GMT - January 9th, 2009
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I can see every one on this site are youngsters,going on about having no trophy support,what did you guys play when there were'nt any trophies,what kind of gamers are you?Just a reminder,it was Tombraider that made the giant leap forward for gaming,for those of you on this site who werent born yet!
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Alakratt |
Alakratt- 9:40am GMT - January 9th, 2009
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Why do Eidos take this as a surprise? Tomb Raider is a gimmick, simple, take a woman game protagonist, put big boobs on her, round behind, make her explore while wearing the most revealing clothes, and of course, make her "fierce". That's it!
But in reality, Tomb Raider sucks big time! Eidos needs to learn this, the hard way!
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svtschmidt
- 10:01am GMT - January 9th, 2009
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The game sold poorly in North America not because of the current economic situation but because it is a crap game. The sooner EIDOS comes to terms with this, the sooner they can move on.
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Syphon_Filter |
Syphon_filter2- 10:30am GMT - January 9th, 2009
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I still like the old Tomb Raiders. Even though, the new Tomb Raiders has enhanced graphically, but still i feel the old once are better some how.
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lordAlucard |
Sympozium_666- 10:32am GMT - January 9th, 2009
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Idiots Legacy of kain would've sold more
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C0SM0NECR0
- 12:12pm GMT - January 9th, 2009
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$60 per game. Lots of good games that came out at that time. Mixed reviews at early release. Uh....yeah. I'm not surprised. They need to do something new with the Tomb Raider franchise to make it exciting again. Maybe they should make a Porn Raider instead. I bet you anything the sales would go through the roof for Eidos!! LOL. JK. But, the new Batman should help their sales. That game looks badass.
P.S. lordAlucard, you're right. I would love to see another Legacy of Kain game.
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psycho_mantis |
makaveli_71- 1:13pm GMT - January 9th, 2009
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hahahaha tomb raider is cr4p now....too much competition today
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caveman7
- 1:19pm GMT - January 9th, 2009
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I think this is a reprocussion of making crappy games for the last 3 releases. I was a hardcore tombraider fan to the point of buying I-IV, and AOD but stopped there. IV was a dissapointment and that dissapointment continued throughout the next several releases. You can't release crap over and over and expect high sales on a new release unless you're EA.
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Large_Tonberry |
Jon_Bright- 1:56pm GMT - January 9th, 2009
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It was on my list of games to buy until they did the xbox exclusive DLC. They should learn not to do that with a multiplatform game, it's their own fault.
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DarkNemesis
- 2:31pm GMT - January 9th, 2009
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Haven't cared for Tomb Raider since the original and got bored of it so I never touched the franchise since.
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superbeast1370 |
superbeast2000- 5:48pm GMT - January 9th, 2009
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these days it's Balls > Vah-jay-jay. yes, Drake is better than Lara.
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Punisher99
- 6:33pm GMT - January 9th, 2009
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@ #3 I completely agree with you. The developers chose to treat the PS3 version like crap. So personally, I would only get this game on ebay. They chose to release the PS3 version with no trophy support plus no DLC. But they were real quick to sell M.S. exclusive DLC. If youre developing a multi plat game. Then the game should be same on all platforms. No missing features and definetly no exclusive dlc. This is where I start to question developers integrity and credibility. Eidos chose to favor M.S. so I choose to favor ebay and not giving them any of my cash.
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a_stray_bullet10
- 12:32am GMT - January 10th, 2009
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what did they expect? how can u make a half-assed game and expect to sell?
i played it on my mates xbox (he didnt buy it either he burnt it) and i was horrified by how bad it was, and considering they also tried copying Uncharted in some forms and FAILED... either kill off the series or sell it to Naughty Dog. -
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ironflag55555 |
ironflag555- 3:56pm GMT - January 10th, 2009
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and one would think with the money MS paid eidos for tomb raider dlc exclusive or watever they be out of debt, wouldve been better if eidos didnt play favoritism.. as easy as it is pirating games on 360. you would think they learn from others mistakes
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hvnlyswrd08
- 9:25pm GMT - January 11th, 2009
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this game is so UNDERRATED and it is AWESUM!!!!!!!!! so much betta than drake...Sh!t that suks it didnt meet expectation..i hate it wen good games dnt get the recognition they deserve.. these days gamers (apparently) only care about guns, blood and pointless violence..not about beautifully created games like this one..which has amazing voice talent, beautiful vistas, great control and camera, and a well original story... its really a shame
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