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[Larson Conway]

According to an admin of the official Eidos/Tomb Raider forum [+].

UPDATE: Figure apparently comes from Crystal Dynamics: https://twitter.com/CrystalDKarl/status/309816248450052096

Not sure how to look at this figure. I don't keep track of games sales, but is Tomb Raider's so far an every-day feat now? Or is it notable compared to other games'?

 

[we.are.the.armada]

This is great news. Hopefully they will improve upon what they've started with TR2 and we'll get another UC1 -> UC2 sort of jump in quality

 

[Currygan]

good news. I'd welcome a sequel, game is surprisingly not bad

 

[FStop7]

So 2mb Raider guaranteed, then?

 

[meta4]

1 million in PC + PS3 + X360 good? I dunno..

 

[BassForever]

1 million gamers wanted to protect Lara

 

[Derrick01]

Sad, but good for SE I guess. They had high hopes for this game after Absolution tanking so badly.

 

[robertlebrone]

It's an awesome game from what I've played on all levels so it deserves the sales it gets.

 

[Brazil]

Good.

I never believed the anti-hype and I was right. It's a good game.

 

[widgetraf]

Across all 3 platforms, and includes pre-sales? I guess it's ok.

 

[Agent Icebeezy]

Square Enix's purchase of Eidos continues to pay off, literally.

 

[Usobuko]

Including digital downloads?

Square Enix's purchase of Eidos continues to pay off, literally.

Was it not Deus Ex: HR only? Did Sleeping Dog, Hitman not tanked horribly?

 

[zerokoolpsx]

1 million in PC + PS3 + X360 good? I dunno..

I was thinking the same thing. It's not bad for a reboot.

 

[Visualante2]

Who knows how much it cost though.. might require more to break even? People been saying for years 2 million is the new 1 million.

1 million gamers wanted to protect Lara

1/10 honestly.

 

[Coolwhip]

Is that good? The game has a pretty big marketing campaign doesnt it?

 

[Verendus]

It's the initial shipment, I take it. This really doesn't mean anything.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

Great news! The game is going to be massive and deservedly so.

How anyone thought this was going to bomb is still beyond me.....

 

[ZoddGutts]

Not bad. The game is already better than UC1 and UC3. Hope the sequel fixes some of the problems the reboot had.

 

[Xilium]

Most games don't ever get to 1M so it's a feat, especially when those are sold at full price.

Not sure what the expectations for the title are though.

 

[Striek]

I imagine thats shipment, I doubt they have any retail feedback after only two days. But it seems pretty good to me. Underworld did 1.5M in its first two months.

Its not like the franchise is at a high point as of before this reboot either.

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

Well deserved.

Amazing game.

 

[GenoZStriker]

The marketing behind this game was pretty strong. Good that it's working out for them. I want to see numbers though.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Well deserved.

Amazing game.

Yep. Just beat it. Definitely deserved.

 

[Larson Conway]

No sales breakdown so far.

Also not sure if the figure already includes digital sales.

 

[gdt]

All platforms? That sounds....ok to good. Don't really know what games outside of COD/Halo sell in the first 48.

Great game though.

 

[SammiiDoogles]

Good on them, excellent game.

 

[pixlexic]

Its a good game but I also think the timing was just right. There is really no other competitors out now.

 

[razgriz417]

Great to hear! Had such a great time playing through this, hope we'll see a sequel soon

 

[Blair]

Wooooow

 

[DaBuddaDa]

Excellent news, would love to see this new Tomb Raider world continued, hopefully in the future with more, actual tomb raiding involved.

 

[Mileena]

Now just imagine how many more sales a Wii U port would have given it.

 

[Dahbomb]

Game was marketed extremely heavily so it would've been a failure if it didn't do that much.

 

[Verendus]

Great news! The game is going to be massive and deservedly so.

How anyone thought this was going to bomb is still beyond me.....

That's relative to expectations, as always.

But this is meaningless since it's likely a shipment figure. We don't even know if they'll manage to get through that shipment, or if initial sell through is good, or if there will be further shipment since it has legs. Six months down the line, this game may have only have a shipment level of 1.5 million. This will look even more laughable then.

 

[Clevinger]

1 million gamers wanted to protect Lara

1 million times this joke's been run into the ground

 

[Totobeni]

not deserved, game is horrible.

I'll wait to see NPD and pal charts numbers.

 

[Derrick01]

Including digital downloads?



Was it not Deus Ex: HR only? Did Sleeping Dog, Hitman not tanked horribly?

Sleeping Dogs did ok but not amazing. Hitman tanked so bad that SE still refuses to acknowledge its existence in sales reports and it was reduced to half price almost 2 weeks after it came out.

Now just imagine how many more sales a Wii U port would have given it.

55k?

 

[Grisby]

Awesome. I'm not even halfway through the game (? Shantytown) and I'm really enjoying it. If CD can add more tombs/environment puzzles than it could be a game of the ages.

 

[Dabanton]

I'm enjoying it a lot.

Hope it is doing well.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Good! I love this game so much! Like 60% through need that sequel I know it!

 

[Coffee Dog]

Of course the linear cinematic cover shooter sells. Its about as simple as it gets. Just move forward, get the headshots, do the qtes, next level.

Man, innovation is so dead in AAA games. I don't know how you people enjoy all these when they're all the same.

 

[Wuthering_Heights]

not deserved, game is horrible.

I'll wait to see NPD and pal charts numbers.

lol

 

[RoboPlato]

I really want to pick this up but am already getting too many games in a short time. Glad to hear it's doing well and it's good. I've been looking forward to it since it was announced.

 

[Odrion]

Sad, but good for SE I guess.

That's how I feel I guess. And at least it'll make Lara relevant again, so maybe we'll get a true game... somewhere?

 

[JaseC]

1 million in PC + PS3 + X360 good? I dunno..

For comparison, Underworld did 2.6m in roughly 12 weeks.

 

[beelzebozo]

Of course the linear cinematic cover shooter sells. Its about as simple as it gets. Just move forward, get the headshots, do the qtes, next level.

Man, innovation is so dead in AAA games. I don't know how you people enjoy all these when they're all the same.

if you were actually talking about tomb raider, this would be a salient and pithy point

 

[Aeana]

I finished it earlier today, and I liked it a fair bit, so this pleases me.
I'm glad I played it. I was going to skip it because of everything I'd seen from it. The marketing certainly didn't do it any favors, that's for sure.

 

[UrbanRats]

Good news.
Tomb Raider as i know it is dead either way, but this at least means SE will have enough money to keep making games i like, like, say, Sleeping Dogs.

 

[Derrick01]

if you were actually talking about tomb raider, this would be a salient and pithy point

That sounds pretty close to what I experienced with the game.

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

Of course the linear cinematic cover shooter sells. Its about as simple as it gets. Just move forward, get the headshots, do the qtes, next level.

Man, innovation is so dead in AAA games. I don't know how you people enjoy all these when they're all the same.

I'll wait to play the game to make a full assessment but from what I've seen, this.

 

[BrokenEchelon]

Well deserved. It's an incredibly polished game.