Square Enix Expected Tomb Raider To Sell 5-6 Million In 4 Weeks

<p>Although Tomb Raider has been very successful in shifting millions of copies to gamers&comma; ranking in at 2nd place for the past two weeks in the UK All Format charts Square Enix is still a little disappointed in the sales of the reboot of the series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Square Enix expected the game to sell at least 5-6 million copies within its first four weeks on sale&comma; the game managed 3&period;4 million within this time period&period; What makes matters worse for the company is that the 5-6 million unit projection was just <em>&&num;8220&semi;80 to 90 per cent&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em> of what the company though the game&&num;8217&semi;s real sales potential was&period; Ouch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Did you have fun playing through Tomb Raider&quest; If you don&&num;8217&semi;t already own it will you be picking it up any time soon&quest; Let us know in the comments section below or through our Facebook page&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2013-04-09-square-enix-thought-tomb-raider-could-sell-nearly-double-its-3-4-million-first-month-sales">Eurogamer<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;6a0fd500-711f-4698-82c4-159ccb79a203" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;