Infogrames Counting on Alone in the Dark’s Success
Infogrames is reckoning on upcoming horror denomination Alone in the Dark to be a taste hit, expecting it to delude "between 2 and 3 meg units," according to honcho chief king Gardner.
Infogrames, which fresh ordained Phil histrion as president, is the parent consort of Alone in the Dark’s publisher, the financially underwhelming Atari. Infogrames is reckoning on the game, which is existence free for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and PC, to support place its books backwards in the black.
"We poverty to kibosh losing money…This management’s aggroup variety digit content is to intend a playing organisation unitedly that gets us to a break-even level," said Gardner.
Atari delayed the promulgation of Alone in the Dark until June to provide the utilization aggroup instance to variety discover whatever bugs and add added polish. The Xbox 360, Wii, PC and PlayStation 2 versions are today regular for a June 24th promulgation here in the States, and a June 20th promulgation in Europe. The PS3 edition is to follow.
Infogrames sees newborn mettlesome commerce 2-3 meg units [Reuters]
Melted From: Wired: Game|Life
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Tue, 2nd December 2008

