Laraman Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Source: http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?...09270701085295J Tomb Raider Legend • Tomb Raider Legend (released April 2006) - 2.9 million units in FY 2006. • Further Tomb Raider revenue from Tomb Raider Anniversary and Nintendo versions of Tomb Raider Legend. • Went to No.1 around the world - US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Scandinavia and Australia (plus others) • Fastest selling UK videogame of 2006 to date • Nominated for 5 Bafta Awards • Lara Croft received a Guinness World Record for 'Most Successful Human Videogame Heroine' • Reached the Last 10 in the Great British Design Quest • Lara has been voted into Channel 4's Top 100 Sex Symbols for 2006 • First game to secure the front cover of the UK's 4 Official games magazines (first time ever) - OXM, OPS2, OX360M, OPSP • No. 1 UK - All formats chart - 3 weeks running (No.1 - 360, PC, PSP, Xbox, PS2 charts) • Tomb Raider Legend secured over 50 front covers worldwide. • The largest contributions to revenues and profitability were from Tomb Raider Legend, Hitman Blood Money and the distribution of Lego Star Wars. • The largest contribution to revenue and profitability was Tomb Raider Legend. This product was launched on Xbox 360, Xbox, PS2 and PC in April 2006 and on PSP in June 2006. During the financial year we sold over 2.9 million units of Tomb Raider Legend to retailers and distributors. This performance was higher than the Group's original forecast and has made Tomb Raider Legend the highest selling new release in the UK in 2006 to date (source Chattrack August 2006). Tomb Raider Legend continues to sell well during the 2007 financial year. • Sales of Tomb Raider Legend and Hitman Blood Money have already exceeded the previous versions of these games (Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness and Hitman Contracts). This commercial success was combined with extremely strong reviews from the specialist games press and a high degree of media coverage. • We will continue to exploit established brands. During the 2007 financial year we will release Tomb Raider Legend on the Nintendo Gamecube, DS and GBA platforms. • Finally, we expect a continuing level of strong back catalogue income. This includes continued sales of Tomb Raider Legend and Hitman Blood Money which were released in the latter part of the 2006 financial year. Both products have already achieved Sony Platinum status and will be released as Platinum products at an appropriate point during 2007. • During 2006 we licensed three of our products, including Tomb Raider Legend, to Spike for the Japanese market. • In 2007 we plan to publish ten titles including new versions of Tomb Raider Legend and Hitman Blood Money. Tomb Raider Anniversary Edition • Further Tomb Raider revenue from Tomb Raider Anniversary and Nintendo versions of Tomb Raider Legend. • In the second half of the financial year we plan to launch an Anniversary edition of Tomb Raider, celebrating ten years of the legendary Lara Croft. Tomb Raider 8 • Our 2008 products will include new versions of Tomb Raider (including a PS3 version) and many of our other key franchises. Tomb Raider General/ Other • Tomb Raider and Hitman are particularly high profile brands with long-term value. The status of Tomb Raider was illustrated in 2005 by BBC viewers who voted it one of the Top Ten Design icons of the last 100 years. We will continue to build the quality and breadth of the Tomb Raider and Hitman franchises. • The Group spent £19.4 million on advertising in the financial year. This reflects the major campaigns, including global TV advertising, organised to market our products and re-establish key franchises such as Tomb Raider, Hitman and Championship Manager. • The brands valued in the balance sheet include seven titles with lifetime sales of one million units or more. These are Tomb Raider, Hitman, Championship Manager, Thief, Deus Ex, Legacy of Kain and Shellshock. In addition the Conflict series and Carmageddon have also each sold over one million units. However, their values are excluded from intangible assets as they have been internally developed. • We also plan new franchises, including completely new products from both Crystal Dynamics (developers of Tomb Raider) and Io Interactive (developers of Hitman and Kane & Lynch). • Focusing internal studios around a key owned franchise (for example Tomb Raider at Crystal Dynamics and Hitman at Io Interactive). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guested Account Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 why are they waiting until 2007 to release the 10th anniversary edition when the 10th anniversary is in 2006? also why wait until 2008 for TR 8 when the game engine from Tomb Raider Legend is there and ready to be used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrensh Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 also why wait until 2008 for TR 8 when the game engine from Tomb Raider Legend is there and ready to be used? I don't think it would be a good idea for Eidos to start releasing Tomb Raider games every year again. Look what happened with Core Design when they did that. I'd much rather have less frequent but much improved games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guested Account Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 I don't think it would be a good idea for Eidos to start releasing Tomb Raider games every year again. Look what happened with Core Design when they did that. I'd much rather have less frequent but much improved games. but WE are suffering from Tomb Raider Withdrawal Jitters!! It's like a Drug and we can't get enough!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raekwon Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 I don't think it would be a good idea for Eidos to start releasing Tomb Raider games every year again. Look what happened with Core Design when they did that. I'd much rather have less frequent but much improved games. Absolutley! I agree. I'd wait as long as it takes to make sure the game is good. It's not much of a 'Tomb Raider Fix' if it's crap! Really excited about the TR8 news, looking forward to that already! and the anniversary one has the potential to be excellent. Wohoooooooooooooo! Happy days again for us TR fans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laraman Posted September 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Tomb Raider Legend - 2006 Tomb Raider: AE - 2007 Tomb Raider 8 - 2008 And at the EIEF Ian Livingstone mentioned that TR9 could possibly coincide with TR3 film in 2009 so TR9 - 2009. Seems they are still doing one a year despite saying they wouldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guested Account Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 2008? 2009? that's so far away!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 I'm really looking forward to the TR games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinity34 Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Thanks Laraman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 wow a tr9 that would be soo cool damm i have to get the money to buy a playstation 3. wow cant whait to get all those stuff in my hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guested Account Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 and we have to buy a PS 3 to play TR 8? will it run on the PS 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larsonsmother Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 god, i hope it will run on PS2 - i ain't forking out any more dosh to Sony!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabbi Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Amen to Larson's Mother! I dont want to buy a ps3 just for TR ya no? Also I have had to pay to get my ps2 fixed 3 times and my old ps1 about i dunno how many in the past... Why cant they have it like they had it for Legend... Xbox, 360, ps2, pc, psp etc... Why go straight to the PS3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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