UT3, Stranglehold sell more than a million worldwide

by Jason Dobson { Mar 13th 2008 at 10:00AM }

It's silver lining time. Midway Games, which misplaced nearly $100 million in 2007, has announced that despite leaking money like a rusty sieve, two of its most prominent releases last year, Unreal Tournament 3 and Stranglehold, each managed to sell through more than a million units globally.

The announcement was made by company CEO David Zucker during a recent conference call, and while sales were not broken down across platform or region, the executive did note that "European PC sales of Unreal Tournament 3 are outpacing North America." Still, we'd encourage Midway not to call out the cheerleaders just yet. There is still that nagging issue of all that missing money.

Tags: david-zucker, davidzucker, midway, stranglehold, unreal-tournament-iii, unrealtournamentiii, ut3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

SG @ Mar 13th 2008 10:07AM

O....K..... But what does selling 1 million copies worldwide mean when Midway was touting Stranglehold as the most high-budget next-gen ever made? (and theoretically one of the most high-budget games EVER?)

That game had serious issues too. First off, the aspect ratio didn't seem right. It looked like it was stretching 4:3 to 16:9. Second, the sound quality was surprisingly awful.

Maverick Saturn @ Mar 13th 2008 10:09AM

Can't say I was impressed with it either to be entirely honest. But as long as UT3 sold well, thats fine by me.

Maverick Saturn @ Mar 13th 2008 10:08AM

UT3, ftw!

Get more mods up, I'm patiently waiting :)

PojoMofo @ Mar 13th 2008 10:14AM

I am actually suprised that UT3 didnt sell more. Its an awesome game and got good reviews, but It just seems like unless your on the 360 or Wii, you dont sell well.

I think UT3 will have legs though, UT's always do. If more great mods keep coming and with the rapidly growing install base of PS3 users, UT3 will probably sell well this year also

Shawn @ Mar 13th 2008 3:23PM

well, that's because UT2K4 is a better game, although not as pretty. UT3 gutted Assault Mode, which was big UT favorite, and instead of the lively vibrant colors of UT, it's ugly muddied pallet is very unlike Unreal to many fans. It's just not appealing like it once was. The mod community on PC will eventually take hold and make this game what it was supposed to be, but until now, there are many more playing 2K4 than this.

McWeen @ Mar 13th 2008 10:15AM

If Stranglehold sold so well why is it so hard to find people to play with on live?

CPTStewart @ Mar 13th 2008 10:18AM

The game has a singleplayer component you know...

McWeen @ Mar 13th 2008 10:21AM

The single player was really short.

Co @ Mar 13th 2008 10:18AM

UT3 is damn fun on PS3. That keyboard/mouse option is so crucial and so good.

Andoru @ Mar 13th 2008 10:27AM

If they had released UT3 for the 360 at the same time they would have had no problem reaching a million. Probably could have done it in the first week.