Grab the kids and run for the countryside, perennial loser Atari made a profit last quarter! GameDaily reports that it's nothing huge, but the company's $3.5 million profit in Q1 is quite the departure from the $11.9 million loss the same time last year. Alone in the Dark, which shipped 1.2 million copies this quarter, was apparently a strong contributor to the happy times.
Considering Atari didn't have any huge reveals at E3, it appears its projections for AitD's success need to be maintained for the rest of the fiscal year. It's good to see Harrison et al. have the old girl up and walking again. Now let's see if they can avoid a relapse into fiscal floundering.
Reader Comments (24)
Posted: Aug 14th 2008 3:50PM (Unverified) said
Well i guess we just have to wait and hope Duke Nukem doesnt actually come out if we value our lives
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Posted: Aug 14th 2008 4:02PM jorojoserojas said
They sold a lot of copies, but it only counts as 1.2 because the game is so broken.
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Posted: Aug 14th 2008 4:04PM LaughingTarget said
They were totally expecting to sell 3.1, this is 1.9 less than they wanted.
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Posted: Aug 14th 2008 3:56PM (Unverified) said
Alone in the dark is a terrible game. I think it might just be the worst game people ever make. Alone in the dark & Haze are neck and neck for worst games ever to be make. It seem the Captain Rainbow might have something to say about that conversation.
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Posted: Aug 15th 2008 9:38PM (Unverified) said
ha ha fred. i would love to see you use your third language.
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Posted: Aug 14th 2008 5:45PM Supermanisdead said
I bought that .2 copies. Shit didn't even work.
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Posted: Aug 14th 2008 4:53PM (Unverified) said
Whoah, Alone in the Dark sold THAT many! I'm definitely going to pick it up now, since it's 20 GBP here in UK. A lot of reviewers call it a game that could have been a masterpiece, so I'm fine with looking over the flaws to support Atari. Plus, DBZ! XD
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Posted: Aug 14th 2008 5:48PM PoisonedAl said
Wow, just imagine how much they would have if they made a good game!
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Posted: Aug 14th 2008 7:25PM MrSpaceCowboy said
I got Alone in the Dark free with my GTX280 Video Card.
There's one copy...
I've never been so upset over something I got for free.
(I still haven't bothered installing it)
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There's one copy...
I've never been so upset over something I got for free.
(I still haven't bothered installing it)
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