Square Enix Reveals Lifetime Sales of Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider, Hitman, Deus Ex and More

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With Square Enix's $120 million purchase of Eidos now complete, lifetime sales figures of their major franchises have been revealed.

The information was provided as part of Square Enix's "Corporate Strategy Meeting," during which the company discussed "synergies" and presented materials on the "Eidos Integration."

    Square Enix
    • Final Fantasy franchise > 85 million units
    • Dragon Quest franchise > 47 million units
    • Kingdom Hearts franchise > 12 million units
    Eidos
    • Tomb Raider franchise > 30 million units
    • Hitman franchise > 8 million units

Details on the sales of other Eidos-owned franchises, including Kane & Lynch (around 1.75 million units) and Deus Ex (over 2 million units), were also provided in bar graph form, along with individual figures for the various iterations of Hitman and Tomb Raider.

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

From The Chatty
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    April 23, 2009 8:33 AM

    Tomb Raider 1 sold as many copies as the entire Hitman catalog? All I can think to say is wow.

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      April 23, 2009 8:36 AM

      It makes me sad to see that Deus Ex only sold 1 Mil and that Invisible Wars sold more than the original. DX 1 one of the greatest games ever made. If you haven't played it, play it!

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        April 23, 2009 8:40 AM

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        April 23, 2009 8:41 AM

        What's sad is that Invisible War sold slightly more even though it was also on the xbox in addition to the PC.

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          April 23, 2009 10:02 AM

          Yeah, I came here to say this. Particularly since Invisible War wouldn't work properly on my PC for whatever reason, so I had to buy it for my XBox too.

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        April 23, 2009 9:35 AM

        but remember: that 1 million were the happiest people in the world. I started and finished the game about 8 times. One of these days I'll do it again.

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        April 23, 2009 12:11 PM

        It's only because Invisible Wars was developed for consoles where any craptastic game halfway marketed will sell. The original Deus Ex would have been a much larger success if it had had a little PR.

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