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Alone in the Dark lights up Infogrames revenues

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Jul 31, 2008 12:15 pm PT

Atari shooter and Dragon Ball Z push its corporate parent's sales up 80 percent to $140.5 million.

Infogrames-owned Atari may be switching its focus to online and social games, but the publisher's parent company is still reaping rewards from more traditional fare. France-based Infogrames released its quarterly financial report today, which attributed its rising revenues to high-profile hits Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit and Alone in the Dark. Prior to going on sale last month, the anime-based fighting game shipped 930,000 copies, and Eden Studios' survival horror remake moved 1.2 million copies worldwide.

For the three months ended June 30, Infogrames raked in €90.1 million ($140.5 million), up nearly 80 percent from the €50.1 million ($78.1 million) that it reaped for the same period the year before. That put the publisher on pace to meet its goals, and it reiterated the previous guidance of 12-18 percent sales growth for the year. As for when it will finally return a profit, the company plans to hit positive operating income within the next 18 months.

In a statement accompanying the results, Infogrames CEO David Gardner said that the report "sets the pace for the rest of the year and gives us the time to begin our Publishing turnaround as the next key step to revitalizing the brand and company."

Alone in the Dark's success is ironic, given that it may be the last game of its sort to be released by Infogrames. In May, company president Phil Harrison discussed the "new Atari" with GamaSutra, saying "I don't see that we're going to be making huge-budget, single-player games [like Alone in the Dark] in the future."

67 Comments

  • wackyum

    Posted Oct 6, 2008 2:07 pm PT

    I wanted to play this game, but the reviews made me sad...but now,
    I guess I have a reason good enough to buy this game and play my hands on!
    Thanks Gamespot for this breaking NEWS!!!

  • RonTorque

    Posted Aug 9, 2008 1:08 pm PT

    Good for the company.

  • farizcleo

    Posted Aug 4, 2008 8:05 pm PT

    I love this game...Original of my collection

    It will help the company.

  • grigjd3

    Posted Aug 4, 2008 8:31 am PT

    Everyone remember seeing the ads up in stores? This just shows you can get crap to sell if you advertise it everywhere.

  • Pete5506

    Posted Aug 3, 2008 5:02 pm PT

    I didnt care for this game at all

  • CVM_123

    Posted Aug 2, 2008 6:02 pm PT

    i cant believe this game selled so much because its horrible...

  • brittoss

    Posted Aug 1, 2008 8:41 pm PT

    All I'm hoping for is that Alone in the Dark gets a sequel after the sales it has gottten. This way they can learn from the mistakes of this game and improve the next game so it lives up to the hype. There is lots of good qualities/ideas/potential in this game but some really bad ones too that drag ged it down.
    Atari "Please Fix"

  • Prasath1993

    Posted Aug 1, 2008 8:02 pm PT

    finally

  • callofblood

    Posted Aug 1, 2008 4:46 pm PT

    i hope that help the company>>>
    and it is time to release the game on web

  • rubdanielrub

    Posted Aug 1, 2008 3:31 pm PT

    the game is quite good actually online, but the offline is way to short, and no boo saga. Plus they could of had more characters like all the other dbz games. If u play online make sure u get an opponent with a green or yellow connection.

  • coold_steam

    Posted Aug 1, 2008 2:28 pm PT

    i was waiting for this game but from what i saw and heard this game sux bad ,from the game trailer you get the impression that this is the game of the year .

  • dubel_07

    Posted Aug 1, 2008 1:34 pm PT

    I thought AiTD bombed? How did it boost sales?

  • pidow

    Posted Aug 1, 2008 11:19 am PT

    If they FIX the game, it may improve their budget somewhat...I personally do not see shipping a game that has a lot problems and not fixing, a GOOD thing....I am at a lost here.

  • Yojimbo25

    Posted Aug 1, 2008 8:04 am PT

    Maybe Phil Harrison should have stayed with Sony. I don't think Atari can be helped. They are doomed to repeat history again.

  • jedikevin2

    Posted Aug 1, 2008 7:39 am PT

    Good to know alone in the dark got some kinda help for the company considering it is such a horrible game.

  • Jtweedd

    Posted Aug 1, 2008 5:58 am PT

    Lots of people wonder why companies buy licenses such as dragon ball z . This is the perfect reason. It basically gives you a license to make a crap game that sells. Anime fans just seen dragon ball and don't even take into account a game's quality.

  • Abercrombie6969

    Posted Aug 1, 2008 3:43 am PT

    I see a glimmer of hope for Atari.

  • kavadias1981

    Posted Aug 1, 2008 2:30 am PT

    Its odd considering Alone in the Dark's poor review scores and Burst Limit being poo IMO.

  • King_Chozo

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 11:21 pm PT

    I might have to pick up alone in the dark if it goes on sale or something, but i was sorely disappointed by burst limit. The only DBZ games atari has done well were the ones for GBA.

  • burstlimit514

    Posted Jul 31, 2008 9:47 pm PT

    alone in the dark looks of pure boredum and birst limit... Could have been better.

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