Atari reverses fortunes in Q1

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted Aug 13, 2008 5:01 pm PT

Soon-to-be enveloped Infogrames subsidiary draws in $40.3 million in sales, turns profit on strength of Alone in the Dark, DBZ: Burst Limit.

The dust will soon settle on Infogrames' buyout of Atari, but the France-based publisher's US subsidiary still has at least one more quarter of independent financial results to report.

Showing signs of life after a dismal 2008 (and 2007, and 2006, and so on), the beleaguered publisher posted revenues of $40.3 million, a massive increase over the $10.4 million brought in for the same period of time a year ago. Atari's profits saw a similar reversal of fortunes, with the publisher flipping an $11.9 million loss a year ago to positive cash flow of $3.5 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2008.

Atari's free-from-frills report did not delineate any specific cause for its dramatic rebound. However, the publisher had a number of high-profile releases during the quarter, including Eden Games' long-in-the-making episodic action adventure Alone in the Dark and a new installment in Atari's stalwart Dragon Ball Z franchise, Burst Limit. According to Infogrames' Q1 results released late last month, Alone in the Dark had shipped 1.2 million copies worldwide, with DBZ: Burst Limit shifting an equally substantive 930,000 units.

56 Comments

  • BlackCrow2

    Posted Sep 15, 2008 3:25 am PT

    Alone In The Dark SUCKED.

  • cbnoonan

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 10:04 pm PT

    hi

  • cbnoonan

    Posted Aug 20, 2008 10:04 pm PT

    testing

  • captainduncan

    Posted Aug 14, 2008 2:59 pm PT

    I'm glad that Alone In The Dark sold well; that development team deserved it. Personally I enjoyed it.

  • RaiKageRyu

    Posted Aug 14, 2008 2:58 pm PT

    Atari lives!

  • yuna991

    Posted Aug 14, 2008 2:46 pm PT

    it's kinda sad that game got such a bad rating. i had such high hopes for it *alone in the dark, I mean*

  • tobkinator

    Posted Aug 14, 2008 2:39 pm PT

    i give all games a fair chance [except rpg's] and this game was terrible.

  • iory2

    Posted Aug 14, 2008 1:42 pm PT

    Good to know DBZ did well enough that means we'll have another sequel as for alone in the dark I have yet to try it.

  • Ton77

    Posted Aug 14, 2008 11:46 am PT

    i cant believe Alone in the dark got 2.2 million copies sold after a 6.0 rating.

  • nobeaner

    Posted Aug 14, 2008 11:44 am PT

    Yeah, timed exclusives are more beneficial when the game is Great.

  • dynomitemasta

    Posted Aug 14, 2008 11:21 am PT

    what are you talkin bout akiwak? the PS3 is getting this game in all it's glory next month.

  • nobeaner

    Posted Aug 14, 2008 11:00 am PT

    If only they had taken more time to polish Alone in the Dark.

  • zgreenwell

    Posted Aug 14, 2008 9:54 am PT

    Maybe they'll turn things around now.

  • akiwak

    Posted Aug 14, 2008 9:33 am PT

    To the ones that think that this game sold on the PS3. Ummm... the game was not released on the PS3, thank goodness we didn't get this crap!

  • sandshark8

    Posted Aug 14, 2008 8:51 am PT

    I'm happy for Atari (never like seeing people lose their jobs), but Alone in the Dark helped contribute to this?!

  • krimla

    Posted Aug 14, 2008 7:53 am PT

    Now it's time to bring out the Jaguar 2!

  • Rummy500

    Posted Aug 14, 2008 7:31 am PT

    (Uh They Did?) ""What was that?"" Oh nothing. . .

  • raahsnavj

    Posted Aug 14, 2008 7:24 am PT

    I'm amazed. After the reviews and the demo of AitD that game hit my permanent 'pass' list. I guess enough people buy before they try... Either that or all the copies are still sitting on the shelves. It did say 'shipped' not purchased.

  • atopp399

    Posted Aug 14, 2008 6:46 am PT

    I am glad they did well. I guess it pays to put the time and money in for a few halfway decent games.

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