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

April 23, 2009 8:28 AM

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

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

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AgentPothead

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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.
- TempestBlayze
  
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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!
  - [deleted] 608864368
    
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    April 23, 2009 8:40 AM
    
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    - st4rdog
      
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      April 23, 2009 9:33 AM
      
      IW is far better than Bioshock.
      - Conan
        
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        April 23, 2009 9:47 AM
        
        Whoa now lets not get ahead of ourselves.
        
        theangrywaffles
        
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        April 23, 2009 10:03 AM
        
        Indeed. IW was an OK game at best.
        
        Damodred
        
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        April 23, 2009 3:32 PM
        
        Precisely.
    - rrmills
      
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      April 23, 2009 9:48 AM
      
      System Shock 2 > Deus Ex > BioShock
      - one random winner
        
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        April 23, 2009 10:07 AM
        
        Personally, I would put System Shock 2 = Deus Ex > BioShock, but that's probably just me.
        
        Azrael88
        
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        April 23, 2009 10:28 AM
        
        I agree with that.
  - PointlesS76
    
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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.
    - theangrywaffles
      
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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.
  - umegastar
    
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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.
  - -shadin-
    
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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.