The news of the sale of Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal and Square Enix Montreal to the Embracer group was the highlight of the start of the week, which is surprising given the inconvenience and quality of the IPs that the group managed to acquire. . suddenly. As a side effect of this operation, we have some details on the net sales of some flagships of the studios, as is the case of Tomb Raider.
Scott Amos, CEO of Crystal dynamicswas responsible for revealing that the Tomb Raider series has sold an impressive 88 million units since its inception, including 38 million correspond to the new trilogy.
Tomb Raider in numbers
If we go to the particular figures, we will understand that Tomb Raider (2013), Rise of the Tomb Raider and Shadow of the Tomb Raider are responsible for 43.18% of the franchise’s total sales, which is not trivial in a IP that debuted at the start of the 32-bit era.
Also surprising is the number of paid downloads of mobile titles Lara Croft: Relic Run and Lara Croft: Go, which reached 53 million. Also note that it was recently confirmed that a new title from the Lara Croft saga is in development in Unreal Engine 5 and that the development studio is also working with The Initiative on the new Perfect Dark.
Gabriel Fuentes
Translator and localizer of video games passionate about retro titles and simulators. He’s never let go of a controller since he got an Atari 2600.
