In little more than a month on store shelves, Atari's Enter The Matrix has sold through 2.5 million units in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), making it the 14th -- and fastest-selling - title/franchise in the Atari catalogue to cross this sales threshold.
Considering that the Japanese launch, June 19th, is also expected to sell well the game still has a chance of making the all-time best seller list.
Despite of a lukewarm welcome by the critics the Enter the Matrix, riding on the hype of the Matrix - Reloaded movie launch, has managed to beat off competition such as The Sims Superstar and claim the top spot in sales charts.
If the gameplay is not exactly what everyone expected there are more things which gamers and fans of the Matrix trilogy can find in the game. For one the interesting placement of the storyline somewhere in between the movies does compliment the films and keeps interest going while the approximately one hour of never-before-seen footage, shot exclusively for the game, using the actors, sets and crew from the film, also adds to the package.
In addition, the game features an hour of cineractives, directed by the Wachowskis and rendered within the game engine to help tell the story of Enter The Matrix.
Having a hit title right out of the box is enormously gratifying but seeing the steady worldwide demand for Enter The Matrix is even more compelling, said Bruno Bonnell, Chairman and CEO of Atari. We have a long history of multi-million selling games, and our experience tells us that titles with this level of sales success typically have a long shelf life. From what we have seen to date, Enter The Matrix is right on course.
Enter The Matrix is now available for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft, the Nintendo GameCube and the PC.
