EIDOS PLC LEDGES
STRONG MARKET SHARE
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[ November 21st 2002 ]
Eidos
Plc, one of the world's leading publishers and
developers of entertainment software, has announced
phenominal sales for both Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
and Timesplitters 2 has helped the company achieve
its highest market share in the United States
for over four years and in the United Kingdom
for almost two years.
In October,
Eidos was ranked number three in the US with a
market share of 6.9 pct, based on total revenues
excluding handheld devices and as published by
TRSTS, and number two in the UK with a market
share of 9.9 pct, based on total revenues as published
by ChartTrack. In the US Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
was the third biggest-selling game on all formats
and TimeSplitters 2 was the eighth. In the UK
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin was the top selling
game on all formats and TimeSplitters 2 was the
fifth.
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