EIDOS MILLIONAIRE TOPS CHARTS

[ 10 January 2001 ]

According to figures compiled by Chart-Track for the European Leisure Software Publishers Association, Eidos Interactive's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire topped rival titles during the festive period, outselling it's closest competitor by almost double. Sales of the Chris Torrent hosted TV quiz come video game has now reached 700,000, outstripping nearest rivals including Nintendo's Pokemon Yellow and Sony's Gran Turismo 3.

Eidos chairman Ian Livingstone attributed Eidos soaring share price (+32.00 in the last three days) to the success of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.