Plenty of people expected the game to tank. From top people at 1up to every other news outlet, we heard a lot about how “Bioshock is going to be great, but sell terribly,” or, “it just isn’t known by the right people to do well.”
Apparently news people don’t know everything.
Announced today in a press conference, and covered by Kotaku, Take-Two announced that it has sold over 1.5 million copies of their new IP. They also emphasized that they have the highest rated game ever for the 360 to date. Good news for a company whose numbers have been lagging….to put it nicely.
But why should you, dearest reader, care about how sales of Bioshock affect Take-Two? Because, in this day and age high sales mean sequels. Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick, in response to the sales numbers said, “Clearly, we have a new hit franchise on our hands.”
OMFG, BIOSHOCK II, CONFIRMED.
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