'Fahrenheit' Races Up The European Sales Charts
Gamers Vote With Their Wallets as Acclaimed Title Storms the French, German and UK Charts
LYON, FRANCE - 27 September 2005 - Atari celebrated this week as Quantic Dream's paranormal thriller took up residence in the upper reaches of sales charts across Europe after only its first weekend at retail. Released simultaneously on September 16 for PlayStation®2, the Xbox® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and personal computers running the Windows platform, Fahrenheit achieved the following phenomenal chart positions in UK, Germany and France after only a few days on sale, including three number ones:
UK
Xbox Chart position: 1
PC Chart position: 2
PS2 Chart position: 3
All Formats Chart position: 3
Germany
Xbox Chart position: 1
PC Chart position: 3
PS2 Chart position: 1
France
Xbox Chart position: 2
PC Chart position: 2
PS2 Chart position: 2
"It's really wonderful for both Atari as a publisher and for David Cage and Quantic Dream, the development visionaries behind this remarkable piece of interactive entertainment, to see all the hard work pay off and the admiration that Fahrenheit has received in the press filter down to so many of the game buying public," said Cyril Voiron, Marketing Director, Atari Europe. "I know that any fan of video games cannot fail to be invigorated after their first contact with Fahrenheit, and it's fantastic to know that so many will be."
Strong sales have been reported in all other European territories, cementing the success of the campaign that has seen one of the most original video games of recent times win the hearts and minds first of the gaming media, and now of the gamers themselves. Critical praise continues to be heaped on Fahrenheit from all quarters and Atari expects impressive sales to be sustained throughout Europe over the coming weeks.
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About Quantic Dream
Founded in 1997, Quantic Dream developed Omikron - The Nomad SoulTM for PC and Dreamcast in 1999 and featured original music and acts composed by international star David Bowie. Beginning in 2000 through 2002, Quantic Dream devoted two years in creating the production infrastructure and technology needed to develop code for the next-generation console systems - Fahrenheit/Fahrenheit will be the first product created using these new and innovative tools. Quantic Dream boosts one of the most advanced state-of-the-art motion capture systems in Europe and offers its services and expertise to the film, television and video game industries. For additional information, please visit http://www.quanticdream.com
About Infogrames Entertainment and Atari:
Infogrames Entertainment (IESA), the parent company of the Atari Group, is listed on the Paris Euronext stock exchange (ISIN code: FR-0000052573) and has two principal subsidiaries: Atari Europe, a privately-held company, and Atari, Inc., a United States corporation listed on NASDAQ (ATAR).
The Atari Group is a major international producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment software for all market segments and in all existing game formats (Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony) and on CD-ROM for PC. Its games are sold in more than 60 countries.
The Atari Group's extensive catalogue of popular games is based on original franchises (Driver, Alone in the Dark, V-Rally, Test Drive, Roller Coaster Tycoon, etc.) and international licenses (Matrix, Dragon Ball Z, Dungeons & Dragons, etc.).
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