Despite selling millions of copies, they fell short of expectations, apparently

Mar 27, 2013 19:21 GMT  ·  By

Square Enix has posted the sales estimates of three of its biggest titles in the last financial year, in the form of Tomb Raider, Hitman: Absolution, and Sleeping Dogs, emphasizing that they all disappointed in terms of sales particularly in North America.

Square Enix has become a true global publisher as after acquiring Eidos a few years ago, it invested heavily both in new franchise iterations, like Hitman: Absolution or Tomb Raider, but also in all-new properties, like Sleeping Dogs.

Those investments, apparently, haven't been so successful, as Square Enix presented the poor sales results registered by the aforementioned games.

By the end of the company's fiscal year, on March 31, it expects Sleeping Dogs to have sold 1.75 million, with Hitman: Absolution and Tomb Raider registering 3.6 million and 3.4 million, respectively.

Despite these rather impressive sales figures, Square Enix said, via CVG, that they are disappointingly short of its internal estimates, particularly in North America.

Unfortunately, Square Enix didn't actually reveal its internal estimates for the three games.