Midway's Mortal Kombat: Deception ships one million units
Latest chapter in franchise is fastest selling game in Midway history.
Midway Games Ltd., a leading software industry publisher and developer, announced today that Mortal Kombat: Deception, the latest entry in the company's best-selling Mortal Kombat franchise, has shipped more than one million units to retail stores since the North America release. Slashing its way to an amazing start at retail, Mortal Kombat: Deception is the fastest selling game in the history of Midway, outselling even its highly-successful predecessor, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, by more than 35% in its first week of release. Mortal Kombat: Deception is sure to carry on its record breaking success with its European release scheduled for November 19th and will be available for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox video game system from Microsoft.
Mortal Kombat: Deception's online mode has also been a massive hit with consumers. Since the game's launch six days ago more than 130,000 matches have been fought online over PlayStation 2.
"Without being too arrogant, this result comes as no real surprise." Said Matt Broughton, European Marketing Director, Midway. "We were expecting this kind or response to the North American release, and we expect a similar response when we launch in PAL territories on November 19th."
Mortal Kombat: Deception's online mode has also been a massive hit with consumers. Since the game's launch six days ago more than 130,000 matches have been fought online over PlayStation 2.
"Without being too arrogant, this result comes as no real surprise." Said Matt Broughton, European Marketing Director, Midway. "We were expecting this kind or response to the North American release, and we expect a similar response when we launch in PAL territories on November 19th."