Following disappointing sales of Tomb
Raider: Underworld and lowered revenue forecasts, Eidos saw its stock
take a 25% plunge after 750,000 shares were traded in the early hours
of January 9th.
Despite generally favorable Metacritic scores of 70%-80% across all platforms, Eidos may find it hard to cover production expenses with revenue trickling in.
The latest Lara Croft installment, which is also available through Steam, has sold just 1.5 million units worldwide thus far, but given enough time it could see an upswing in net sales.
Some
industry analysts have cited a saturated holiday market as the reason
for weakened sales of generally strong franchises, as well as several
new original IPs making their way to all major platforms.
