Atari is #1 Video Game Publisher in May 2003 -- Sweeps Top of the Charts on PS2, Xbox, GameCube and PSone for the Month --
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2003--Global interactive entertainment publisher Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATAR) claimed an 18.4% share of video games software sales during May 2003, earning the Company the #1 rank among all video game publishers during the month, according to The NPD Group, Inc. The May 2003 sales performance compared with a 5.4% market share and sixth position among publishers in May 2002.
For the month of May 2003, Atari's Enter The Matrix was the top-selling title on the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft, and the Nintendo GameCube(TM), while its Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 ranked #1 on PSone(R), giving the Company a clean sweep of all consoles.
Atari's strong performance in May 2003 enabled the Company to achieve the #4 rank among publishers for the year to date (January through May), up from #13 in the year-earlier comparable period. Among the top-selling video game titles for the year to date, Enter The Matrix (PS2) ranked #7, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (PS2) took the #13 spot, and Enter The Matrix (Xbox) claimed the #20 slot.
About Atari
New York-based Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATAR) develops interactive games for all platforms and is one of the largest third-party publishers of interactive entertainment software in the U.S. The Company's 1,000+ titles include hard-core, genre-defining games such as Driver(TM), Enter the Matrix(TM), Neverwinter Nights(TM), Stuntman(TM), Test Drive(R), Unreal(R) Tournament 2003, and Unreal(R) Championship; and mass-market and children's games such as Backyard Sports(TM), Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues(TM) and Dora the Explorer(TM), Civilization(R), Dragon Ball Z(R) and RollerCoaster Tycoon(R). Atari, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of France-based Infogrames Entertainment SA (Euronext 5257), the largest interactive games publisher in Europe. For more information, visit www.atari.com. |
