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Our own Frank Caron enjoyed Rainbow Six Vegas 2, sharing his thoughts in the Opposable Thumbs review. The newly-updated face-mapping features were also fun to mess with. Apparently the market agrees, as Ubisoft has announced that it has sold 2 million copies of the game worldwide. Remember, that's not shipped, the release specifically says "sold." Not a bad run for a game only a few weeks old.
"As expected, 2008 is off to be a record year for the videogame market and our games have performed remarkably well in this context. Assassin's Creed and our Games For Everyone brands continued their strong performance and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 had a better than expected start," Yves Guillemot, President and CEO of Ubisoft, said in the report. "One year after the great success of the first title, the second iteration, which provides another unique multi-player experience in the much enjoyed Tom Clancy environment, is ranked among the top games on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in almost every country."
Ubisoft has to be happy that the Tom Clancy series is doing so well: the company has locked down the rights to all future Tom Clancy titles, and an MMO is in the works. The company has raised its sales guidance for the fiscal year based on the strong performance of these core brands, making fiscal 2007-2008 a very good time for the publisher.