How have sales and consumer reception been for Trauma Center in its four months on the market?
Sales have been absolutely fabulous. Nintendo of Europe will be taking this as a first-party title in five countries in Europe. GS: Can Trauma Center fans expect to see a sequel for the DS? (Laughs) This is the video game industry! I can’t answer that. When has a great game never had a sequel in the video game industry? I really have no idea at this point. GS: What have been Atlus USA’s other best-selling titles during 2005? We just came off a record year. Our sales were up 75% last year, on top of that, we were up 42% the year before. It’s kind of fun to come off of just an outstanding year. Our flagship product in Japan is Shin Megami Tensei. We had two titles, Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2, both were award-winning, those two did absolutely fabulous this past year. We started the year off with Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana last May – that did very well. Again, Riviera did extremely well and Trauma Center was just off the charts. GS: In regards to Trauma Center, it’s a completely different
