Midway is featured in an article in today's Business section of the Chicago Sun-Times. It is discussed how the Chicago-based Midway is hoping to turn profit for the first time since 1999 and it would be Mortal Kombat: Deception being the primary factor behind that happening. Here is a snippet from the article:
Congrats to Midway on their current and future successes. Big things are yet to come with the Mortal Kombat franchise with the upcoming MK: Shaolin Monks and the 7th installment of the core Mortal Kombat fighting game off in the near future.The ''Mortal Kombat'' series has generated $1 billion since its initial release in 1992, and the latest, ''Mortal Kombat: Deception,'' hit U.S. stores Oct. 4. Midway announced on Oct. 12 it had already shipped 1 million copies, and more than 130,000 matches were played over the Internet in the first week after the game was released.
With the holiday season approaching, Midway hopes ''Mortal Kombat: Deception'' will help it record its first profit since 1999. The company has added developers, streamlined the product line, and revamped its marketing strategy in the last year.