INTERVIEW-Infogrames sees new game selling 2-3 mln units
PARIS, April 10 (Reuters) - France's Infogrames IFOE.PA expects to sell 2-3 million units of "Alone in the Dark" in its current fiscal year as it banks on the new high-adrenaline action game to boost revenue, its new head said on Thursday. Chief Executive David Gardner also told Reuters in an interview that his top priority was to return the loss-making company to break-even.
Gardner, who joined Infogrames in January, said he wanted to boost the contribution of the United States to global revenue and that he had not been approached by any potential buyer for the company.
"We want to stop losing money...This management's team number one goal is to get a business plan together that gets us to a break-even level."
He would not commit to a specific timetable, saying that Infogrames was "reviewing a policy of whether to give targets to the market.
Infogrames is releasing "Alone in the Dark", a game in which hero Edward Carnby must over the course of one night uncover secrets hidden in New York's Central Park, in June.
It will be available for the Wii, PlayStation 2, XBox360 consoles and on PCs on June 20 in Europe and on June 24 in the U.S.
"Over the life of the product in this business year across platforms we are expecting between 2 and 3 million units," Gardner said when asked about his sales targets for the game.
Infogrames' fiscal year runs from April to March. Continued...

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