Video Gaming News - February 2003

Chicago, IL (February 10, 2003) - Midway Sports announced today that MLB SlugFest 20-03 was the top-selling baseball videogame for the PlayStation 2 in 2002. MLB SlugFest 20-03 launched on the PlayStation 2 in June 2002, followed by the Xbox and the GameCube versions in August 2002.

From Midway:

According to NPD Funworld, MLB SlugFest 20-03 has outsold every competitive baseball game individually for the PlayStation 2 by two-to-one since its launch. In the month of July 2002, MLB SlugFest 20-03 hit a home run with consumers everywhere, outselling all competing PlayStation 2 games’ combined sales by a nearly two-to-one margin, and any single PlayStation 2 competitor by five-to-one. Sales figures for all PlayStation 2 baseball games from 2002 revealed that MLB SlugFest 20-03 outsold all competing PlayStation 2 games in the category, making it the best-selling PlayStation 2 baseball game in 2002. (NPD Funworld, July – Dec. 2002)

“It is incredible to have become the best-selling PlayStation 2 baseball videogame the first year we have been on the market,” said Helene Sheeler, vice president of marketing, Midway. “We will continue to build off this success and deliver what gamers have come to expect of the MLB SlugFest franchise.”

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