Surprising even themselves, Ubisoft let it be known today that Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 sold 2 million games worldwide. In the announcement, Ubi stated that sales of R6V2 were "better than expected" and helped to change the company's financial outlook for this year. 

According to GameDaily, the success of R6V2, Assassin's Creed, and other Ubisoft intellecutal properties have led to the company upgrading their annual sales outlook to €920 million ($1.54 billion) from €875 million ($1.38 billion).

Yves Guillemot, president and chief executive officer of Ubisoft added, "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. 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 Xbox360 and PlayStation 3 in almost every country."

Although I'm not a Ubisoft shareholder, I find this news to be incredibly encouraging. Since Ubisoft now owns the rights to Tom Clancy's entire catalog, the continued success of the franchise can only mean more investment in Tom Clancy titles in the future, which can only bode well for fans of those games.

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