Kalypso Media announces that pre-release sales of Tropico 5 have set company records, saying the island dictator sequel has topped Amazon pre-sales charts in many territories for some time now and revealing it has racked up four times as many preorders than 2011's Tropico 4 did. "We have put great passion and almost all available resources into the development and marketing of Tropico 5 and the pre-sales success once again demonstrates the talent and ability of our great teams in Germany, the UK and the USA," says Simon Hellwig, Global Managing Director of Kalypso Media. "We are constantly working to expand our franchises internationally and these figures for Tropico 5 are testament to this." The PC edition of Tropico 5 is due globally on Friday via digital distribution, a retail edition is due in the U.S. on June 3rd (a week later than previously planned), OS X and Xbox 360 versions are due in the summer, the PS4 edition will follow in the fall, and a SteamOS version is also planned.