Skyrim ships 7 million copies

[Luk3us 63]

Bethesda Softworks has announced that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has shipped more than seven million units since its launch last week, on November 11. The company expects the game to generate $450 million worldwide from the launch units alone.

 

Bethesda also revealed that more than half of the initial shipment was sold within the first two days of sale. This is inline with VGChartz sales numbers which has sales exceeding 3.4 million in its first 48 hours.

"We are grateful for the fans' response to Skyrim," said Robert Altman, CEO of ZeniMax Media. "Todd Howard and his team at Bethesda Game Studios have crafted a very special game. Anticipation for Skyrim has surpassed any game in our company's history, and we are pleased that sales and reviews have reflected the quality and hours of amazing gameplay it provides."

 

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/88473/skyrim-ships-over-7-million-units/

 

Who said that single player games were dead? Pff.

[Nmenth 291]

Who said that single player games were dead?

Stupid people?

 

I'm not getting this game until the Game of the Year edition comes out, but that is going to be a good while yet.

[Doctor Destiny 41]

All this blather about Skyrim and yet I have given no ****s about it. Von K and Sanedisruption convinced me I should get it though.

[Nmenth 291]

The blather about it annoys me, I'm not going to get it because of all the hype, I'm getting it because I really liked Oblivion and Skyrim seems to have only improved from there.

[Malevolence 6]

Not a big fan of such genre. Meh.

[PurpleGaga27 40]

Whoa, that's more than Battlefield 3 and even COD Modern Warfare 3.

[Inferno 22]

Not a big fan of such genre. Meh.

This, but I still might get it if it's 10 euros or something

[Luk3us 63]

Even though it's not a multiplayer game, Xbox Live still tracks what connected consoles are playing.

 

And they are playing a lot of Skyrim. Each week, Major Nelson a.k.a. Microsoft's Xbox guru Larry Hryb, lists the most popular games on his service. Usually, such lists are dominated by online shooters with a random sports game or two thrown in. Last week's list is no different, with Call of Dutys Modern Warfare 3 and Black Ops in the #1 and #2 spots respectively. The anomaly is Skyrim sitting there in the tertiary position. Not bad for an uber-nerdy fantasy RPG.

 

What's even more amazing is that Skyrim has no multiplayer component, but Major Nelson's lists track consoles that are connected and signed into Xbox Live even if the games are not actively played over the online service. That means that Skyrim is the third most popular game on connected Xboxes - not a small feat - but I wonder how the player numbers would compare if unconnected Xboxes could be tabulated.

Would Skyrim beat out MW3 then? I hope so.

 

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/114482-Skyrims-the-Third-Most-Popular-Game-on-Xbox-360

 

 

Hahah.

[F15pilotX 4]

Rented this game from Redbox...I'm not a huge fan of the genre, but I think I might have to get this. I think I ended up returning it 4 days late, and the amount of content I saw just in that time is staggering.

[Guest Stevie_K]

My roomie is completely hooked. Seeing him running around fighting dragons haven't convinced me to buying it yet though.

It's score on Metacritic is about high enough for me to realize it's a must have, so I might get it when the price drops.