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[Pelta88]

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Though I still haven't finished it

 

[Tomi]

My god...
Those are megaton numbers
Congrats!

 

[mansoor1980]

mother of god , that is NUTS
best numbers ever for a AAA game

 

[solidus12]

Single player games are dead

 

[Ezekiel_]

Will reach 20 million by the end of this year

 

[El Pistolero]

Insane...

 

[diffusionx]

I wonder what the ps5/4 split is.

This game could have very long tail as more people get PS5.

 

[legacy24]

PC when

 

[Crispy Gamer]

Wtf holy sh!% that's incredible congrats Santa Monica!

 

[Mr Moose]

Yuge.

 

[Fake]

So good to read 'God of War Ragnarok' and not 'God of War franchise'.

Kudos to Santa Monica.

 

[Interfectum]

 

[dDoc]

 

[Kuranghi]

Awesome, a fabulously well made game with many fans, I myself have realised I'm not one of them after playing the first 10 hours of both and dropping them for other games, maybe I'll try again on Ragnarok but I doubt it.

 

[SilentUser]

Damn that is MASSIVE. Congrats, Santa Monica and Sony!

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

25m lifetime I think. Maybe beyond, joining the extremely rare (Nintendo dominated) 30m+ club?

 

[Slothbeing1209]

Great success for the team. Now give me New Game + !!

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Nice

Now where the Horizon numbers at?

 

[skit_data]

Fastest selling ever? Impressive

Edit: Ok, the official Playstation account has removed the tweet? What’s going on?

 

[SafeOrAlone]

Think of all the crevices that have been squeezed through.

 

[Snowdonhoffen]

 

[jm89]

Think of all the crevices that have been squeezed through.

 

[Ronin_7]

WTF, 30M locked with PC.

 

[MasterCornholio]

Got the plat and I really enjoyed it.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

So we’re looking at roughly 500M in revenue…damn

Wonder how much dev cost and marketing spend was - 250M to 300M?

Should have more than 200M in profit that Jimbo can waste on GaaS

 

[Aenima]

Crazy good numbers for 2 and half months of sales. Game is great so its deserved. Cant wait for them to anounce they new game that Cory is directing.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Nice! I enjoyed the game quite a bit, though I wasn't too keen on the amount of watching and not playing segments. Felt even more plentiful than 2018. Final result left me feeling like I watched more than I played. But still a nice sequel nonetheless, and worth checking out if you're into the IP.

Will double dip on PC in due time.

 

[Godot25]

That's crazy.

But I wonder if it don't put Naughty Dot at a awkward position. They needed almost two years to sell 10 million copies of TLOU2 on console that sold 120 million.

 

[Gudji]

 

[akaFullmetal]

Wow that's fantastic numbers. Just need game plus mode to go through it again. Love this game.

 

[MasterCornholio]

That's crazy.

But I wonder if it don't put Naughty Dot at a awkward position. They needed almost two years to sell 10 million copies of TLOU2 on console that sold 120 million.

Truth is.

Things are getting better for Sony and that's great to see. I still have memories of when they were in trouble. Thankfully they learnt from their mistakes.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I wonder how many of them were PS5 Console bundles. These are the bundles I’m seeing around a lot, and is one I got in December.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

That's crazy.

But I wonder if it don't put Naughty Dot at a awkward position. They needed almost two years to sell 10 million copies of TLOU2 on console that sold 120 million.

Naughty Dog needs to up their game

TLOU 2 was divisive and the gameplay structure wasn’t improved much (and it needs lots of improving)

The God of War formula/design structure is more appealing

 

[BoxFresh123]

 

[GhostOfTsu]

That's a ridiculous amount of copies in such a short time. Selling more than multiplatforms major releases

 

[Slothbeing1209]

That's crazy.

But I wonder if it don't put Naughty Dot at a awkward position. They needed almost two years to sell 10 million copies of TLOU2 on console that sold 120 million.

God of War is a longer running franchise, going back almost 20 years, with over 10 releases.
One had leaks. The other had none. One was bundled the other wasn't.
Of course it'll sell more.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

I wonder what the ps5/4 split is.

This game could have very long tail as more people get PS5.

If it's anything like other crossgen titles, it's probably about 70/30 PS5 to PS4.


Also bundle sales typically aren't counted in these sales numbers. So counting bundles it's well over 11 million.

 

[SlimySnake]

So we’re looking at roughly 500M in revenue…damn

Wonder how much dev cost and marketing spend was - 250M to 300M?

Should have more than 200M in profit that Jimbo can waste on GaaS

$100-150 million max. They spent a lot of marketing but not like movies do. I’d say $75 million for dev another $50 million for marketing.

 

[phil_t98]

that's defiantly my copy I bought yesterday pushing it to 11 million

 

[ToTTenTranz]

It took 2 whole years for The Last of Us 2 to reach 10 million, where almost half of which had been pre-orders.

 

[Topher]

That's crazy.

But I wonder if it don't put Naughty Dot at a awkward position. They needed almost two years to sell 10 million copies of TLOU2 on console that sold 120 million.

Selling 10 million copies of a game is not an "awkward position". God of War is just more popular.

 

[Snowdonhoffen]

I wonder how many of them were PS5 Console bundles. These are the bundles I’m seeing around a lot, and is one I got in December.

That's what I was wondering. But didn't some analyst who reports on sales say bundles don't really impact sales that much?
So let's say the split could've been 9 million from sales alone and 2 million from bundles. Still pretty good if you ask me, and probably a lot of people who bought the bundle were planning on getting the game anyway, considering the popularity of the franchise.

 

[Jennings]

Congratulations God of War Ragnarok. You might not have been game of the year 2022, but you'll always be game of the year in the hearts of your biggest fans.

 

[Punished Miku]

So we’re looking at roughly 500M in revenue…damn

Wonder how much dev cost and marketing spend was - 250M to 300M?

Should have more than 200M in profit that Jimbo can waste on GaaS

Probably like $150,000 on that axe in London.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I wonder how many of them were PS5 Console bundles. These are the bundles I’m seeing around a lot, and is one I got in December.

I saw tons of these bundles in Best Buys as well

 

[diffusionx]

$100-150 million max. They spent a lot of marketing but not like movies do. I’d say $75 million for dev another $50 million for marketing.

No those were prices floating around 10 years ago for 360 cross gen AAA titles. It’s wayyyyy more money now. Companies are routinely dripping $300-$400 million total on a big game. God of War is probably not that much but not too far off either.

 

[Ansphn]

Not even a full year out yet - WOW

 

[Bartski]

 

[[Sigma]]

Damn, I was thinking it had to be around 9 or so. I still haven't booted this up. It will be a while.