God of War: Ragnarök, which gamers have been waiting for a long time, debuted on November 9, 2022. The production, which is a continuation of the game that was released in 2018, managed to exceed expectations by garnering great praise from both critics and players in the last two weeks.
A tweet shared by PlayStation on Twitter today revealed that the success of the game, which received such good comments, was also reflected in sales. According to the statement, God of War: Ragnarök, which focuses on the epic adventures of Kratos and Atreus, reached 5.1 million sales in its first week.
It managed to become the fastest selling game on PlayStation
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Sony’s statement also showed that the sales of 5.1 million PS5 and PS4 copies was a record for PlayStation. Accordingly, God of War: Ragnarök became the fastest-selling first-party game in PlayStation history. The game also broke a record in this regard in the God of War series, which entered our lives in 2005.
The announcement shows that the new production surpasses popular PlayStation games such as Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Returnal. In addition, developer Santa Monica Studio thinks that the sequel will succeed one day ahead of 2018’s God of War, which reached 23 million sales earlier this month.
Finally, the head of PlayStation Studios, Hermen Hulst, also thanked the fans for the success in a post on Twitter: “We would like to thank all PlayStation fans for making God of War Ragnarok the fastest selling game of PlayStation Studios. And congratulations to Santa Monica Studios for this incredible achievement.”
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