Bethesda has just released figures relating to Skyrim’s launch, including a figure of 7 Million Units shipped. Bethesda has also released some other impressive figures.
“More than 50% of launch units were sold in the first 48 hours and Bethesda Softworks has been receiving large reorders from major retailers in the North America, and across Europe and Australia. Online activity has been notable, with Steam reporting that in the first 24 hours of its release, Skyrim set a record with over 280,000 concurrent players, far outdistancing all other titles… launch units are expected to generate more than $450 million in global retail sales.”
Skyrim has also received over 50 perfect review scores. Robert Altman, CEO of Zenimax Media, parent of Bethesda, has said:
“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.”
Todd Howard, Skyrim’s Game Director, called Skyrim “our most ambitious project ever.”
You can read Peter’s review of Skyrim right here. If you’re a fan of game diary content check out what the character, Strongfury, has been up to here.
Source: Press Release
AG2297
Good. Well deserved.
gnipper
Yup, totally agree – the amount of work/effort/thought/love that’s gone into Skyrim deserves reward.
kjkg
Amazing news. The game is just so damn good.
MayContainEvil
Agreed, Bethesda really has outdone themselves with this one.
bacon_nuts
Sounds good, can’t wait to get it – probably for christmas now..
gazzagb
Very well deserved, it’s a great game although it does have more than a few annoying bits in it!
Peter Rushton
I want this so badly!
Grey_Ghost13
Is there any reason why I shouldn’t own this now!
(apart from the fact that I’m addicted to CoD MW3 and GT5!!!!)
Adiemus
Only if you have Drakonophobia.
Aquastyle
Well deserved, nothing comes close to it this year for me. It has absolutely conquered my life, and I love it.
OllyBobs
Deserves it, birlliant game!
yogdog
Sunk over 50 hours into this already, well deserved :)
Sympozium
I hate it
..can’t stop….playing…..