God of War III sold over one-million copies worldwide just a few days after release, but with the game’s US March sales now out, we can finally see how well it has done in comparison to its predecessors.
Following God of War III’s March 16th launch in the US, God of War III managed to surpass one-million units after just a few days on sale. Unit sales stood at around 700,000 in the US, with 400,000 in the rest of the world. Quite a feat, considering God of War II sold 400,000 fewer copies during its first week.
Now we have more solid numbers for the US, with NPD revealing that God of War III topped the software chart in the month of March with a massive 1.1 million units sales. That’s over 200,000 more than God of War II and 700,000 more than God of War I. This is despite the PlayStation 3′s installed base being around 30 million units less in the States compared to the PS2 at the time of God of War II’s release. Sadly God of War III’s sales didn’t dramatically impact hardware sales during the month, most likely due to continuing PS3 shortages.
By comparison Killzone 2 did 300k in its opening weekend, and took 2 months to just break 1 million.
and that had MP.
Xbox install base is nearly twice that of ps3 in the US.
@ marks last message, not too bright? it sold two million for the year one million of it being in the first week.
What is 2% of 1,000,000,000 compared to 2% of 100 ? 2% can be a huge difference dude. Besides I don’t see Mark, selling 1,000,000 units of a product.
And guys seriously stop bashing Mark, he is entitled to his own opinion.
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Well i say they are great sale figures and really dont care about the xbox sales of their games. The main thing is it is only on ps3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killzone_2#Reception_and_sales
“On the 16th of April, Sony announced that sales of Killzone 2 had surpassed one million worldwide.[”
Whos not too bright now?
““On the 16th of April, Sony announced that sales of Killzone 2 had surpassed one million worldwide.[”
Whos not too bright now?”
Big deal, its not about the sales, you do know that games are for entertainment right? As long as those 1,000,000 or so people who bought Killzone 2 enjoyed it, then the winners are them XD
Weak damage control
@Mark did you buy GOW3? If not then STFU! I bought a copy and I enjoyed it. It was impressive for that amount in about half a month.
@mark: seriously tho, Halo 3 and ODST sold like hotcakes, and they arent even good games
and if you want to talk about sales, then why in the hell is the Wii and DS pwning everything else?
just because Halo was kickass back then doesnt mean all its later iterations are good
im not saying anything, im just saying
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