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Earlier this week, the Games for Change Festival kicked off with a keynote address from former Vice President Al Gore. Today, the New York-based event was the scene of a speech from another executive--Gabe Newell, president and cofounder of Valve Corporation.

According to gaming blog Joystiq, Newell used his speech to announce a major sales milestone for the critical darling Portal 2. Since its launch on April 19, the game has "sold" 3 million units, Newell reportedly said. He did not specify whether that figure referred to sold-in (that is, shipped) copies or represented games sold through to consumers.

Newell didn't say whether the figure included sales on Steam, Valve's online distribution platform for the PC and Mac. He also declined to clarify whether that figure included cumulative sales on all the platforms Portal 2 was released on--the PC, Mac, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.

As of press time, Valve reps had offered no official confirmation of Newell's comments.

Portal 2 has reached its sales milestone far faster than its predecessor, Portal. On the day its sequel launched, Valve confirmed to GameSpot that the original game had sold over 4 million units since its launch in October 2007. That figure did not include Steam sales of Portal, but it did include sales of the compilation The Orange Box, which included Portal, Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2, and the latter shooter's first two expansions.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6320704/portal-2-sells-3-million-report



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Great sales. Looks like we're likely spot on as well.

360 - 1M
PS3 - 730k
Steam/PC - 1M

270k on shelves?



 

i wonder how they count the free pc copy that comes with the ps3 version



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Congrats to Valve for such deserved sales.

3 millions at full retail cost... How many more will they sell when they put it on a steam sale?



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Congrats to Valve for such deserved sales.

3 millions at full retail cost... How many more will they sell when they put it on a steam sale?


Full retail still? Are you sure?  I have seen it at$35 in multiple places. I don't know if this is an official price drop or not though.



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And it deserves them too!



Guys this isn't even counting steam sales! :P

"During the Games For Change event going on New York City today, Valve’s Gabe Newell mentioned that Portal 2 has sold 3 million copies since April 18.

Newell didn’t mention any platform specifics, as it was, according to Joystiq, a comment made in more of a passing manner, but it’s likely he was implying the total unit sales on all playforms.

Otherwise, that would be an amazing feat, indeed.

Joystiq also noted the first Portal moved 4 million units by the time Portal 2 launched, and that figure does not take Steam sales into consideration."

http://www.vg247.com/2011/06/22/valve-portal-2-has-sold-3-million-copies-since-launch/



Fantastic news!



Good, nice to see quality games doing well



this game is good, more people should buy it. i was worried it was going to be shallow and gimmicky but it wasnt at all.



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