God of War Ragnarok sells 5.1 million in the first week

[Kyuu]

TruckOSaurus said:

Kyuu said:

Much bigger than I expected. Launching close to Black Friday and the holiday season might give it really strong short term legs as well, and PS5 production improving should help it sustain strong sales in 2023. This would bode well for Sony's PC strategy, and give me hope that Nintendo will follow suit and try slowly exploring PC support in a few years.

Very impressive that it managed to easily beat GoW 2018's launch despite the PS5 supply situation and the increased software pricing. It reinforces my opinion that this will be Sony's strongest generation by a wide margin.

You have to keep in mind that GoW:R is also available on PS4 which mitigates the problems tied with the PS5 supply situation. I was fully prepared to buy it on PS4 had I not found my PS5 just in time.

It mitigates it but it doesn't eliminate it. Every other big Sony release on PS4+5 has been performing relatively poorly when compared to the last few PS4 years. Software sales, 1st and 3rd party alike, are on a notable decline despite the larger combined install base and Sony having one of their best years ever with 4 big releases (3 if you don't count remakes), because a lot of people already abandoned the PS4 and wish to play these anticipated games with less compromises.

I haven't touched my PS4 in over two years and am using my PC for gaming. Console software sales are capped right now.