God of War III, $33 Million Day 1 Sales

03/19/2010 Written by Richard AllencloseAuthor: Richard Allen Name: Richard Allen
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Sony’s God of War franchise has been a success, especially when you take into consideration the mature content is a barrier to a segment of the marketplace. God of War III is proving to be the true series titan. Kratos has already been welcomed into well over half a million homes.

As we reported earlier God of War III is enjoying strong sales leadership via various retail venues. Gamasutra has revealed that God of War III is dominating this weeks console software sales already. VGChartz has some figures available reporting 450,000 fans of the series had pre-orders locked in place and estimates indicate 550,000 units sold in the US day one alone.  At $59.99 each that rings in well over $33 million in sales.

With the God of War franchise as a whole nearing 10 million units before God of War III, it seems Kratos could have to potential to increase his fan-base by 20% – 40% by the time the dust settles.

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Who ever made this article knows nothing about how companies make money off games. Developers might get $20 to $30 from that $60 game.

Even when it's first party?

Still doesn't mean ALL the money from the game goes to the company

i think sony get 40 to 45 of each first party games

48-56 dollars per game goes to sony

Oh of course. I know that.

This is blatantly wrong, HD consoles only lose money.

Plus they are causing the industry to die a slow death.

I've heard the retailers take about a ~$15 cut on each game so it couldn't be more than $45 per game Sony gets.