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Forums - Sales - Only Modern Warfare 3 made more money than Skyrim in 2011, Skyrim trumped platform exclusives on PS3, Xbox 360

Slimebeast on 14 February 2012
pezus said:
 Slimebeast (on 24 June 2008)
Most likely passed 1.5 million copies sold on the PC alone. 

Oblivion got 94% on Gamerankings. I predict TESV to get +97% and sell 10 million copies combined on all platforms.

Blast from the past

Pretty neat huh? A prediction made out of pure fanboyism.



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enrageorange on 14 February 2012
Slimebeast said:
I am surprised it beat Battlefield 3 and I find it a bit hard to believe. At least VGC numbers don't suggest that.

Either way it's fantastic and better than anyone expected.

According to vgchartz, skyrim already beat battlefield 3 in Europe. And according to npd skyrim outsold battlefield 3 for the 2012 year in the United States. So its not hard to believe at all.



Slimebeast on 14 February 2012
enrageorange said:
Slimebeast said:
I am surprised it beat Battlefield 3 and I find it a bit hard to believe. At least VGC numbers don't suggest that.

Either way it's fantastic and better than anyone expected.

According to vgchartz, skyrim already beat battlefield 3 in Europe. And according to npd skyrim outsold battlefield 3 for the 2012 year in the United States. So its not hard to believe at all.

Oh. That's nice to hear! But u mean 2011 right? Or do u mean NPD Jan 2012?



enrageorange on 14 February 2012
Slimebeast said:
enrageorange said:
Slimebeast said:
I am surprised it beat Battlefield 3 and I find it a bit hard to believe. At least VGC numbers don't suggest that.

Either way it's fantastic and better than anyone expected.

According to vgchartz, skyrim already beat battlefield 3 in Europe. And according to npd skyrim outsold battlefield 3 for the 2012 year in the United States. So its not hard to believe at all.

Oh. That's nice to hear! But u mean 2011 right? Or do u mean NPD Jan 2012?

o ya opps. I meant 2011.  http://www.computerandvideogames.com/332096/best-selling-us-games-of-2011-revealed/ 

and it did also beat it for the first month of 2012.



wfz on 14 February 2012
pezus said:
Squilliam said:
pezus said:
Squilliam said:
It means that the biggest RPG in terms of sales is now a WRPG, Final Fantasy's sales crown has been taken.

Wasn't it always so, or at least since Oblivion?


IIRC Final Fantasy has a 10M seller or two.

Forgot to mention this, but does Pokémon not count? Pokémon is bigger than FF at least


Pokemon should count by all means. Whatever squilliam is smoking, I hope he brought enough for the whole class.



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Jay520 on 14 February 2012

I'm sure Microsoft and Sony made a lot of money off the game also considering the number of consumers buying replacement consoles and all.



Argh_College on 14 February 2012
pezus said:
 Slimebeast (on 24 June 2008)
Most likely passed 1.5 million copies sold on the PC alone. 

Oblivion got 94% on Gamerankings. I predict TESV to get +97% and sell 10 million copies combined on all platforms.

Blast from the past

That guy has a great future.



yo_john117 on 14 February 2012
Slimebeast said:
CGI-Quality said:

Being that it's available on 3 platforms, and 360/PS3-only titles are just that, exclusive, I'm not sure why there's much news here. On the flip-side, only being beaten by Modern Warfare 3 is definitely noteworthy.

Just a theory but I think they mean that Skyrim outsold all exclusives even down at the platform level. With one caveat, they're speaking of NPD numbers only. Skyrim sales on the X360 are about on par with Gears 3 in NA and on the PS3 Skyrim bested Uncharted's NA numbers in 2011.

I think this article is one of all these articles that mixes apples and pears. In one sentence they refer to regional sales and in the next they're comparing worldwide numbers.

Skyrim had that really expensive CE with the dragon which made it get a lot more money than say Battlefield 3 which sold slightly more.



Mad55 on 14 February 2012

In terms of rpgs it looks like tes is topping everything but pokemon.



lordmandeep on 14 February 2012

"Wasn't it always so, or at least since Oblivion?"


Yes since Oblivion, Elder Scrolls has been bigger then FF.

The thing is Skyrim is now even bigger then the classic mega hits like FFX and FF7!!!