Killzone shadow fall sells 2.1 million copies

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Buckwheat on 29 January 2014

I find this impressive, especially considering it was released on the same day as BF4 and CoD.

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Colocho on 29 January 2014

Vastly undertracked.. they need to bump up the numbers at least 500k. 400k in store shelfs seems about right.

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ironmanDX on 29 January 2014

2.1 million? A mix between shipped and digital seems to be the reason why there is a massive gap in the data here. Everything else so far regarding the PS4 and Xbox One has been pretty spot on... Guess we'll have to wait and see.

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FlamingWeazel on 29 January 2014

FlamingWeazel said:

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/01/29/killzone-shadow-fall-sells-21-million-copies

Today, Sony revealed in a Tweet that its exclusive shooter Killzone: Shadow Fall – available at launch – has sold 2.1 million copies to date. Since all PS4 games are available digitally, this likely puts retail and digital numbers together in one.

Shadow Fall’s numbers are impressive, and indicate a strong attach rate for the game that could be in the range of one game sold for every three or so consoles in the wild.

WOW, massively undertracked here. Amazing sales although I personally was disappointed in the game. Just shows making games at launch does not mean bad sales due to lower install base.

Now that I think about it, with digital sales not being tracked and this being shipped VG is probably not far off. Yes I am talking to myself.

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Kasz216 on 29 January 2014

thismeintiel said:

Kasz216 said:

Touma said:
Chris Owen @Envisager_
Amazing! #PS4 exclusive title, KILLZONE™ SHADOW FALL, exceeded sales of over 2.1 million units as of January 15, 2014. @killzone

VGC: 1,23M 11 jan

Shipped numbers but probably undertracked by VGC.

Nah.

DLC is supposed to 1/4th to 1/3rd what physical sales are right?

So you figure 1.23 sellthrough

+ DL sales

= 1.64 million sold to consumers.

Leaves about 400K on the shelves.

That sounds about right if not a little short for remaining stock.

I highly doubt digital makes up for that much, especially for a game like Killzone. I'd say digital may account for 100K or so. But, there's no way it accounts for over half a million in sales.

I thought 1/3rd to 1/4th was a direct sony quote for what they do on digital.

Or was that Nintendo?

Downloadable percentages should grow... and honestly, should be higher for launch games since it will be bought by early adapters who are going to be more digital friendly/digitally inclined.

Either way, regardless, you can expect a lot more stock on shelves then you'd see mid or late gen for most games, since there are so few games to be had.

The launch window of the gen is where 500K to 3 million franchises can really shine, doubling or even tripling their expected output.

Espiecally since it's getting decent add time/at the center of the generic PS4 ads.

All told this will be the best selling killzone by a wide margin.