Skyrim Ships 7 Million, Should Result In $450 Million Return
The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimSales equal money. Money equals good news for all those involved, right?
Today, Bethesda has announced the official ship numbers for their amazing new RPG, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: 7 million worldwide across PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.
Therefore, Bethesda is now anticipating a return of about $450 million on those 7 million units, and they also add that over 50% of launch units were sold in the first two days. Now, provided that the 7 million reported and the "launch units" are one in the same, this means that approximately 3.5 million copies were actually sold in the first 48 hours. As far as we're concerned, the team is getting exactly what they deserve: financial success.
It's also nice to see hardcore, in-depth experiences proving popular; it essentially confirms that gamers are still a diverse, avid group that doesn't just flock to anything mainstream. If Skyrim and Dark Souls have sold well, I'd say the die-hard gamers are in good shape.
Related Game(s): The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Tags: the elder scrolls v, skyrim, skyrim sales, bethesda
11/16/2011 9:40:26 AM Ben Dutka
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friction
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 10:22:21 AM
Also I doubt they count dlc in that number as well, but with the number of units out there, I'm sure they'll be picking up a hefty bit through their dlc. Always been a fan of Bethesda's dlc.
(No not the horse armor lmao, the quality of Shimmering isles is more like it)
Too bad they still lock in with xbox for 30 days...
at least theres enough to do in the game now for quite some time :)
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Cuetes
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 1:13:40 PM
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Beamboom
Thursday, November 17, 2011 @ 6:30:24 AM
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Ole_Gunner
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 10:01:22 AM
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The collectors edition is £130 here in England which is about $200 for you guys across the pond so I see how they could have obtained that figure.
Wish I could jump into Skyrim right now but I've got a backlog of games and a new internship thats preventing me from enjoying this puppy!
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CrusaderForever
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 10:26:07 AM
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friction
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 10:33:09 AM
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Beamboom
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 10:26:39 AM
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Hopefully it sends one giant smoke signal to other rpg devs out there that not only can we handle it but we *want* depth and complexity! We reward it!
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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 10:30:06 AM
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friction
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 10:48:28 AM
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Robochic
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 11:48:01 AM
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Temjin001
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 11:53:11 AM
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Nah, no way. After finishing this major school project I hit up Skyrim last night. Hot dang, it's good stuff. I'm so very pleased a game of this kind is selling bucket loads. I know all of my geeky peers are playing it too, as it's been the buzz on campus. I'm loving it. I also went ahead (against sound reasoning as I have a million "haven't played games") I downloaded the Super Ultra Oblivion bundle from Steam for $6.50.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 1:41:36 PM
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Temjin001
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 9:51:50 PM
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Dante399
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 2:03:12 PM
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A man gotta enjoy his RPG : )
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Qubex
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 4:52:33 PM
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Q!
"play.experience.enjoy"
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BikerSaint
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 6:44:17 PM
Man, I wish i had an employer like that.
Oh wait, I wish I even had an employer.
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La_Bete12
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 8:05:02 PM
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I wonder how Fallout 4 would look on this new engine though, I think it would be even more awesome than Skyrim :)
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___________
Thursday, November 17, 2011 @ 3:13:12 AM
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Underdog15
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011 @ 9:53:33 AM
7 million times $60 per game is only $420 million... and isn't part of that $60 going to the retailer? I highly doubt they would round down their shipped number.
They must be anticipating a return over the month or something... I dunno...
Either way, I'm glad it's having such success!