God of War: Ragnarok recorded the fastest sales for a Sony exclusive title – Playstation

According to Sony, the game recorded 5.1 million sales in its first week. The figure above puts it ahead of The Last of Us Part II, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and its predecessor God of War (2018).

The AAA action-adventure game, which was released on November 9, is a game that received a very high average rating from reviewers and became one of the most popular and best-selling games in PlayStation history. It currently has a 94% rating on Metacritic based on 135 listings, the same as the previous game in the franchise.

However, comparing sales to previous Sony exclusives doesn’t quite represent its commercial character. The company announced sales at various points in each title’s lifecycle, apparently to serve different public relations needs. For example, it announced 4 million copies sold in the first three days of release for The Last of Us Part II in 2020, 3.3 million sales for Marvel’s Spider-Man in 2018 and 3.1 million sales for God of War as well. general. God of War: Ragnarok’s first week sales were twice that of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, which recorded 2.7 million first week sales in 2016.