Santa Monica Studios and Sony announced that their latest first-party hit, God of War: Ragnarök sold over 5.1 million copies at launch making it the fastest selling launch in PlayStation history. This also sets a new God of War franchise record and as a comparison to its predecessor in 2018, that sold only 3.1 million in the its first three days.
Congratulations to @SonySantaMonica for making God of War Ragnarök the fastest-selling first party launch game in PlayStation history! ? pic.twitter.com/NPgN6YHRnQ
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) November 23, 2022
God of War: Ragnarök is a once-in-a-generation experience and at Rectify Gaming we gave it a solid 10/10 in our review.
Not only is God of War off to a great start, but Pokemon Scarlet & Violet is setting records for a Nintendo Switch launch title selling 10 million copies in its first three days of worldwide release.