Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor Sells 850K Units Worldwide First Week - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 20 October 2014 / 17,242 ViewsThe Warner Bros. published game Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor launched for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. The game sold 849,145 units worldwide combined during its launch. The game sold 362,97 units in the US and 303,802 units in Europe.
The PlayStation 4 version of the game sold the majority of copies with 554,230 units sold worldwide at retail. The Xbox One version sold 265,969 units, while the PC version sold 34,733 units.
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor launched on September 30 in the North America and October 3 in Europe for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game will release for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in November.
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Great i hope it keeps selling well, its a great game.
The game has exceeded the expectations without any hype. It's selling well due to the great reviews and the word of mouth
This game has absolutely demolished all expectations. Everyone should be playing this.
Need to buy this
This game will have legs, haven't got my copy yet
Well deserved, the game is great.
PS4 version does over double the Xbox One version.
Better than Watch Dog and Destiny.
Really nice selling!
PC version sold 34,733 units... What?
Those are only physical retail copies. On Steam the game had a peak number of simultenous players of nearly 70,000 every day during the first weekend, so it's safe to say that it sold at least 200k on PC digitally during first week.
PS4 userbase is diverse and certainly sets the trend. I hope it sail pass a million soon.
PS4 version does over double the Xbox One version.
Good to see a quality game supported by gamers based on reviews not hype for once..