Destiny Sells 2.4 Million Units First Week in US, PS4 and XBox One Sales Jump More Than 200% - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 19 September 2014 / 11,175 Views
The Destiny success story continues with 2.43 million units sold in the US in its first week. That is the biggest opening of the year and the biggest for a new IP in gaming history.
Destiny sold the most units for the PlayStation 4 with 1,074,010 units, followed by the Xbox One with 846,613 units sold. The seventh generation consoles have lagged behind. The game managed to sell 354,620 units on the Xbox 360 and 154,432 units on the PlayStation 3.
The game also helped push sales for both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. PlayStation 4 sales jumped 262 percent to 162,354 units, while the Xbox One saw sales increase 208 percent to 105,437 units. Even the seventh generation consoles saw a slight bump in sales. The Xbox 360 sold 17,821 units, a 37 percent increase week-over-week, while PlayStation 3 sales increase 57 percent to 12,502 units.
These sales figure come after Sony announced that Destiny pushed PlayStation 4 sales to its highest week in 2014. Publisher Activision also announced earlier this week the game made $325 million in just five days.
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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. Outside, in the real world, he has a passion for the outdoors which includes everything from hiking to having received his B.A. in Environmental Studies. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
