God of War: Ragnarök Sales Top 5.1 Million Units in 1st Week, Sets 1st-Party PlayStation Record - Sales

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Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Santa Monica Studio God of War: Ragnarök sold 5.1 million units in its launch week. This is the fastest-selling first-party launch in PlayStation history and set a God of War franchise record.

"Congratulations to Sony Santa Monica for making God of War Ragnarök the fastest-selling first party launch game in PlayStation history!," announced PlayStation via Twitter.

As a comparison, God of War (2018) sold 3.1 million units in its first three days on the PlayStation 4.

God of War: Ragnarök launched for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on November 9.

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 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.

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Machina (on 23 November 2022)

That makes it the third best-selling entry so far already. Here's the series' top 10:

1 - God of War (2018) - 23.00 million
2 - God of War III - 7.60 million
3 - God of War: Ragnarök - 5.10 million
4 - God of War - 4.62 million
5 - God of War II - 4.24 million
6 - God of War: Chains of Olympus - 3.26 million
7 - God of War: Ascension - 3.00 million
8 - God of War Collection - 2.42 million
9 - God of War: Ghost of Sparta - 1.20 million
10 - God of War: Origins Collection - 0.71 million

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Qwark Machina (on 23 November 2022)

Really shows how crappy Sony first party titles sold before the PS4

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Kyuu Qwark (on 23 November 2022)

I wouldn't say crappy, because software sales across the board were much lower.

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spynx Qwark (on 25 November 2022)

Back then, game companies easily profit from a million units sold. That is why many exists today.

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JustThatGamer (on 23 November 2022)

Well deserved, what an incredible game ?

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V-r0cK (on 23 November 2022)

That's fantastic!! Congrats Sony and SMS!!

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S.Peelman (on 23 November 2022)

Well. That is a lot.

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KLXVER (on 23 November 2022)

Great game. Well deserved.

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Link_knight30 (on 23 November 2022)

Great for a great game!

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Kakadu18 (on 23 November 2022)

Remarkable result. But not very surprising.

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KingofTrolls (on 29 November 2022)

Deserved.

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TheLegendaryBigBoss (on 28 November 2022)

Great news!

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2zosteven (on 27 November 2022)

great quality, great story, great effort here, other studios should pay attention to a game like this.

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LivncA_Dis3 (on 25 November 2022)

A fantastic game!
Simply amazing and still haven't finished it 50 hours in!

Played 6 hours straight no sleep it's that fcken good!

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