Horizon: Forbidden West Sales Top 8.4 Million Units, Horizon Series Tops 32.7 Million Units - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 May 2023 / 8,637 Views
Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Guerrilla Games announced Horizon: Forbidden West has sold over 8.4 million units worldwide as of April 16, 2023. The Horizon franchise has also sold over 32.7 million units worldwide.
The Horizon franchise includes Horizon: Zero Dawn, Horizon: Forbidden West, and Horizon: Call of the Mountain.
"As of April 16, 2023, the Horizon franchise has sold through more than 32.7 million units worldwide, of which Horizon Forbidden West has sold through over 8.4 million units," said Guerrilla Games studio director and studio art and animation director Jan-Bart van Beek.
"Millions more around the world have discovered Horizon thanks to PlayStation’s subscription services and initiatives, including PlayStation Plus, and Play at Home. All told, it’s a milestone we never imagined possible twenty years ago when we first started making games.
"This reception has been staggering, and we’re grateful to the community for the continued love and support for the franchise. We Guerrillas feel lucky to witness that support every day: we share community fanart and the cosplay. I want you all to know we are completely blown away by your enthusiasm.
"Last of all, I’d like to share that we are so excited that Aloy’s adventures will continue. Her latest mission takes her to the ruins of Los Angeles in Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores, and we can’t wait for you to find out where she’ll go next."
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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In other words, it was overshadowed by other games but still did well in its own right.
A brilliant series and well deserved sales numbers. Cannnot wait for part 3!
Last year there were no consoles alone selling bundles with Horizon only so... Im not sure it is great number. Ok,good but not that great.
Not all bundles were with Horizon. In Europe last year below 15% of HFW's sales came from bundles according to Christopher Dring from GamesIndustry.biz
8.4M in 1 year is great, very solid number.
Quality games sell , its a fact some dont know .
Plenty of bad games sell well. The new pokemon games last year sold over 20 million copies and they were a mess
Nintendo can sell anything people will buy it , they are masters at it.
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2017 botw stole zero dawn's spotlight
2022 elden ring stole forbidden west's spotlight hahaha
Maybe 20beyond another heavy hitter grand theft auto maybe same release date as horizon 3
Aloy and the situations they put her into need to change. Otherwise this series becomes insufferable to me. She is such an incredibly predictable, one note, always defiant, boring savior. And the legions of idiots they throw at her to make her look smart and awesome is cringy at best. The world and lore are kind of interesting, but the characters are not.
She's LGBT, so she has to be a saint and a flawless paragon of humankind. Don't take me wrong, I'm a big fan of the series but that aspect is a little weak admittedly.
I am currently playing through forbidden west. And the only reason I wanted to do that is, because in multiple reviews it said that Aloy has great character moments and growth that were sorely missing from part one. But I have not seen any of those moments yet. 10 h in...
How LGBT characters are often treated in media is such a disservice to their community. It is so often about their sexuality. And they are always completely without fault and super smart and well, boring as hell. For how much I hated TLoU part 2, you cannot fault their writing team for making too perfect characters.
That's fantastic! Quite a gap in sales between the two games but I hope FW has a bit more legs to hit that 10M milestone even if its now free for some PS Plus subs.
A game out for 5yrs VS 1yr, a gap in sales is very expected.
I know but with FW being free on PS Plus I cant imagine sales will be that strong in the coming years to come close to ZD.
God help Starfield with that logic. I guess with it being on GamePass it will sell almost nothing.
Are you kidding? The game is still going to be selling 10 years after release lol. You must be new to mainline Bethesda games.
Wow my comment really went over your head! Missed the point entirely did you? Yeah you must be new to having a brain.
6 years actually.
Good numbers.
That also means Zero Dawn sold around 20 million, which is excellent.
What they need to fix is that the Character of Aloy who is a total bore & should be replaced immediately. Characters is a Sony strength, so to have such a bad character in Aloy damages that reputation.
And combat with humans is really bad.
A few other things fixed & improved & Horizon will go from good to great.
If Zero dawn sold around 20 million, I can see why Sony would want to do a remaster. Yes, it seems silly so soon after the game was released, but if is a very good remaster, I would buy it.. I’ve bought Zero dawn twice already.
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