Bethesda has officially announced news that will shake the Earth -- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim had a successful launch! The publisher boasted "more than fifty perfect review scores" and expected global sales worth $450 million.
"More than 50% of launch units were sold in the first 48 hours and Bethesda Softworks has been receiving large reorders from major retailers in North America, and across Europe and Australia," stated the company. "Online activity has been notable, with Steam reporting that in the first 24 hours of its release, Skyrim set a record with over 280,000 concurrent players, far outdistancing all other titles.
"The eagerly-awaited title has garnered more than 50 perfect review scores, earning praise from some of the industry’s most influential and respected critics including: USA Today, G4TV, GameSpy, Wired, Eurogamer, Destructoid, GamePro, Official Xbox Magazine, Joystiq, The Guardian, and GamesRadar."
Bethesda said it shipped seven million units to retailers and sold over half of them. Doing the math, Skyrim sold at least 3.5 million copies with 48 hours. Just think about that. That's almost half the amount of quests that I have incomplete in my Skyrim journal! Amazing!
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1:00 PM on 11.16.2011 | 
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I got the last copy of Skyrim at the Superstore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty4xZFVDDYs
And just got to level 20 in skyrim! Uncovered 101 map locations, killed 8 dragons (including a fight with two at a time), became a werewolf, led a revolt from prison, found 6 seeing stones so far. I love this game! How can a make a living simply playing this game? U must know! This is why games exist. Fuck, this is why people exist!
It cost to make and market this game?
Nothing is perfect, but if we said that's what 10/10 meant, there'd be no point even having the number.
BAM it's now almost 3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Modern_Warfare_3
They must mean $450 from selling to retailers since 7 million units would be closer to that figure versus 3.5 million (which would be ~$210million in sales to regular folks if I'm mathing right.)
There's more where this is coming from too, you little urine boy!
I'm with you on that one. <:-/
Saints row kinda be letting me down.
Give the dopes an endless list of things to do that require zero brain power and you have yourself a WINNER!
@Dhaos
I'll read what I like, thanks.
@Football Religion
+1
Not impressed.
Most ''influencial & respected including'' Uh-uh. nononono. I don't think anybody from Xbox magazine is well respected, same goes for Gamespy or Joystiq. Especially Joystiq.
...and then I got to a place called Blackreach. If you're playing this game, I hope you have the opportunity to check it out at some point. Seeing this place was absolutely one of the most jaw-droppingly stunning moments I've ever had in a video game and firmly cemented Skyrim's place in my top 10 all-time favorite games.
Easily, without question or ambiguity, Game of the Year.