{"id":15491,"date":"2011-11-10T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"uncharted-3-drake-s-deception-sold-3-8m-on-release-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/15491-uncharted-3-drake-s-deception-sold-3-8m-on-release-day","title":{"rendered":"Uncharted 3: Drake&#039;s Deception sold 3.8M on release day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/11859-Sony-Computer-Entertainment\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Company Information\">Sony Computer Entertainment Europe<\/a> announced today (10 November 2011) that Uncharted 3: Drake&#8217;s Deception achieved day one global sales of 3.8 million units.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/19888-Playstation-3-%28PS3%29\" target=\"_self\" title=\"System Information\">PlayStation 3<\/a> exclusive title received critical acclaim, securing a <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/20002-Metacritic\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Company Information\">Metacritic<\/a> average of 92*.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Caplin Head of Communications at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe commented, &ldquo;Uncharted 3 is a blockbuster and these incredible sales figures reflect that. Consumers are clearly as eager to play the game as critics were to heap praise upon it, and the team at <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/12249-Naughty-Dog\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Company Information\">Naughty Dog<\/a> deserve this fantastic reception at retail. The Uncharted series, exclusive to PlayStation 3, has redefined the third-person adventure genre and is now one of the leading franchises available.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">*Correct as of 12:00(GMT) 10th November 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Article:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/15405-Uncharted-Drakes-Deception-Review-PS3-Exclusive.html\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Review (PS3 Exclusive)\">Uncharted 3: Drake&#8217;s Deception Review (PS3 Exclusive)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/20561-Uncharted-3-Drake-s-Deception-sold-3.8-million-on-day-one\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception sold 3.8M on release day\"><strong>Uncharted 3: Drake&#8217;s Deception sold 3.8M on release day<\/strong><\/a> &lt;&lt; Comments and views<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naughty Dog is well on their way to another critical and financial hit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}