{"id":25671,"date":"2011-11-14T16:30:18","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T14:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=25671"},"modified":"2011-11-14T17:15:18","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T15:15:18","slug":"3-4-million-people-buy-skyrim-in-first-2-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/25671-3-4-million-people-buy-skyrim-in-first-2-days","title":{"rendered":"3.4 million people buy Skyrim in first 2 days"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to VGChartz<\/a>, Bethesda<\/a>‘s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has gone on to sell 3.4 million copies in its first 2 days of being on sales, and that excludes digital sales which now account for the majority of PC game sales.<\/p>\n

That’s a just a little more than Oblivion, which managed only 490,000 in its staggered opening accross PS3<\/a> and Xbox 360<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Xbox 360 gamers have once again shown the biggest support, making up over 2 million (59%) of total sales. A further 27% of sales were attributed to PS3, and 14% to PC, although with the likes of Steam<\/a> being excluded, this does not provide an accurate representation of the platform split.<\/p>\n

2.5 million copies of the game were sold in the Americas, and 950,000 copies have moved through EMEAA (Europe Middle East Asia Africa).<\/p>\n

This makes Skyrim one of the top selling games of the year so far, beating out the likes of Gears of War 3 and Fifa 12, and matching EA<\/a>‘s Battlefield 3.<\/p>\n

Source: VGChartz<\/a><\/h5>\n

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