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DOOM has sold one million copies on Steam

August 10, 2016 John Papadopoulos 74 Comments

DOOM was released almost three months ago and according to SteamSpy’s data, id Software’s first-person shooter has sold one million copies on Valve’s distribution service, Steam.

To its credit, DOOM is a fantastic action FPS that pays tribute to its classic predecessors. id Software has managed to create an amazing first-person shooter that also looks and runs great.

As we wrote in our PC Performance Analysis:

“DOOM is one of the most optimized PC games of 2016. The game looks beautiful, features one hell of options to tweak, comes with spectacular built-in performance metrics, sports proper on-screen keyboard indicators, and runs superbly on the PC platform”

Moreover, DOOM showcased the benefits of Vulkan. Thanks to it, a lot of scenes run better, even on NVIDIA’s hardware (as those scenes were limited by the increased number of draw calls).

In fact, we witnessed a 60fps performance boost in some scenes while testing Vulkan.

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- CoolingGibbon
  
  http://i.somethingawful.com/u/ctstalker/2016/doom2.jpg
theoutsider

i wish they didn’t outsourced the MP
Yeltnerb1

…and it will sell another million copies by next year. Thank you, Denuvo.
- yones azarniya
  
  Now pirates attack your comments and says
  “Denuvo no effect on sales”?
  - qqq
    
    Witcher 3 is free and has 2 million on steam and 2 million on GOG. Dark Souls 3 had crack from day one and sold more than 1 million. XCom 2 is close to hitting 1 million as well. No denuvo on these, they’re all free to pirate.
    - Yeltnerb1
      
      Clearly, those three intellectual properties are more popular, which makes every copy of DOOM legally sold even more crucial.
      - John
        
        On PC, nothing is more popular than Doom. Everyone knows it AND it is mechanically easier. What it doesn’t have is Mods.
      - Yeltnerb1
        
        Still living in the 90’s? Doom is past its prime like the Halo and Gears of War series.
      - John
        
        Are you blind? Not only it is a extremely well known franchise, it has very good reviews by both critics and gamers. It is popular and the demo boosted the sales. Only shills would defend denuvo.
      - durka durka
        
        Doom is not popular on pc according to this moron, the nonsense i read the last few years.
      - durka durka
        
        past its prime my as# doom 1 and 2 are still alive and modded to death. Doom is the single most oldschool pc fps that has been released in years.
      - durka durka
        
        “clearly those three intellectual properties are more popular”
        
        Compared to doom? What are you smoking? is dying light more popular than doom?
      - durka durka
        
        Dying light 1.4 million only on steam not counting gog and fallout 4 on 3.4 million. Clearly the game sold due to denuvo…..fool!
      - Amir
        
        lol so you are saying Doom is not popular ?
      - lucben999
        
        It’s a pretty obscure title based on that indie FPS Brutal Doom that my friends linked me to on Facebook. Of course it’s going to be less recognized than Dark Souls 3, like, every LPer is playing the hardest game ever made xD
      - Amir
        
        :))
    - s_fnx
      
      DRM free you mean.
  - durka durka
    
    It does not.
    
    If that was the case how come it did not happen with just cause 3 and many other denuvo games but fallout 4 gta v and dying light have sold more without denuvo?
    
    Stop being a corporate slave and swallow whatever nonsense they tell you without proof. We have the numbers, use em.
  - GR
    
    Because it doesn’t.
- durka durka
  
  If that was the case how come it did not happen with just cause 3 and many other denuvo games but fallout 4 gta v and dying light have sold more without denuvo?
  - yones azarniya
    
    METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN don’t get a 1m sold after 1 years because this game cracked a week after released!While the game is awesome!
    
    Fallout is popular
    GTA V is popular and have awesome MP and don’t forget GTA V use Anti-Tamper 😉
    - durka durka
      
      Like i said idiot we have the numbers USE EM
      
      Metal gear v 1,060,387
      
      Mad max 900,546
      
      Just cause 3 712,085
      
      Explain me why mad max which is cracked has sold more than just cause 3 which is not.
      
      Also explain me how did you get the “one years”
      
      It came out september 2015, it will be a year old once you get to septbember 2016. it has sold over a million
      
      Also by that logic explain me why batman arkham knight which is cracked and a horrible port has sold 694,625 and uncracked far cry primal has sold 182,521
      
      Now rise of the tomb raider is at 928,987
      
      “Fallout is popular”
      
      is dying light popular too? It has sold 1,480,510
      
      Fallout 4 has sold 3,387,804
      
      “don’t forget GTA V use Anti-Tamper”
      
      and was cracked despite that it has sold : 4,913,855 ONLY ON STEAM the disc version does not use steam.
      
      So yeah denuvo has No effect on sales.
      
      Is the game good? does it run well is on a steam deal? Get it. If not denuvo will not save it
      
      ME= facts
      
      YOU= parroting nonsense.
      
      You acting as if you cant research those things so you have to eat whatever nonsense they are selling you as “facts”
      - GR
        
        When a game is cracked it doesn’t increase sales. Lol. That’s stupid.
    - Amir
      
      Cities:Skyline sold one million copies in less than a month and more than 2 million copies in less than a year. got cracked day 1. goodbye and stop spreading bulls**t denuvo.
      - durka durka
        
        and lets not talk about xcom 2
      - GR
        
        Got cracked. Ok. That didn’t affect sales though. It was gonna sell the same before the crack. Crack just means more pirates didn’t buy it.
      - Amir
        
        “It was gonna sell the same before the crack”
        Thats my point.
        
        “more pirates didn’t buy it”
        maybe they did maybe they don’t buy anything.
    - AMD_Afficionado
      
      Metal Gear Solid is pretentious and nonsensical in the plot department, it’s every negative stereotype about Japanese media in one black-hole-dense package.
      
      So I’m not surprised that it didn’t sell so well, and I’m sure it wouldn’t have even if the Denuvo had been 100% flawless.
      - durka durka
        
        “Metal Gear Solid is pretentious and nonsensical in the plot department, ”
        
        YOU DONT SAY?
        
        I mean seriously how you ever played a mgs before?
        
        “So I’m not surprised that it didn’t sell so well”
        
        A million sales in less than a year on pc who is not a platform that buys mgs is not well?
- s_fnx
  
  You really shouldn’t be celebrating a DRM that affects consumers more than it affects pirates.
  - durka durka
    
    It does not affect pirates because they do not use it.
    - AMD_Afficionado
      
      It affects the paying user base as members of it like myself won’t buy it.
      - GR
        
        Meh. Minority. Paying users that won’t buy because of this is a very vocal monitory. Multiplayer beta made bigger impact actually.
  - GR
    
    Except it doesn’t paying users
FasterThanFTL

If that multiplayer Beta did not exist this would be 2 million by now.
yones azarniya

Game have great campaign?
But I don’t like MP!
congrats ID software
- AMD_Afficionado
  
  Campaign would’ve been far greater if they’d left in the co-op though.
  
  HALO proved that co-op sells games. Yet it has led to devs moving away from co-op instead of universally accepting it. It’s not hard to implement.
  - durka durka
    
    “Campaign would’ve been far greater if they’d left in the co-op though.”
    
    No. It is a one man one bad as# man experiance like 80 movies.
Gene

Didn’t get the game yet, but I enjoyed the beta… YES!
TheTruthCommission

Modding and user created content would make it sell millions more into the future.

Oh wait.. Denuvo prevents modding.. too bad.
- durka durka
  
  Man i just wanted the modding community to flourish like it still does with doom 1 and 2… but, the editor is garbage
DrearierSpider

Good to see. Despite some flaws, it brought back a type of FPS that I’ve dearly missed. Congrats to id and Bethesda, give us more of this (sans the awful multiplayer)!
- durka durka
  
  Yup keep it up, more doom more wolfenstein more shadow warrior.
  
  MOARRR
  - on2wheels
    
    so you’d like more?
Silviu

to bad that just got cracked …….
Walikor

for me denuvo can revive the PC market….if it is not cracked
- durka durka
  
  Pc gaming is more alive than ever and why is it non denuvo games have sold more than denuvo games?
  
  IDIOT.
xblastx

It’s no surprise the game is well optimized and looks great at the same time. OpenGL games always ran much better than DirectX.
- durka durka
  
  EXACTLY and its a oldschool fps. This is what pc gamers want.
- Olek
  
  >OpenGL games always ran much better than DirectX
  
  What are you comparing this too?
  It’s a good looking game but it’s mostly corridors and large interiors, the exterior environments were pretty barren and simple too.
  - eaze2009
    
    To be fair, the graphics are so tremendously good looking, that it really doesn’t matter if its mostly corridors or not.
    - Olek
      
      Stop exaggerating and romanticising it.
      It’s a good looking game, it’s nothing special.
      - eaze2009
        
        Let me say it again,
        the graphics are so tremendously good looking, that it really doesn’t matter if its mostly corridors or not!
      - Olek
        
        It’s not a “tremendously good looking” game.
      - eaze2009
        
        It is.
      - Olek
        
        Nope, it’s why it runs so well, that coupled with the game/level design.
      - eaze2009
        
        Yep, tremendously good looking.
      - WAHID
        
        I agree with you it’s a tremendously good looking game.
      - Matty M Gaming
        
        youre not gonna win talking to olek, ive never seen anything positive come from this guy, he always has something massively negative to say no matter what. Dont get me wrong, hes informed, intelligent and i do respect him to an extent but hes never happy with anything. Its best to just not start a conversation.
      - durka durka
        
        No one says doom has bad graphics but its not graphics king.
      - OnnA
        
        Olek that man has his own opinion on tha’ matter.
        Its called subjective opinion -> He’s right afterall…
    - durka durka
      
      Well the 4th map is pretty large but no i dont think the graphic are amazing they are ok.
  - OnnA
    
    Yeah maby it is simple, but its new DOOM afterall !
    And it pack some good old fun too 😀
    Mantle/DX12 and Vulcan are the Best APIs now.
    Still: BF:4/H, Thief and DA:I in Mantle rocks.
Amir

I guess Steamspy also counts those who played it with bypass exploit last week.
- Olek
  
  The bypass used the demo appid.
  - Amir
    
    O right, my bad. what about the other games ? does steamspy count those as legit copies or not ?
    - Olek
      
      Steamspy looks at the games you own.
    - Psionicinversion
      
      when you crack a game it doesnt install through steam. installs as any other thing on your system. Steamspy crawls your steam account so obviously if its not on there it doesnt count it
      - Amir
        
        Yeah but the bypass was like this: create a fake steam account, activate the game and open “steam” then play or something like that. because of that i asked this question.
Olek

Pc gaming is dead!
Maxim Pawleen

Completely deserved. Bought it 25% off and i’m glad i gave them my money.
- AMD_Afficionado
  
  If I could fund them without funding Denuvo I would.
  
  Vulkan deserves my “vote” but Denuvo does not. Conundrum.
Starfals

Pretty good sales for a pretty good game. Did the anti piracy thing help tho? Its just 1m, and devs now days think they can get up to 2-3 without piracy. Hmm, doesnt seem like it and its been out for a while..

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DOOM has sold one million copies on Steam

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