It took them a while, but both Rise of the Tomb Raider and XCOM 2 were able to sell more than one million copies on Steam. This information comes from Steamspy’s database, meaning that it’s pretty much accurate.
What’s also interesting here is that both of these titles were released in February 2016, so it took them eight months in order to sell one million copies.
Rise of the Tomb Raider was released on February 9th, while XCOM 2 was released on February 4th.
It’s also worth noting that both of these games are still priced at $59.99, something that may explain the difference in sales compared to their previous parts.
For comparison purposes, XCOM: Enemy Unknown has sold 3.4 million copies (do note that this game had a free weekend, something that significantly boosted its sales) and Tomb Raider 2013 Reboot has sold 4.3 million copies (though it’s now priced at $19.99).
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doom says 1,205,810 might wanna add that as well.
We’ve already reported about DOOM and Dark Souls 3 sales 😉
Nifty site, bookmarked!
OFF TOPIC- sorted by playtime, Paladins is fourth! Isn’t that the game everyone was bashing the other day for being an Overwatch clone?
Many Overwatch clones will have short-term traction, & a few of them will even have long-term traction.
As for Paladins; visually, like so many other games, it rips off Overwatch, yes, but gameplay-wise, it’s got some specific differences that may actually set it apart from Overwatch in the long term.
Only time will tell, either way.
paladins is also free to play which will help player base. it is similar but also differs from overwatch who is also doing quite impressingly with over 20million players meaning 20million copies sold since its one game per account. my friend wanted to play it on my pc from his account and it wouldnt let him so dont let people say “you have to factor in one game being shared by people in the same house dur hur” it doesnt work that way
Also I found of interest No Man’s sky was once a million seller according to Steam spy, now sit’s at 781,000 showing that mass refunds was a real thing, losing 10 Million in what they thought was revenue, and still no words from Hello games.
On a happier note I am really glad to see Rise of the Tomb Raider top a million, it was a really great game, one of the best looking titles out on PC. One of those games I don’t think about too much now, when I got it, the pacing was so good I flew threw it over the course of a week. Hopefully between this and consoles sale it will keep the team secure to continue making the series
“and still no words from Hello games.”
Bosses too busy trying to see what they’ll do next – if they’ll just disband &/or sell the company & move on to something else, like all the other assclowns that do such shady things, or if they’ll try a “No Man’s Lie – Definitive Edition” in order to make some extra ripoff sales.
Employees too busy panicking, trying to figure out if they’ll still have a job soon.
Don’t expect there to be any word, btw. The time for spinning this sh*t with good PR tactics is now long past. Being silent is really the best thing they can do at this point, since they didn’t just come right out & apologise immediately for the giant false advertising campaign they were running, & they know they were running.
Likely because they figured (rightly) that it would get them sued, but regardless, yeah.
Man,
I still have that game registered to my account, at the time I figured I didn’t really need the money so whatever. The more I think about how much of a scam it seems they are running, and showing no actual care to people who are fans of the title, I think I’ll request a refund. I’m way out of scope purchase date wise, but heard steam may be lenient w/ NMS refunds because of the general d!ck!$hness of the dev, and despite picking it around launch I still only have like a hr and half logged to it, so maybe they’ll bite.
I mean it’s bizarre, like Sean Murray could be on the back of a milk carton for as much as he’s been seen, who knows maybe he’s off in a cave having a circle j3rk with Phil Fish lol
Good luck 😛
Ohh yeah PC go go go go
They didn’t “sell” 1M copies. Steamspy only shows the “owners”. Rise of the Tomb Raider was packed in with several Nvidia GPU’s + Giveaways etc.
most of pc gamers got it from cd keys or g2a so the data is false i agree which also means it did poorly on pc.
Yep, grey area stores also factor in. I still would say that the PC version was a success.
if thats true they didnt make any money at all on pc.if its $35 for the AAA title at launch from cd keys or g2a then they didnt make anything on pc thats why it was delayed so the ycan make it from xbox now they are making it from the ps4.
the way AAA title devs look at pc gaming is we mite make some thing on pc.
It was delayed because Microsoft bribed them to keep it a timed exclusive on the Xbox One, & Windows 10 UWP store for a set amount of time before they ported it over to Steam, you idiot.
But hey, please, don’t let my FACTS stop your troll parade.
All (17,357)
Steam Purchasers (11,978)
Key Activations (5,379)
theres some actualy numbers for you to look at, roughly 1/3rd of just reviews were key activations which includes the graphics cards giveaway they did which the devs get a part of. the keys also include reviewers and curators who got it from the company for free but obviously way more people bought it from steam then not going by pure numbers
wtf? There is no proof of this.
really?……really?………really?
yes there is no proof of this troll.
Really.
Unless you’ve an actual link that proves otherwise?
I didn’t think so.
I preordered the Steam version of ROTTR without hesitation, because it was cheaper in my region ($40).
I’m glad it sold good, the game is kinda good.
“the game is kinda good”
God no, it starts off better than the reboot with more climbing and exploration but it’s still extremely dumbed down and quickly becomes cowadoody towards the end. I’d say it still falls squarely into generic scriptfest and shallow spectacle despite being a small improvement over the reboot.
Most AAA games are dumbed down. Should we quit gaming because of that?
Why the community is praising DOOM? It’s dumbed down to gain more players…
“Should we quit gaming because of that?”
I’m not sure where the hell that argument comes from, but it can’t be from anything in my comment.
Also, for all the sins the new Doom commits, being dumbed down is not really one of them, if anything the enemies have more complex behaviors and the levels are bigger and more intricate. The main issues I have with the new Doom would be the stark separation of combat and exploration, the reliance on fewer more bullet-spongy enemies, the wub wub music, the hypocrisy of having Doomguy smash comm equipment only to lock you into pointless exposition cutscenes anyway and the overplaying of the Doomguy meme.
“Most AAA games are dumbed down. Should we quit gaming because of that?”
Nope, we should just not buy them, period.
Most people praise DOOM because by their ridiculous standards, it could have been a lot worse, which, to be fair, it could have been, but even so.
was the game available on ps4? No, because ps4 is dead so they made it a xbone exclusive and people bought it there. Ps4 sales are nonexistent according to this site. Xbox doom sales 0.68m pffft xcom 2 60k sales on both consoles BAHAHAHAHHA console gaming is dead.
it just came out on ps4, you dirty pc peasant. Sony sold 45 million PS4s in three years. Meanwhile M$ has to give away their console for free because nobody wants that piece of trash. PC Gaming is irrelevant go back to your moms basement and start some petitions on change.org.
The moment Rockstar announces RDR2 for the PC…..
Oh, how I wish I could be there to see your face.
“it just came out on ps4, you dirty pc peasant”
That was not an argument apparently on gta v pc sales.
“. Meanwhile M$ has to give away their console for free because nobody wants that piece of trash. ”
You are right, this is why pc gaming hardware sells more than ps4.
” PC Gaming is irrelevant ”
Then why is it making more money than all consoles combined?
“start some petitions”
Hows witcher 2 for ps3 coming along?
gta 5 was out on ps3 and xox 360 years before pc.even the remakes on the ps4 and xbox one were out long before the pc version.the same thing will happen with red dead 2 console first then pc wayyyyyy later..lol
At this point I truly find myself wondering; are they planning a remastering package for Witcher 1-2 for new-gen consoles, or are the PlayStation fans just supposed to be stuck with nothing but Witcher 3 on their system?
Like don’t get me wrong, I hate remasters, but they are a necessity for new-gen consoles, & the PlayStation is still missing most of the Witcher franchise, so……
PC gaming is the reason you console morons are getting the pro and scorpio, theyre meant to compete with medium tier gaming rigs but less freedom, expandability, backwards compat doesnt exist, it only does 2 things(game and netflix) will be outdated in terms of tech even before im done typing this. fake 4k, 30fps everywhere(yea really next gen huh?) try studying before spewing out garbage you know nothing of
we dont have to upgrade ill keep my xbox one for 4 more years oh you gpu is lalready out of date and so is your cpu..lol
except my gpu and cpu can run games at true 1440p at well over 60fps and will continue to do so for quite some time, how do you like being told how to play the games you pay for? you stupid corporate sheep
my conslow can play red dead 2..lmao
in its beta stage sure, just like gtav pc version will come later and itll be the best version and even if it doesnt theres hundreds of other games that are as good if not better we can play anyway…so in the long run who gives a crap
and may i add yes you do have to upgrade its called the ps4 pro and the xbox scorpio…you really think that the pro and vanilla ps4 will coexist in peace? as well as xb1 and scorpio….youre delusional, devs will always pick a side and the vanilla consoles will be forgotten and abandoned as all other consoles before them have in favor of better hardware. then youll be forced to upgrade, not given an otpion like you will have in the very early stages of their releases. if you think otherwise you obviously know nothing about the game design industry on even a basic logical level.
LoL your hardware is out of date on release!
pc no red dead 2 and mafia 3 locked at 30fps at launch.ill take games that work and run on console over the mess of a pc any day.
The FPS lock got patched weeks ago, troll.
i can teach you how to be a better troll.
That’s really not something one should be bragging about, mate.
im the best troll there is,the best troll there was and the best troll there ever will be.
now can you dig that suckaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!
But the eye can’t see past 30 fps!!! ?he cinematic feel gone for us pc users? Oh Lord how can we bare this tragedy unfolding on our 4k monitors… I don’t know which game to play from my 1000+ steam library anymore… I’m so jealous of console gamers…
pc is only a mess if youre a complete moron. even consoles have huge installation times thanks to the limit of data sony and micro set on their systems so the “plug and play” advantage is out the window. games are choppy at 30fps most of the time, remember how bad fallout 4 was on ps4 and especially xb1 and still is? remember how you were told the ps4 and xb1 would be around for so long thanks to upgrade in hardware only to turn around and see the pro and scorpio in the distance ready to make more money off blind sheep? BECAUSE I REMEMBER ALL OF IT. If youre gonna troll, try to be at least somewhat intelligent instead of just another ignorant CoD playing 12yr old
Hey peasant walikor… stop creating accounts.
yeahhhhh
indeed red dead 2 is coming to pc LOOOL!
The moment Microsoft announces Halo for the PC…..
Oh, how I wish I could be there to see your face.
I’d pay a million just to be there to see your sad, pathetic face.
Considering we already got Halo 1 and 2 on PC back in the day I see no reason why we couldn’t get another.
I’ve a theory that they’re going to update/relaunch the Halo: Master Chief Collection in Fall 2017 as an Xbox Scorpio launch title, featuring, since it is after all, Halo 3’s 10th anniversary, the Halo 3 Anniversary cut (which may or may not cover Halo 3: ODST as well), & 4K + HDR patches for Halo 1-5.
If that happens, then Microsoft, going by their very own “we’re going to have everything on both the Xbox & Windows 10” would (theoretically) bring the Halo MCC over to Windows 10 as well – assuming they do actually care about PC gaming as they claim to.
Either way, time will tell.
star citizen is pc only…FOREVER.
maybe consoles in 8 years can run it…fat chance but maybe
yep and they wonder why mafia 3 was locked at 30fps from the start or red dead 2 isnt coming to the pc at launch
stop trolling moron.
its my nature you know that.the only reason you are offended is because you use cd keys and g2a
no your existence alone is pretty offensive
First of all you are not making any points mafia 3 was an unfinished game ion every system and was patched to 60 fps day 1. Rockstar north always made the ps version first, only when x360 surpassed ps3 they made the x360 version a priority. Third of all, i have the OPTION of buying games from whatever retailer i want, why do i have to pay 10 bucks to sony and ms for royalty fees and some more for mp?
Peasant.
It’s probably not even coming to the PS4 Pro & the Scorpio at launch, you idiot. It’s standard Rockstar “milk the living sh*t out of it” tactics.
Get over yourself, already.
did you read what you just typed???? you can use your xbox one games on the xbox Scorpio it doesnt need a patch like the ps4 pro does.
the xbox one s can up scale it to 4k.
And? Inserting an Xbox One game into the Scorpio isn’t going to generate extra visuals. At best, if they’ve programmed it correctly, you’ll get higher FPS &/or resolution, but that’s it, which’ll be ridiculous, as the Scorpio, unlike the Pro is (allegedly) an actually big hardware upgrade.
Granted, we still need confirmation on final specs (I wouldn’t put it past Microsoft to downgrade them now in order to save money, honestly), but yeah.
so for a platform that boasts 125m steam users only 1m copies thats not much on that size of a platform.i doubt it takes in account all the g2a and cdkeys sales. that tells me they didnt make anything on pc..lol
1 million x 60 =
sixty million
1 million x 30 =
thirty million
Not including Windows 10 UWP sales, no matter how few they probably actually were.
Yeap, they definitely made absolutely nothing off the PC version.
AT ALL.
Idiot.
duh
You’re agreeing with me that you’re an idiot?
Wow………
Okay.
“i doubt it takes in account all the g2a and cdkeys sales.”
So you doubt that steam keys are taken into acount by steam keys?
Ok, also 125m steam users, you could have a old mac and play f2p games, not all pcs are the same….nor are consoles at this point, lol ps4 and xbone upgrades? Silly me thinking only pc gaming requires upgrades.
LOL you actually think there are 125 million unique users on Steam? lol.
I know you’re a troll but man that was bad.
PC version was also avaliable on Windows store and while most sales were from steam i am sure that both steam/retail and windows store version sales together are more than 1,30 million. Also on xbox it cant pirated while on pc unforutantely has been cracked 3 months ago which means that many people who might have bought it downloaded it for free since then.
It took 7 months to crack RottR… I doubt people who waited 7 months for a crack would’ve bought it.
Especially considering how Publishers don’t give two sh*ts about post-launch sales. The sales window, the first 7 days, are all that matters to them, really.
Everything after that is just extra.
“Also on xbox it cant pirated”
Oh, you sad pathetic ignorant moron.
I am sorry to tell you this but you are literally the only one who believes this, if it takes half a year to get a game cracked, people who want it and can buy it have bought it already.
butthurt alert!!!!
PANIC PANIC PANIC.
“What’s also interesting here is that both of these titles were released in February 2016, so it took them eight months in order to sell one million copies.”
No surprise there, X-COM 2 is a joke, & Rise of the Tomb Raider really isn’t worth more than what you’re willing to pay for a benchmark program.
“It’s also worth noting that both of these games are still priced at $59.99, something that may explain the difference in sales compared to their previous parts.”
LOL.
Now look up the sales numbers for either Xcom game on console.
Lol 30 fps bloodborne with HUGE framepace issue. Lol
And who the F wanna play uncharted an 900p lmfao. Freaking 900p
Freaking peasant YOU CANT AFFORD PROPER GAMING.
sony is going down. Ps4 vr is a fail. Ps4 pro is a fail LoL
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Thank God we console gamers like to play games and not frames or pixels unlike yall PC beggars
Trivia time!!!!
What’s the favorite hobbies of a PC gamer?
Answer: cheat in games and fill out petitions for console games
Because console peasants don’t cheat in games?
Right, keep telling yourself that, kiddo.
if you like to play your games that much in your console …. you know… im not the guy on a pc ONLY site trashing pc user…maybe you should get a life
just saying…. GET A LIFE
Bloodborne could easily make its way to the PC eventually, actually, much like Dark Souls did in turn. It is a From Software title, after all.
Granted, that’s assuming Sony didn’t pay for it to be a permanent exclusive, of course, but I don’t see why they would – they care about keeping things off of the Xbox, not the PC. Uncharted & The Last of Us are indeed owned by Sony (Naughty Dog is a Sony subsidiary), unlike Bloodborne, so there’s little chance of them ever coming to the PC natively, sure, but – oh! Wait, what’s that now? Hold on just a minute;
See, I just remembered about that pesky PlayStation Now service that lets me play oh-so-many PS titles on my PC! Including….. oh boy, wait for it………. UNCHARTED! 😮 Also, oh! Look at that! PlayStation emulation software! :O
On the other hand, you’re never going to be able to play Star Citizen, Civilization, Survarium, Escape from Tarkov, Unreal Tournament, Dreadnought, Homeworld, ArmA, Serious Sam, System Shock, Warhammer: Dawn of War, Rising Storm, World of Sh*tcraft etc. etc. etc. because your sad pathetic walled garden box will NEVER allow you to! 🙁
Well, unless of course the Mighty PC Overlords deign to grace your sad pathetic conslow box with a downgraded port, of course, that is.
P.S. Here’s another one for you; “Red Dead Redemption coming to PlayStation Now”
Ooof, damn, I can feel the heat off that burn all the way over here.
Reminder: Prep H is available prescription-free at your neighbourhood pharmacy, though, for extreme cases, such as yours, a doctor’s visit is definitely recommended……..
Both are great games!
LEARN windows store / M$ and Turn 10, LEARN !