With over a very impressive 24 million units sold, a mere three days after its worldwide release, Sucker Punch's Ghost of Tsushima became the fastest-selling original PlayStation 4 intellectual property; managing to surpass Bend Studio's Days Gone and Kojima Productions' Death Stranding.
Those sales numbers set the bar pretty high for Sucker Punch's critically acclaimed action-adventure title, but things didn't stop there, as it was also revealed that the game was breaking sales records in Japan; positioning itself as the second highest-selling first-party title on the PlayStation 4 with over 300,000 physical copies sold.
Interestingly enough, Ghost of Tsushima couldn't beat Insomniac Games' insanely popular, and also critically acclaimed MARVEL's Spider-Man, although this was somewhat to be expected, considering that Spider-Man is a pretty huge franchise featuring arguably one of the most popular superheros out there; closely tied with Batman.
Earlier today, in fact, we reported that Ghost of Tsushima had also become the best-selling game of July in the United States, and that the game had dethroned InFamous: Second Son as Sucker Punch's fastest-selling launch in the developer's history; not to mention becoming the 5th best-selling game of the fiscal year so far.
Tables have now turned, and MARVEL's Spider-Man has finally been dethroned by Sucker Punch's Ghost of Tsushima, in a little over 3 weeks since its worldwide release, and with over a very impressive 330,000 physical copies sold in Japan; information officially revealed by Famitsu, and reported by independent video game analyst BenjiSales.
Sucker Punch really delivered quite the send-off for the PlayStation 4 with Ghost of Tsushima, which is quite fitting since many players consider that InFamous: Second Son was the push the console needed at launch, even when the game wasn't really a launch title. Sucker Punch, our hats are off to you; congratulations, and thank you for delivering such incredible masterpieces time and time again.
In 1274, the fearsome Mongol Empire invades the Japanese island of Tsushima and slaughters its legendary samurai defenders. Jin Sakai is one of the last survivors of a noble samurai clan. To combat his overwhelming foes, he must pioneer deadly new fighting techniques--the way of The Ghost--and wage an unconventional war for the people of Japan.
Ghost of Tsushima is currently available exclusively for the PlayStation 4.