Ghost of Tsushima has broken PlayStation’s first-party PS4 launch record.
TheSucker Punchtitle sold through more than 2.4 million copies globally in its first three days of sales,Sony Interactive Entertainmentannounced on Friday.
The open-world exclusive beat the recordpreviously held by 2017’s Horizon Zero Dawn, which took two weeks to sell through 2.6m units.
However, Tsushima was some ways from matchingthe records set by established franchises such as The Last of Us Part 2, which sold over four million copies in three days.God of WarandSpider-Maneach sold more than three million copies in the same timespan.
Ghost of Tsushima is now PS4’s fastest selling first-party original IP debut with more than 2.4 million units sold through globally in its first 3 days of sales.Congratulations@SuckerPunchProd, and thank you to fans around the world for taking part in Jin’s journey.pic.twitter.com/6aE4U7YZJH
Earlier this weekGhost of Tsushima recorded the best launch week sales of any first-party PlayStation 4 game in Japan.
It sold 221,915 copies in its first week, comfortably surpassing the record previously held byDeath Stranding,Famitsureported.
Sucker Punch’s game is only the third Western-developed game to receive a perfect 40/40 score from Japan’s Famitsu magazine (the others wereGrand Theft Auto Vand Elder Scrolls IV: Skyrim).
In VGC’sGhost of Tsushima review, our critic said the “Kurosawa homage forges its own identity, but is weighed down by the genre’s more perfunctory tropes”.
The game is available to purchase atAmazon,Best BuyandGame, among other retailers.
