Sony Shocker: God of War III Sales Brisk
By Mike Sharkey | Apr 2, 2010
Sony exec says a million units moved in no time.
According to Sony's VP of Marketing Peter Dille, Kratos has joined Lightning and Private Preston Marlowe as the videogame industry's stars in March. Dille, speaking at yesterday's MI6 conference, said God of War III sold 1 million copies in "just a couple days."
Dille, as reported by IGN, did not provide specifics on whether or not he meant worldwide sales or just North America, but we do know God of War III was huge in the U.K. The game appeared at the top of the GFK Chart Track for the week of March 15 despite being on the shelves for only two days. GFK also said that week-one sales of God of War III topped God of War II by 2.65 to 1.
We'll know for sure just how big Kratos is in North America when the NPD Group releases its March videogame sales report on April 8. One thing appears certain, with Final Fantasy XIII and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 reporting multi-million unit months, March should prove to be a huge rebound for the slumping videogame industry.
Source:
GameSpy
