God of War Ragnarok is Santa Monica Studio's latest entry from the franchise, and now it has broken a series sales record. God of War Ragnarok has received widespread critical acclaim since its launch, and fans love the newly launched action-adventure game. Fans eagerly awaited this game after being highly impressed with its predecessor, 2018's God of War. Naturally, experts in the gaming community expected God of War Ragnarok to have a spectacular launch.
Still, the action-adventure title from Santa Monica Studio has surpassed many expectations from fans and critics alike in only a couple of days since its release. God of War Ragnarok is one of the trending games on Twitch, as hundreds of thousands of fans are tuning in to watch streamers play the game. The Santa Monica release has now broken another milestone as it achieved the biggest launch in the UK in the franchise's history.
God of War games has a history of performing commercially well in the United Kingdom as numerous titles from the franchise have debuted at the top spot. Out of the 12 God of War games released in the UK, four managed to reach the number one spot while others also performed adequately. God of War Ragnarok joins the club of highly successful games from the franchise to top the UK sales chart, and that is based only on physical sales. Furthermore, the latest God of War title sold more copies in a single day than any other game from the franchise did in an entire week.
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However, the most successful game from the God of War franchise was the 2018 action-adventure title, among the best-selling games of that year. Ragnarok's predecessor was behind only a handful of notable video games like Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Marvel's Spider-Man, FIFA 19, and Red Dead Redemption 2. Moreover, the reports also say that 55% of the game's PS5 sales came from the God of War hardware bundle, and fans are expecting God of War Ragnarok to break many more records as time progresses.
Fans have already watched more than 16 million hours of gameplay from God of War Ragnarok in only a few days of its release. The hype surrounding the latest God of War franchise is understandable, as fans have waited for years to see the series finale in the Norse era. The story of the game covers Ragnarok, an important event in Norse mythology, which was foretold in the previous title.
God of War Ragnarok is now available on PS4 and PS5.
Source: GamesIndustry.biz