God of War has now sold a total of 23 million copies across its PS4 and PC versions, Sony confirmed earlier today. This means the title has sold roughly 3.5 million more units since August 2021, when Sony issued its previous sales update. Of course, with the release of God of War Ragnarok now just days away, interest in the series is only growing, so there could be even more copies on their way to consumers who want to catch up in time for the sequel.
The introduction of the PC version at the start of this year will have given God of War a steady sales boost as it opened the game up to a new audience. However, it still pales in comparison to the sales juggernaut that is the Marvel's Spider-Man series on PS5, PS4. Between the first game and Miles Morales, the two games have sold a whopping 33 million copies. With Marvel's Spider-Man 2 set for PS5 next year, that stat is only going to dramatically increase.
The sales update was coupled with the news PS5 shipments have reached a total of 25 million, but Sony has a long way to go if it wants to hit its yearly fiscal target. Are you one of the 23 million with a copy of God of War to your name? Get excited for Ragnarok in the comments below.
[source gematsu.com]
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An incredible achievement.
Truly amazing achievement! One of the greatest games I’ve ever been lucky enough to play!
I’m replaying it again right now and I’m just reaffirming it’s absolutely the best PlayStation game I’ve ever played, everything about the game just works incredibly while still looking better than 95% of games out there, can’t f…ing wait for Ragnarök!
Well deserved, it's really an amazing game
Story, combat, dynamic between characters, everything is great about this game
Wow I’m surprise Sony didn’t have to make a 70 billion dollar purchase to achieve this .
Man what is with this website lately and it’s negative tone jesus. Instead of celebrating this great milestone of GOW it has to pull an “well actually this game sold” nonsense just to have a negative undertone. Not to mention comparing it to combined sales of both Spider-Man games is ridiculous and even than it makes GOW sales even more impressive imo.
I've got one of those 23 million sales which is just as well otherwise Sony would've only sold 22,999,999 and that would've made the headline awkward.
I bought it twice as I borrowed my first copy to a friend and never got it back. Obvs got it on PS+ Collection too.
N.i.c.e. thats a lot of units that god of war sells. 🐐 👑.another masterpiece coming.word up son
Of course, it's apples to oranges until Miles Morales is on PC, but 23M copies for one God of War game is more impressive than 33M copies for two games. With Ragnarök around the corner, Kratos will be on more even footing (two games vs. two games) and leave Spider-Man in the dust.
@dark_knightmare2 agree. One game selling 23 million vs 2 games selling 33 million; I would call that an achievement for one game to do
@TrickyDicky99 are you joking right now 😂.
I'd be curious to know how many of those were at full price. The game goes for almost nothing in sales. I bought it for $10 back in 2020.
@TrickyDicky99 Almost nobody cares that Ragnarok is also on PS4, lol. Just a few terminally online grumps who want something to complain about.
Why bundle 2 games together then compare their sales figures to a single game? I don't know what that's supposed to prove.
@TrickyDicky99 please tell me this is a joke cause if not holy crap lmao
Removed - unconstructive
@dark_knightmare2 agree, why compare it's sales to the combined sales of 2 titles.
@dark_knightmare2 along with the sub drop article, Liam is a negative nelly today.
A great achievement and I am looking forward to God of War Ragnarok next week
@stvevan I’m literally reporting facts, it’s not my fault the news isn’t kissing Sony’s arse everyday 😂
@Ralizah about a third at best I'd imagine, it was £15 as part of Playstation Hits a year or so after launch, its still a great achievement for this and the Spider-Man games even if largely due to their reduced prices in the long run
@dark_knightmare2 That's how Sony has reported its sales numbers for Spider-Man, its biggest games. What do you want me to do? Guess what each one has sold individually and therefore make the article inaccurate?
That number will jump up again when they release the inevitable PS5 version.
Played it first in 2018 but on off due to my studies; which probably was why I didn’t understand the praise for it back then, albeit I was thought it was very good. But now replaying it on PS5, and is truly special - there’s some special quality to it I find lacking in most games nowadays.
@LiamCroft idk just not bring it up in an article celebrating a GOW sales milestone
@dark_knightmare2 Sales numbers don't really mean anything if you don't have something to compare them to.
@LiamCroft your reporting news people understand that but where’s the article about Sony having the best Q2 revenue ever in gaming or is that too positive for this site
Nicely done. Great game.
On PC, GOW has an "Overwhelmingly Positive" score on Steam. Regardless how people feel about it, It is amazing what a great job Sony Studios have done on PC out of the gate.
Smart move putting it on PC. The gatekeepers may not have liked it but it’s a game that everyone should experience if they’re a gamer. I was done with it years before it went to PC anyway.
@TrickyDicky99 God of war is a completely different animal than gt7 and Horizon. Everybody and their moms are hyped for Ragnarök be it on ps4 or ps5.
@LiamCroft don’t really agree with that especially comparing GOW to two combined games plus them being wildly different from each other but if that’s how you feel so be it
@LiamCroft im not asking you to kiss ass. i dont.
there was already an article on finances, then you chose to highlight subs drop. negative over the positive 10% spending increase.
gow sells 23m, but SM does 33m again negative.
so you are being negative
@stvevan No, I'm reporting the news. End of. It's not a negative slant when it's based on fact.
@TrickyDicky99 “Traded the game in and got half my money back without even opening the wrapper.”
You traded in the digital game that came with the console?
@ChrisDeku
Awfully fishy right?
@get2sammyb I've seen Xbots on Twitter calling these numbers disappointing, they truly are an odd bunch.
@dark_knightmare2 it just attracts more views, that's all.
And I still haven't played it, haha. Will do it someday, but the "new" style isn't my thing.
@LiamCroft you could had compared it to the previous god of war games.
One of the few games I 100% completed. Along with TLOU2 and both Spider man and Spider Man Miles Morales. PS Studios know how to churn out masterpieces!!!!!
@TrickyDicky99 there was never a ps5 & horizon disk version bundle dude caught you in a lie you sad troll 😂
@TrickyDicky99 And somehow people think the games still look fantastic. Its a small group of crybabies that keep going on about this i would love to hear how many PS4 copies there have been sold.
I'm honestly surprised it hasn't sold alot more, but congrats to Sony and Santa Monica on this achievement!
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