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wraggster
December 16th, 2011, 02:20
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Zenimax has announced that 10 million copies of Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim (http://joystiq.com/game/elder-scrolls-5-skyrim) have been shipped out to retailers since release, which represents $650 million in potential sales so far. Keep in mind that those copies are shipped, not actuallysold, but sales for the title (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/12/skyrim-flies-past-modern-warfare-3-on-uk-charts/) are doing well so far, and as all of those gift cards appear in stockings and under the tree this coming holiday, odds are that quite a few more of these copies will be exchanged for money going forward.

Zenimax also reports that the critically acclaimed title has outsold all other PC games by a factor of three to one in the month since its release, and currently holds the title for the fastest-selling game in Steam's history. Star Wars: The Old Republic (http://joystiq.com/game/star-wars-the-old-republic) is set to officially arrive next week, so it's hard to see Skyrimholding up that ratio for much longer, on the PC platform front anyway.

Still, infinity times ten million equals a hell of a lot of dragons. Congrats to Bethesda and Zenimax on all of the success -- we'd say that as great as the game is (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/10/skyrim-review/), it's well deserved.



http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/15/skyrim-ships-10-million-copies-already-outsells-other-pc-titles/