Released on October 8 on PS5 and PC, Konami and Bloober Team's Silent Hill 2 remake has now sold one million units, including shipped packages and digital downloads.
Konami released the sales number via a press release, and the data is from the company's own research.
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Per the prepared statement, Konami says the sales data is from release until October 11, which is just the game's first three days of availability. Read on for the complete quote below (translated by Google).
While this number might seem low compared to other games such as Call of Duty, it's important to note that the horror gaming genre is more niche. The fact that this is a remake of a sequel might have confused some people as well.
The original Silent Hill 2 was released in 2001 for the PS2 and was developed by Team Silent of Konami. With the remake's release, the original developers have chimed in with Masahiro Ito, stating that Bloober made the "correct choice" to change the design decision for one particular boss fight.
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