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11:47 AM PDT 7/24/2020
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Trilby Beresford
The action-adventure game is PS4’s best-selling original first-party IP debut, according to PlayStation.
Action and adventure game Ghost of tsushima It sold more than 2.4 million units worldwide during its inaugural weekend, July 17-20, PlayStation revealed in a tweet on Friday.
That’s enough to make the title, which comes from developer Sucker Punch, known to the Infamous franchise: The first bestselling original PlayStation 4 IP debut ever, according to PlayStation.
Among the other best-selling properties on PlayStation, the action RPG Horizon Zero Dawn, which launched in 2017, has sold more than 10 million copies.
Ghost of tsushima Set in feudal Japan during the first Mongol invasion in 1274, it follows protagonist Jin Sakai, one of the last remaining samurai warriors, who becomes a phantom fighter to ward off brutal enemies.
The game’s performance comes immediately after Naughty Dog revealed last month that The Last of Us Part II, a sequel to the original from 2013, It sold over 4 million copies in its first three days, making it the best-selling exclusive first-party title for the PS4.