Hazelight Video games says its newest co-op journey recreation Split Fiction is constant its roaring begin after promoting 2 million copies in only one week.
The twin-protagonist story dropped March 6 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection X and S and rapidly managed to safe itself as yet one more success story for the studio. Hazelight took to social media to have a good time the sturdy launch, saying that it’s “blown away” by the assist from followers each new and previous.
The workforce’s earlier replace on Split Fiction gross sales numbers revealed {that a} whopping 1 million gamers picked up Mio and Zoe’s sci-fi story solely 48 hours after its preliminary launch. Meaning one other million have every picked up a duplicate within the 5 days since.
In the meantime, Split Fiction’s standing as a co-op recreation means the precise variety of gamers participating with the expertise is definitely a lot increased than the variety of copies bought. Bolstering its impression with gaming followers is its (*1*) function, which permits one participant to buy the sport whereas granting a good friend entry at no further value. As Hazelight’s journey continues to make waves on social media, that 2 million bought quantity will certainly solely enhance.
Hazelight’s earlier title, 2021 Recreation of the 12 months winner It Takes Two, noticed related success after promoting round 1 million copies a couple of weeks after its launch in March 2021. That quantity ballooned to 10 million copies by February 2023 and 20 million by October 2024.
In IGN’s Split Fiction evaluation, we known as it “an expertly crafted co-op journey that pinballs from one style excessive to a different.”
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