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Skyrim Ships 10 Million Worldwide

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by Matt Helgeson on December 15, 2011 at 08:00 PM

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Bethesda has just announced that worldwide shipments of its epic The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim have passed an impressive benchmark.

In a press release released today, the company broke the news. On a worldwide basis, Skyrim has now shipped over 10 million copies, generating around $650 million in retail sales. In North America, the PC version of Skyrim outsold all other PC games three-to-one.

In addition, Valve has announced that Skyrim is the fastest-selling title in the history of its Steam digital distribution platform. Raptr, a service which tracks the gaming habits of players worldwide, has dubbed Skyrim the most-played game of 2011.

Throw in over 200 perfect review scores (though it fell short of that score in Game Informer) and a Game of the Year nod from the Spike Video Game Awards, and this reporter can come to only one conclusion: People really like Skyrim. You read it here first.

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Filed under: News, Industry News, retail, sales, Bethesda Softworks, Skyrim, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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by Jingora Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:03 PM

Wow what an achievement. I'm happy for them.
by Yusuke Urameshi Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:06 PM

Imagine all those hours played.
by PIZZAKING92 Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:07 PM

Although im sure they are working hard to fix it, there is simply no excuse for what they did with the PS3 version.
by sony141118 Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:07 PM

I wish IU had that amount of money
by Aaron Quixote Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:08 PM

GOTY "Glitches Of The Year"
by Vurtax Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:08 PM

Fantastic, truly a game that deserves every sale it makes, despite the bugs it encounters. I guess we can also see that The Elder Scrolls is now a more popular series than Bethesda's approach to Fallout. At least for the time being until Fallout 4 comes out. Probably won't happen till next generation of hardware though considering Bethesda was actually planning on waiting for next gen to do Skyrim originally. And as always, I'm extremely excited for the future of the RPG market for next year with Skyrim reigniting the interest.
by The guy who is meh Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:08 PM

At my church we had the secret Shepard program, where presents are donated to less fortunate children. One guy brought in an Xbox 360 packed in with Skyrim. I have a feeling that kid will have the best Christmas ever.
by Ka-Bash Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:11 PM

Never heard of Skyim... Yeah. I'm being THAT guy. :P
by HarmlessKiller Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:11 PM

In related news, Morrowind fanboys everywhere have been recalled due to a manufacturing error that causes them to explode when they find out Bethesda still isn't going back to the "three characters with an encyclopedia of dialogue and the rest are scarecrows, having a chance to miss someone I just stabbed in the head, more skills than would actually be required in real life" format.
by ThisFreakinGuy Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:14 PM

Glad it's doing so well
by Latro Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:14 PM

Reiner would have given it a 10 if he played it on PC.
by Paulo Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:16 PM

Bethesda succeeds.
by Vaas Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:17 PM

That is a lot of money.
by super stone412 Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:19 PM

Wow ...... skyrim is my favorite game of 2011. it beats dead island, mw3,bf3 , crysis 2 and all my other games this year. i think this also is my favorite game of all time
by Him Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:19 PM

None of this includes the Steam sales, I'm assuming... Buying it on Steam was perfect; no need to worry about patches.
by Darkeon Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:20 PM

YES!!!! it deserves it
by A Person Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:21 PM

Awesome thing to happen to an awesome game.
by Garrus Vakarian Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:21 PM

What a great achievement. Patch 1.3 is making the game as smooth as butter.
by YouInfectMe Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:26 PM

I'm happy t see a game that deserves such high sales getting them! :)
by thatfoxguy Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 08:29 PM

Good news everybody!

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