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Skyrim Breaks 8-Year Old UK Record
Bethesda continues to see success with its latest open-world game, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
UK software sales tracker GFK Chart-Track says Skyrim is the first game in eight years to claim the #1 spot on the Christmas Chart that wasn't released by Electronic Arts or Activision.
The record started with EA’s ‘Medal of Honor: Rising Sun’ back in 2003. Since then, the top Christmas Chart titles include: NFS: Underground 2 (2004), NFS: Most Wanted (2005), FIFA ‘07 (2006), CoD 4: Modern Warfare (2007), FIFA ‘09 (2008), CoD: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), and CoD: Black Ops (2010). The last title to reach #1 not released by EA or Activision was Grand Theft Auto: Vice City in 2002 from Take-Two.
Bethesda recently announced Skyrim has shipped 10 million copies worldwide since launching November 11. The company said it generated around $650 million in retail sales.
[Source: GFK Chart-Track]
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