It's safe to say that Borderlands 3 has been a hit. Publisher 2K has revealed that the looter shooter sold more than five million copies over its first five days on the market, making it the fastest selling release in the company's history. An impressive result.
Interestingly, 2K says that over 70 per cent of those sales were digital. Obviously that's taking PC numbers into account, but it's still a significant statistic. As for how Borderlands 3 stacks up to its predecessors, Borderlands 2 currently sits at a crazy 20 million units or thereabouts, so this latest instalment still has a lot of catching up to do. That said, if Borderlands 3 can remain popular for as long as Borderlands 2 has, then it's in with a chance.
Clearly Borderlands is going nowhere, but we do wonder whether the wait for the next game in the series will be quite as lengthy as it was for Borderlands 3.
Did you add to these sales? Grab all the loot you can carry in the comments section below.
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Iβm waiting for ps5 version, at the last year of console I usually just play my backlog and only buy exclusive that I canβt wait to play.
Especially now with epic free games, microsoft gamepass pc (subs for 2 years using ultimate $1 promotion) and apple arcade, I never run short of games.
I still wont buy this i wont support a scummy company.
Impressive!
N.i.c.e. borderlands is legendary word up son
I've always tried to buy games if I want them, regardless of how scummy the publisher is, as it really wouldn't be fair on the dev team. I am not the greatest fan of Randy, not at all, but if this game goes down in price, yeah I'll buy it. Maybe on the Epic Store just to draw the scorn of even more people
Very impressive, game is super fun and deserves the sales!
I helped the digital sales.
Well deserved. This game is a blast.
An improvement on BL2 on every aspect, except Handsome Jack substitutes...
so much for the boycott then π€
You've got to love the comments on this Facebook post, one person asks how many were sold and another says Pushsquare has been hating on the game, that'll explain the 8 out of 10 "Great" score then πππ
Wait, how can this be 2K's fastest selling game if it only sold half as much as Borderlands 2? π€
I guess digital sales did make up the difference after all.
Randy must be proud
Not got it yet but looking forward to it
So when are we going to add vertical splitscreen Gearbox??
Fantastic. Game is a blast!
Some of the most fun I have had co-op in ages.
I had a lot of fun with BL2 so I'm so going to buy this game soon.
I'd argue that part of why this game turned out good is because they didn't bum rush to get it out.
Bette one good entry every few years than cookie cutter games every single year.
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