So Borderlands 2 got a lot of hype. If my Steam friends list has told me anything, it got a lot of sales too. And if this article told me anything more, it's that it got a fuckload of sales.
The first major landmark of Borderlands 2 was outselling its original. By a lot. Four-to-one to be exact. So imagine for every copy of Borderlands you bought, you got a four-pack of Borderlands 2 instead.
Second was beating out 2012's other big launches. Admittedly the winter season hasn't hit yet which usually holds our big launches (this year includes the Wii U and the annual sales-spanker Call of Duty) but it beat out the former champion, Mass Effect 3, by 4,000 copies.
The game also sold a large majority on the Xbox 360, with the total percentage of retail copies totaling 71% on Xbox 360. The Playstation 3 only managed to grab 22%, and the PC grabbed 7%. However, this only accounts for physical retail sales, and as we should all know by now, digital accounts largely for PC sales now.
Source
The first major landmark of Borderlands 2 was outselling its original. By a lot. Four-to-one to be exact. So imagine for every copy of Borderlands you bought, you got a four-pack of Borderlands 2 instead.
Second was beating out 2012's other big launches. Admittedly the winter season hasn't hit yet which usually holds our big launches (this year includes the Wii U and the annual sales-spanker Call of Duty) but it beat out the former champion, Mass Effect 3, by 4,000 copies.
The game also sold a large majority on the Xbox 360, with the total percentage of retail copies totaling 71% on Xbox 360. The Playstation 3 only managed to grab 22%, and the PC grabbed 7%. However, this only accounts for physical retail sales, and as we should all know by now, digital accounts largely for PC sales now.
Source