Developer S-Game's action-RPG Phantom Blade Zero launched on October 29 and had a massive start across PC and PS5.
The game sold more than 4 million copies over its first 72 hours. That works out to 926 units sold per minute or about 15.4 per second over the first three days.
"Thank you everyone from the bottom of our hearts for all the love and support," the studio said in a social media post.
https://twitter.com/pbzero_official/status/2117074929594298758
The 4 million figure counts copies sold
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