Rumors: 2016 DOOM sold better than Doom 3

Doom 3 is still considered the best-selling game in the series, but the 2016 reimagining of the cult shooter, which was released in XNUMX, seems to be even more successful.

Rumors: 2016 DOOM sold better than Doom 3

Twitter user under the pseudonym Timur222 drew attention to the entry in LinkedIn profile Garrett Young, id Software CEO from 2013 to 2018.

According to information on Yang's page, DOOM (2016) became "the best-selling game in the history of id Software" and thus surpassed doom 3 result - 3,5 million sold copies.

Usually in such cases, game companies are in a hurry to share their success with the public, but for some reason, id Software and Bethesda Softworks did not feel the need to brag.


Rumors: 2016 DOOM sold better than Doom 3

Not much is known about DOOM sales: in May 2016, the game launched from second place UK retail charts (demand increased by 3% compared to Doom 67), and by the end of June even topped the list.

As of July 2017, sales of the PC version of DOOM alone were estimated at 2 million copies - the information was provided by the SteamSpy service, but its data is not always reliable.

The next game in the Doom series, DOOM Eternal, will be released on March 20th. The developers are going to surpass DOOM (2016) in every aspect: graphic component, gameplay variety, duration ΠΈ network component.



Source: 3dnews.ru

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