Uncharted 3 ‘Sells’ 3.8 Million on Day One
It’s a sad fact that quality doesn’t always ensure commercial success, with highly rated games like ICO and Heavenly Sword failing to sell even a fraction of more heavily marketed, mainstream titles. The Uncharted series, however, has managed to sell well and be regarded as one of the best franchises of the generation – a truly remarkable feat.
According to Sony, the third game in the trilogy, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, “has smashed sales expectations to become one of the best-selling titles of 2011, putting the third installment on a clear course to be the biggest selling game in the trilogy”. Sony boasts that on day one, Uncharted 3 sold 3.8 million copies globally – but it’s important to note that the publisher is actually talking about shipped figures.
Nick Caplin, head of communications at SCEE, said:
Uncharted 3 is a blockbuster and these incredible sales figures reflect that. Consumers are clearly as eager to play the game as critics were to heap praise upon it, and the team at Naughty Dog deserve this fantastic reception at retail.
Some of the success can be attributed to the largest marketing campaign ever by SCEE in the UK, as well as strong support from Japan. The first two Uncharted games managed to sell a combined total of 8 million as of October.
14 Responses to “Uncharted 3 ‘Sells’ 3.8 Million on Day One”
I’m one of those proud owners of this fantastic game! I am already trying to beat this thing on crushing!
great game!
That’s perfect considering its console exclusive. If it were for all systems, MW3 would have been blown out of the water.
I have the urge to buy everything Naughty Dog now LoL Loved the Crash Bandicoot games on the PS1 & i love the Uncharted games on PS3
I missed J&D on the PS2 because i liked R&C better but as J&D PS2 HD collection is coming out next year i WANT that to! ! ! 
LONG LIVE ND & SONY! ! !
Sold around 1.3m U.S. day one i believe.
Got the CE, love it. Got the platinum, love it. Sadly it didnt pull gears of war 3 numbers, but playstation gamers arent supporting their games lke xbox does.
I wish PS3 owners would support their exclusives like the xbox.
This game rode in on the coat tails from the success of the first two titles, and for good reasons. But this installment falls far shorter to make an impact on me than its’ two predecessors. After buying U3 and blasting through single player in under ten hours on the toughest available difficulty setting, the game has already been removed from my collection.
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Uncharted 1&2 are among my favorite PS3 games, but I was sorely let down and disappointed by this third installment. It’s apparent Naughty Dog spent more time on multiplayer and how they can nickle and dime us with “add-on” content, than they did at making this third Uncharted single player experience as epic and entertaining as the first two games.
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It’s a real shame to see a studio that once made the best possible single player experience they were able to, turn to the NnD practice… nickle n dime us for content that should have been there in the first place. Games are no longer being created for the gamer. Disgusting, really.
This is a game for everyone to enjoy !!!!
Could just change the heading to “Uncharted 3 Shipped 3.8million on Day One” oh wait…
Got pretty disappointed with the last part of the game/ending…It’s as if they were forced to cut the game short, or budget ran out…kinda like the end of god of war 3 but just worse. Awesome game still, although it didn’t reach the almost perfection of “Among Thieves”, I still consider it a solid 9/10.
Very impressive! I expect the sales to rise after the holidays
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humm, i sure hope the sale will still rise & at the same time push 1 & 2 to go beyond 10M sales!
it’s always like that, 3rd installments would rather deceive than amaze yet i’m sure UC3 is great but too short for 10 hours. I still haven’t receive mine & some pirates are already enjoying it :S
i can’t blame ND or any developers to release shorter / less impressive games & then push up DLCs, but i would prefer they do release free DLCs to make the game best experience & charge for some optional items. It it means thieves get lesser version OK for me.
cheers!
Sony has confirmed that this is the actual number of units sold. IGN has an article up about it if anyone is interested.