DOOM Eternal Sales Break Previous Entry’s Opening Weekend

<p>DOOM Eternal broke the DOOM series&&num;8217&semi; launch record for opening weekend sales&comma; doubling the launch sales of the 2016-released <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;106403-2&sol;">reboot<&sol;a>&period; Bethesda Softworks and developer id Software revealed the news this week&period; For its release week&comma; Doom Eternal also was the bestselling Steam game&comma; surpassing 100&comma;000 concurrent active players on the platform&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game&comma; developed by id Software&comma; takes players on a journey across dimensions with the next big leap in push-forward&comma; first-person combat&period; Powered by the idTech 7 engine&comma; and an all-new soundtrack by Mick Gordon&comma; DOOM Eternal puts the player in control of DOOM Slayer&comma; to rip apart new and classic demons with weapons old and new&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-155791" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;03&sol;25174448&sol;DOOM&lowbar;Eternal&lowbar;6&period;jpg" alt&equals;"DOOM Eternal Breaks Sales Records&comma; id Software&comma; Bethesda" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">DOOM Eternal Sales Compared To Other Entries<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>To put this into perspective&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s take a look at what happened for previous series entries&period; The 1993 original came out and sold between two and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;books&period;google&period;com&sol;books&quest;id&equals;znUoeG5ulvQC&amp&semi;lpg&equals;PA14&amp&semi;dq&equals;doom&percnt;20copies&percnt;20sold&amp&semi;pg&equals;PA14&num;v&equals;onepage&amp&semi;q&equals;doom&percnt;20copies&percnt;20sold&amp&semi;f&equals;false">three million physical copies<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;web&period;archive&period;org&sol;web&sol;20000302112243&sol;http&colon;&sol;&sol;pc&period;ign&period;com&sol;news&sol;11728&period;html">1&period;15 million shareware copies<&sol;a> up until 1999&period; Doom II sold <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;web&period;archive&period;org&sol;web&sol;20000302112243&sol;http&colon;&sol;&sol;pc&period;ign&period;com&sol;news&sol;11728&period;html">1&period;55 million units of all types<&sol;a> in the USA during this same period&period; A quarter of that amount was also sold in Europe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This totals to about five to six million units sold for the original duo&period; Doom 3 sold <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;web&period;archive&period;org&sol;web&sol;20080705061409&sol;http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;shacknews&period;com&sol;docs&sol;press&sol;010710&lowbar;id&lowbar;carmack&lowbar;emmys&period;x">3&period;5 million copies<&sol;a> along with many Resurrection of Evil &lpar;its expansion pack&rpar; units as well&period; Up to this point&comma; it was the most successful entry in the series&period; Unfortunately&comma; Doom 64 sales were not disclosed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>DOOM &lpar;2016&rpar; sold over <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dualshockers&period;com&sol;doom-surpasses-2-million-copies-sold-steam&sol;">two million units<&sol;a> on PC alone&comma; in between its May 2016 launch and July 2017&period; It was surpassed in its launch month only by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gameinformer&period;com&sol;b&sol;news&sol;archive&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;09&sol;uncharted-4-leads-strong-month-of-software-sales-in-may-npd&period;aspx&quest;">Uncharted 4&colon; A Thief&&num;8217&semi;s End<&sol;a> in both the US and Europe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If Doom Eternal&&num;8217&semi;s sales for the opening week serve as any indication&comma; sales look to be promising for id Software and Bethesda&&num;8217&semi;s newest title&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What do you think about DOOM Eternal&&num;8217&semi;s sales for launch week&quest; Are you planning to buy the game&quest; If you already own it&comma; do you enjoy it&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>For more coverage on DOOM Eternal&comma; be sure to read our article about the launch trailer <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;doom-eternal-launch-trailer-unleashes-all-hell&sol;">here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;