According to a delightful press release we received yesterday afternoon, Sucker Punch’s inFamous: Second Son has become the second PlayStation 4 exclusive game to join the million sold club – and it managed that feat in just 9 days.
The first to claim that accolade was Killzone: Shadowfall, but what makes this particular feat impressive is that Second Son is now officially the fastest selling inFamous game in the history of the series. Why is that impressive? The install base for the PlayStation 4 is significantly lower now than when either of the first games were released on the PlayStation 3.
According to the press release the magic million encompasses both “Blu-ray Disc sell-thru quantities and download version sales on PlayStation®Store as of March 29, 2014.” That rather implies that it sold, not just shipped numbers too and, presumably, includes copies from the inFamous hardware bundle.
Is it because PS4 owners were just aching for a great new game to play, or is it because inFamous is a genuinely fantastic, deserving game? Honestly, it’s probably a bit of both. In our own review, we called it be the best inFamous yet.
“Infamous: Second Son wears its rebellious heart on its sleeve. Brimming with attitude, unrelenting and massive to take in, the game never forgets the most important aspect of game design however, and remains consistently fun.”
Last Updated: April 10, 2014
Admiral Chief in Space
April 10, 2014 at 08:08
Its good seeing a good game doing good. Now if it was a silly game, I’d lose my sh!t
Martin du preez
April 10, 2014 at 08:09
When SONY is behind it, I’m not surprised. The by gamers for gamers mantra is real guys.
Thank you SONY
Hammersteyn
April 10, 2014 at 08:10
Anyone else notice the origami paper trail missions that you basically are following a white rabbit and you have to go to your PC to unlock the rest….
Brian Murphy
April 10, 2014 at 08:15
enjoyyourpower.com. Took a bunch of photos of the physical test kit they send you (online test kit avail when the phys ran out), there’s an article on here somewhere.
Hammersteyn
April 10, 2014 at 08:17
Yeah, but the Matrix reference as well.
Jaded_Reprobate
April 10, 2014 at 08:13
it’s a good game, but i think the fact that it has very little in the way of competition at the moment helped with the figures… As a PS4 owner i know i’m dying for games to come out, so i’m pretty much guaranteed to buy whatever is released next. that will obviously all changes as the market is better saturated with games
Martin du preez
April 10, 2014 at 08:23
That’s the price we as early adopters have to pay unfortunately.
Hammersteyn
April 10, 2014 at 08:18
Who has time to download a little under 24Gigs. Physical disc please.
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 10, 2014 at 08:22
Welcome to next-gen, where the graphics are prettier & the downloads are bigger.
Hammersteyn
April 10, 2014 at 08:23
We need some next-gen bandwidth then.
HisDivineOrder
April 10, 2014 at 08:34
PC gamers… all the time?
Hammersteyn
April 10, 2014 at 09:16
Lemme guess. Your DVD writer is busted from burning discs 😛
Jonah Cash
April 10, 2014 at 08:53
I am currently busy running through it for a second time. Time to get my evil on!!
Hammersteyn
April 10, 2014 at 09:17
I need to drink less and play more.