Ninja Theory Sells More Than 50k in First Week on Xbox

“We’ve hit our target of selling 50K units of #Hellblade on #XboxOne in Week 1!

We can now donate $25K to Mental Health America @MentalHealthAm !

We still have 1 day of Week 1 left, so let’s hit our stretch goal of 100K units! If we do it by Apr 18 we can donate $50K!”

[Malice-Flare]

is that more than they need for the Charity? nice...

[coolbeans]

Yes, for the $25k tier; unfortunately, doesn't look like the 50k tier (100k sales in ~1 week) will be reached. Time to spam everyone on the last day. :P

[xer0]

It’s funny... for a UK based company, they want to donate to an American charity and not a UK charity 😂

[ScootaKuH]

Yeah I thought that as well. I guess charity doesn't begin at home after all...

[Mr Pumblechook]

This month Microsoft unfortunately hasn't released any notable exclusives so it was a given that Xbox owners would jump all over this quality experience. I'm happy Ninja Theory are making money from this and happy that Xbox owners are having fun with this.

[Automatic79]

Congratulations Ninja Theory

[UltraNova]

Well deserved. Glad xbox gamers are on this game it deserves every single copy sold.

[corroios]

It deserved so much more.

[Kribwalker]

50,000 in 4days for a game that was already released 8 months ago that sold 500,000 in 3 months isn’t bad at all. Some people like me that are multi console owners have already picked it up as well.

[SickWolf]

Indeed, one of the best games released this generation.

[Darth Gamer]

Playing it now on the Xbox One X. Beautiful game and very well made. A must have for all.

[JayRyu]

Great job Ninja Theory! I'm enjoying the heck out of this game. It looks amazing on the 1X as well.

[JesusBuiltmyHotrod]

Damn 50k is...really low.

[Direwolf484]

Well, considering that after three months it sold 250k on PS4, it's doing pretty darn well on Xbox.

[King_Lothric]

Remember to include a source and make sure it includes digital sales.

[Direwolf484]

@King_Lothric Hellblade is ONLY available digitally. The source is Ninja Theory, who stated it had sold 500k on PC and PS4 three months after release. Considering SteamSpy had it pegged around 260k Steam buyers, the PS4 version would have been at or under 250k.

[travestyj]

It sold 250k on PS4 and PC in a week. Two platforms with a lot more new games to choose from while Xbox owners are desperate for new content.

[kevnb]

well it all depends on budget and target audience, this is a smaller project even though it looks amazing.

[UKmilitia]

50??????? i wouldnt shout about that lol

[iplay1up2]

Its digital only, and has only sold 250.000 on PS4 in 3 months which has a much larger install base. So yeah it is doing well on Xbox One. I am picking it up for my X1X, the team that made this game only consisted of 16 people, yet it looks like a team from UBISOFT made it!

[kevnb]

its not a game with a huge aaa budget where they need to sell millions just to break even, this is a smaller game that makes money off of sales that would be considered low for a blockbuster.

[Prince_TFK]

““We’ve hit our target of selling 50K units of #Hellblade on #XboxOne in Week 1! ”

Yeah...the dev are happy about it and they specifically said the sale hit their target regardless of what you fanboys think.

[zivtheawesome]

i'm happy to see this. probably a lot of these sales came from people who wanted to reach the sales target for the donation so i'm happy to see this coming true.

[bluefox755]

Too bad it's not more, Xbox gamers are missing out if they pass on this.

[Zabatsu]

Cant blame then. First great game in a while.

[Germaximus]

Nice. It's an excellent game. =)

[Taz X14]

As much as people praise this game, I couldn't get into it that much. I found it to be INCREDIBLY pretty, but game play wise it was very lacking...

[JayRyu]

To each his/her own I guess.

[Xb1ps4]

Loved the game, short but great! Ninja theory has something really good to expand on...

Game looks sick on x and a oled tv and Dolby atmos..

[OpenGL]

I don't think these numbers are that bad given the Xbox One's smaller install base and the delayed release.

[Pantz]

Pre-ordered it and helped mental health! Feels good. Can't believe people are trying to bring console wars into this.

[Kribwalker]

yeah i’m gonna buy it again today so i can get in on the fundraising for it. Mental health issues are a serious thing. I’ll support them bringing awareness

[xX1NORM1Xx]

Hopefully we get more of these independant AAA quality games im so excited to play this game but dont have the time at the moment.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

I said I wasn’t going to buy this game but I bought it day one and now I’m especially glad I did.

[brando008]

Glad to see Hellblade finding more players to experience its greatness.

[StormSnooper]

Good for Xbox owners, this is a great game.

[bolimekurac]

beautiful game, its awesome, never played it on my ps4 , like a idiot i skipped it but played it on the x1x and its a awesome game

[JayRyu]

Not alone there friend. I purchased day 1 when it came out on ps4 but I had 2 games that I wanted to finish before starting. FFXV and the Horizon Zero Dawn. By the time I was finished...Announcement for Hell blade xb1 so I just decided to wait. I really like the game and will play through a few times on xb1 and ps4

[Knightofelemia]

This is a really great game I really enjoyed it

[TheOttomatic91]

Glad to say I contributed Hellblade looks gorgeous on my X

[81BX]

Excellent cause. Just downloaded because of it

[glennhkboy]

I'm one of the 50K! Hellblade is very distributing (in the good way). Since we on the xbox side will never get Horizon: Zero Dawn, this is the next best thing. Thanks. NT. You deserve this.

[Deeeeznuuuts]

Well done ninja theory! Well deserved and it's amazing that there giving to a worthy cause

[The_Jackel]

I didn't think sales mattered xbox fanboys?
and yet here you guys are.... just putting that our there.
and its a fantastic game and should be worth a purchase

[DJStotty]

will be picking this up come friday me thinks

[AizenSosuke]

Charity Money is good