007 First Light Estimated to Have Sold 2.2 Million Copies, Generating $150 Million in Revenue

007 First Light is estimated to person sold 2.2 cardinal copies, generating $150 cardinal successful revenue.

Rhys Elliott, caput of marketplace investigation astatine Alinea Analytics, tweeted to accidental that the company’s information showed astir of those aboriginal income were connected PS5. Elliott said 55.1% of income were connected PS5, 33.1% connected Steam, and 11.8% connected Xbox (Xbox console, Windows, and unreality combined).

The lone authoritative income information we person comes from developer IO Interactive, which said that 007 First Light had go the fastest-selling crippled successful the company’s history, shifting 1.5 cardinal copies successful its archetypal 24 hours. That means it’s sold faster than immoderate Hitman game. The awesome income milestone was achieved without the assistance of the Nintendo Switch 2 version, which is owed retired this summer.

The James Bond escapade is besides the highest rated IOI crippled ever, with an 87 connected Metacritic. IGN’s 007 First Light reappraisal returned a 9/10. We said: “Demonstrably obsessed with bringing the Bond phantasy to beingness successful a mode nary 1 has ever managed before, 007 First Light is the champion Bond crippled I’ve ever played.”

So, a beardown commencement for James Bond, but it looks similar the crippled inactive has immoderate mode to spell earlier breaking adjacent for IOI. According to a study by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, 007 First Light had a fund of 1.3 cardinal Danish krone (a small much than USD $202 million). Denmark's TV 2 said that makes 007 First Light the astir costly amusement merchandise successful the country's history. IO had nary remark to stock regarding its reported fund erstwhile contacted by IGN.

Adding complication to the question of whether 007 First Light volition beryllium palmy commercially is that Amazon Game Studios has a involvement successful the game, contempt the information Amazon bought the James Bond IP aft the First Light IO woody was done. Indeed, Amazon Games Studios has suggested it volition people each aboriginal James Bond games, whereas IOI self-published 007 First Light. Clearly, IOI hopes for capable occurrence to proceed 007 First Light’s communicative with a sequel. Indeed, the developer has said it wants to marque a trilogy of James Bond games.

IGN's 007 First Light reappraisal returned a 9/10. We said: "Demonstrably obsessed with bringing the Bond phantasy to beingness successful a mode nary 1 has ever managed before, 007 First Light is the champion Bond crippled I’ve ever played."

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