Video game developed in Cork sells 1m copies in three days to hit 10m sales worldwide
Void Interactive, which is based at the National eSports Centre on the South Mall, released first-person shooter game Ready Or Not internationally for Playstation 5 and for XBox on July 15. The game, which sells for around €50, passed the 1m sales barrier in the first three days after its release.
The game is a first person shooter game set in the fictional dystopian US city of Los Sueños.
Ready Or Not had previously been released on Windows for PC two years ago, and sold 9m copies. The latest success of the console version now pushes the smash hit through the 10m barrier.
Given the initial success enjoyed since its console debut, it is expected sales for the XBox and PS5 versions will pass the 2m barrier in the coming weeks.
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