Game Sales Figures

Discussions center on sales numbers for video games, indie titles, consoles, and VR hardware, with debates comparing figures to benchmarks like Nintendo Switch or Stardew Valley and questioning hype around reported success.

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riffraff Jul 29, 2021 View on HN

The article says it's selling like hotcakes, but also that it may be at 8M sold worldwide.By comparing, the Nintendo switch sold ten times as much.Surely 8M is good sales but isn't this a bit over hyped?

koboll Apr 26, 2022 View on HN

Maybe to stop mass buying gaming sales rankings?

IncRnd Feb 2, 2023 View on HN

Earlier this month: Dwarf Fortress has sold half a million copies (bay12forums.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34275149

MichaelZuo Dec 14, 2022 View on HN

Even 40 000 sales is still decent for an indie game?

philistine Oct 14, 2025 View on HN

Look at their sales numbers ... they aren't.

alex_c Mar 26, 2011 View on HN

Do we know any sales numbers so far?

jojobas Nov 27, 2023 View on HN

Yep, as of 2022 with ~9k sales. Doubt much changed there.

haydenlee Oct 12, 2017 View on HN

Source that Vive is "massively outselling"?

EpicEng Feb 14, 2014 View on HN

XP sold 120 million in the same time period. Care to explain your view?

gtdminh Dec 10, 2010 View on HN

there is another source telling that they sold out 30 million downloads /year. so the profit must be really high.