The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Breaks Sales Records >

	2006/04/10 8:41:44: Posted by DM
	Bethesda reports that Oblivion has become the fastest selling game on the Xbox360 (in North America). Nyond that, NPD reports that Oblivion accounted for approximately 13% of all PC game sales in the first week since it was released. Impressive numbers, the game deserves it. Click read more for the full press release. April 10, 2006 (Rockville, MD) – Bethesda Softworks® announced that its hit title, The Elder Scrolls® IV: Oblivion™ has achieved record sales, reflecting huge market demand for the title. Over 1.7 million units of Oblivion for the PC and Xbox 360 have been shipped since the launch of the game. Oblivion has earned high praise and awards from publications around the world. Official Xbox Magazine (US) gave Oblivion a 9.5 out of 10 and an Editor’s Choice award, calling Oblivion “An Absolute Masterpiece.” PC Gamer (US) awarded it an Editor’s Choice Award and a score of 95%, calling it “a classic” and “one of the best RPGs ever made.” And the largest circulation gaming magazine in the world, Game Informer, gave Oblivion 9.5 out of 10 and said, “The bar for the next generation of RPGs has just been set.” Reaction around the world has been equally laudatory. Oblivion has been featured on more than 30 magazine covers in the US, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Australia, Benelux, and other countries. The leading PC game magazine in Great Britain rated it a “Must Buy” and said Oblivion “is one of those rare and wonderful treats of gaming that’s so recklessly ambitious and staggeringly accomplished that it makes even great games…seem small-minded and clumsy by comparison.” Oblivion is currently the #1 ranked Xbox 360 game and the #1 ranked PC game on both MetaCritic.com and GameRankings.com. MetaCritic and GameRankings are sites that calculate a ranking of games based on review scores published by recognized print, broadcast, and online media outlets around the world. Oblivion was released in five different languages—English, French, German, Spanish and Italian—and packaged as a regular edition and a collector’s edition in North America, Europe, Australia, and parts of Asia. Bethesda Softworks’ 368-page Official Game Guide offers hints and strategies to those playing the game, and has experienced unusually favorable attach ratios to game sales. The book was ranked #10 on the Amazon list of bestselling books in the first week after release. The long-awaited Oblivion represents the quintessential role-playing experience for the next-generation of gaming, inviting gamers into the sprawling environments of Tamriel, the most vibrant game-world ever created. With a powerful combination of free-form gameplay, unprecedented graphics, cutting edge AI, character voices by well known actors, and a masterful musical score, gamers can choose to unravel Oblivion’s epic narrative or simply explore the vast landscape in search of their own unique challenges. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB and is available for both the PC and the Xbox 360 in regular and collector’s editions. For more information on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, visit www.elderscrolls.com. About Bethesda Softworks Headquartered in Rockville, MD, Bethesda Softworks LLC, a subsidiary of ZeniMax Media Inc., is a premier developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software and has produced numerous award-winning titles. Among Bethesda’s more popular franchises are The Elder Scrolls® series and Fallout®, as well as its licensed properties, Pirates of the Caribbean™ and Star Trek®. Its product line spans the sports, racing, RPG, strategy, and action genres. For more information on Bethesda Softworks’ products, visit www.bethsoft.com.
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Developers and publishers should pay attention to how many games are breaking sales records on the 360. They provide high quality games people will buy them. Gears of War for example the anticipation for that game is flat out through the roof who knows that game could end up taking the title of fastest selling 360 game away from oblivion, BUT there is also too humans on the way which will no doubt after its E3 showing will tear up the charts.

Oblivion is taking over my life! But when gears comes out I'll forget all about Oblivion (for a little while :)

What I want to know, is where are all the nay-sayers and sony fanboys when reviews for a 360 title of this calibur comes out? Let me guess, they finally all STFU? ;)

Oblivion is a great game. I don't think it has to do anything with the 360. I find your comment kind of fanboyish. If this had come out on PS3 I think it would have received as much glory as it did for 360.

of this calibur? you should see how a high end pc ends up versus 360 versus... woopie, and please knock of that 4xx aliasing and hdr, when running it at higher res more of what 1080i does, you don't need that kind of crap, as its so overated