Ghost of Yotei gross sales are in-line with Ghost of Tsushima’s in Europe, new information reveals.
As reported by The Sport Enterprise, Ghost of Yotei debuted at No.2 within the GSD European charts behind EA’s FC 26.
Sony has but to announce a gross sales determine for Ghost of Yotei, which launched completely on PlayStation 5 on October 2, 2025. However we now know that in Europe it’s doing about in addition to its predecessor, which launched in 2020 completely on PlayStation 4. That’s, for its first few days on sale, because the GSD European chart runs to October 5.
There are a variety of issues value noting right here. Not solely did Ghost of Tsushima launch on a console with a much bigger set up base at that time than PS5 has now, it launched in the course of the pandemic, which noticed report online game gross sales and participant numbers as individuals had been pressured to remain at residence throughout lockdowns.
The Sport Enterprise famous that Ghost of Yotei is the most important first-party PlayStation launch since Spider-Man 2 in October 2023. Helldivers 2, which launched February 2024, stays the quickest promoting PlayStation Studios sport of all time, with an unbelievable 12 million offered in 12 weeks. The query is whether or not Ghost of Yotei will find yourself assembly Sony’s gross sales expectations over time; Ghost of Tsushima ended up a vastly profitable launch, with over 13 million offered as of September 2024.
Nevertheless it shines a light-weight on simply how few new video games Sony’s first-party studios have launched over the previous few years. Since Insomniac’s Spider-Man 2 got here out in October 2023, we’ve had the aforementioned Helldivers 2, the disastrous Harmony, Crew Asobi’s fantastic Astro Bot, Lego Horizon Adventures, MLB The Present 25, and a bunch of remasters. Naughty Canine has seemingly skipped the PS5 era solely by way of model new video games.
First-party Sony video games we all know to be within the works embody Bungie’s Marathon, Housemarque’s Saros, Insomniac’s Marvel’s Wolverine, Naughty Canine’s Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, Haven’s Fairgames, and a multiplayer Horizon sport from Guerrilla. An entire bunch of Sony first-party video games had been canceled as the corporate’s live-service push faltered, together with a multiplayer The Final of Us sport, a live-service God of Struggle sport, and one other live-service title from Bend Studio. Bend’s final model new sport was 2019’s Days Gone on PlayStation 4, which launched on PC in 2021.
However how has Ghost of Yotei executed within the U.S.? In accordance with Mat Piscatella, senior director at Circana, Ghost of Yotei ranked twelfth on its High 15 Titles by Whole Weekly Lively Customers chart for the week ending October 4, with 4.4% of lively PlayStation gamers giving it a go. Coincidentally, Ghost of Tsushima additionally ranked twelfth in its launch week again in 2020 with 4.4% of lively PlayStation gamers partaking.
So it seems like Ghost of Yotei has executed about in addition to Ghost of Tsushima did, a minimum of at launch. Will probably be fascinating to see if Sony says something about its efficiency in upcoming monetary stories, and the way gross sales maintain up within the coming weeks as we head into the essential vacation season.
As for what’s subsequent from developer Sucker Punch, in an interview with VGC, co-founder and studio head, Brian Fleming, stated the studio will resolve its subsequent challenge as soon as the multiplayer add-on Ghost of Yotei: Legends comes out in 2026. However, he advised, don’t anticipate a flurry of video games from the comparatively lean developer — it’s one challenge at a time.
Whereas we wait to search out out, take a look at IGN’s Ghost of Yotei evaluation. We’ve additionally bought a cool story about Atsu’s sword-drawing method, which Japanese martial arts consultants have stated is type of doable in actual life.
Able to grasp Ghost of Yotei? Try our complete guides, which cowl every little thing from issues to do first, greatest abilities to unlock, superior fight suggestions, getting the greatest early-game armor set, and uncovering each Altar of Reflection location. Our Walkthrough additionally supplies important suggestions and methods for defeating each boss, and our secrets and techniques and easter eggs information ensures you by no means miss one other hidden reference once more.
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