Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days [www.pcgamer.com] HOLY SHIT........................... More than 3.4 million copies of Skyrim were sold at retail in the first two days of the game’s release, according to VGCharts. Those numbers are on a par with Battlefield 3 and exceed perennial best seller FIFA, with only Modern Warfare 3 outselling Bethesda’s RPG. It’s a 600% increase in sales on Oblivion’s modest 490k opening. While only 14% of those copies sold were on PC, those figures don’t include digital download numbers, which are sure to be substantial considering the enormous numbers of people playing Skyrim on Steam. http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1318592#msg-1318592 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:46:03 -0700 Phorum 5.2.7 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1346989#msg-1346989 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1346989#msg-1346989 i appreciate the clarification and your input.
:)]]> daenerys Gaming & Technology Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:14:19 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1346708#msg-1346708 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1346708#msg-1346708
personally, i wouldn't give Skyrim to a 10 year old in a million years, no matter what his friends play]]> gaaira Gaming & Technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:35:11 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1346640#msg-1346640 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1346640#msg-1346640 a friend just told me that elder scrolls, which is the one he rented after succeeding at school today, has a lot construction and that the violence and graphics related to violence are ok.

one of the sites says that it is less violent than mw (that is modern warfare, right?), but that doesn't mean much to me because he can't play that game.

basically for me as a parent: if it involves creating or constructing, has minimal violence (as in the focus of the game is NOT to kill, regardless of what is being killed) and isn't overly graphic then i am ok with it. from what i have read, and been told by the only person i know who has played the game, it seems to be ok.

i would still welcome any clarifications from members, should you care to weigh in. :) thank you.]]> daenerys Gaming & Technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:06:53 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1346633#msg-1346633 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1346633#msg-1346633 gaaira posted:
this game has 18+ and Mature ratings

and in all seriousness i cant understand parents letting their kids even 15 yo play games like god of war and GTA, a kid needs their parents to be parents not friends

gaaira, are you saying that you think it is inappropriate then? i am speaking of skyrim.
he doesn't play god of war or gta or call of duty. i would prefer he not play video games at all, to be honest, but he is a gamer. i also don't necessarily agree that just because it is 18+ means it shouldn't be played by anyone under that age..my main concern is the degree of violence within a game, whether the focus is destruction or construction or what the ratio of the two within the game is and what is in the scenery. he has halo, his dad was ok with this. i have to rely on him somewhat, as i don't play video games, but i certainly trust that he isn't going to let him play something disgusting (from what i have heard gta is disgusting.).

anyway, back to my original question. i am not sure if your answer was the first line of your response (rating m), or not.

anyone else want to weigh in? i am honestly looking to know from people who play it whether or not it is high in violence and destruction.
thank you.]]> daenerys Gaming & Technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:33:48 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1346566#msg-1346566 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1346566#msg-1346566
and in all seriousness i cant understand parents letting their kids even 15 yo play games like god of war and GTA, a kid needs their parents to be parents not friends]]> gaaira Gaming & Technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:25:45 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1346561#msg-1346561 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1346561#msg-1346561 daenerys Gaming & Technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:48:10 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1346554#msg-1346554 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1346554#msg-1346554
[www.youtube.com]]]> gaaira Gaming & Technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:32:29 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1344081#msg-1344081 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1344081#msg-1344081
I'm not sure if I'm doing this because I enjoy it so much, or just so by finishing most of it my all consuming obsession with it will finally start to subside, and i can at last put it behind me and move on to something else.]]> DistantStorm Gaming & Technology Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:15:17 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1344075#msg-1344075 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1344075#msg-1344075 pinocchio Gaming & Technology Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:56:51 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1333432#msg-1333432 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1333432#msg-1333432
[www.geek.com] you remember when gamers started playing Rage and discovered the Easter eggs from earlier id games? They included areas from Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake and went down well with long-time id Software fans.

It seems Bethesda had a similar idea, but not in the form of an Easter egg, and on a much larger scale than Rage’s room and level hidden gems. Either for fun or profit, the Skyrim team has included the environments for both Morrowind and Cyrodiil in an inaccessible part of the world.

The location was discovered by 19-year-old Jesse from Finland who posted his findings on his PPSh-41 Tumblr blog. The area is inaccessible unless you use console commands (No-clip) to bypass the collision block Bethesda put across an otherwise open archway. You can see the archway below:



Its location is in the most south-eastern area of the Skyrim map called Stendarr’s Beacon. Travel north east of the Beacon and you will locate a path between two mountains that leads to the archway above.

Traveling through the archway presents the player with foliage that starts to decrease the further you venture into the unknown territory. Jesse started looking around for anything recognizable and realized he could see Red Mountain in Vvardenfell, which is a part of Morrowind. Further investigation found that the landmass for all of Morrowind and Cyrodiil are present, if unfinished.



The question to ask now is why are these locations present? The fact they can’t be traveled to in-game means Bethesda could be planning to open them up in the future, or they were test areas when Skyrim was being created and the level designers needed some practice with the tools.

I’m sure gamers are hoping Bethesda has plans for these areas and some big DLC content is coming our way that includes them. It seems a bit of a waste otherwise to have included so much additional landmass, doesn’t it?

Read more at PPSh-41, via Destructoid]]> thedownwardslip Gaming & Technology Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:07:02 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1326512#msg-1326512 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1326512#msg-1326512 gaaira posted:
i noticed it was labeled as one of the worse games of 2011, at some ps3 forum, cause of its tech problems. first rage now this, wtf is up with Bethesda ?

I think you'll find id made Rage. Bethesda was just the publisher in that case.

Regardless of how I feel about consoles in general, I do agree it is pretty shitty for a company to release a broken-ass port of an otherwise terrific game. My gut reaction is they released an unfinished game for the PS3 just to meet a deadline, perhaps hoping to hotfix the issues before anyone took serious notice.]]> Riktor Gaming & Technology Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:20:40 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1326401#msg-1326401 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1326401#msg-1326401 gaaira Gaming & Technology Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:58:51 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1326280#msg-1326280 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1326280#msg-1326280 identityunknown posted:

and btw, the PC version is the best (least buggy)... No unbearable lag, no missing texture bugs, console commands, etc. :P

Correct. I personally had some issues with CTD's, but the 4gb Skyrim mod took care of that problem. After installed the mod, I have had just one crash to desktop since.]]> Vendetta11 Gaming & Technology Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:35:50 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1326266#msg-1326266 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1326266#msg-1326266
dont play it anymore though. i used to play skyrim. Theni took an arrow to the knee. XD]]> Voltronification Gaming & Technology Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:26:01 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1325486#msg-1325486 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1325486#msg-1325486
and btw, the PC version is the best (least buggy)... No unbearable lag, no missing texture bugs, console commands, etc. :P]]> identityunknown Gaming & Technology Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:52:38 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1320129#msg-1320129 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1320129#msg-1320129 gaaira posted:
anyone else heard how the PS3 version is pretty much shit ?!

[www.inentertainment.co.uk]

after like 35 hours or so apparently you get unbearable lag

I'd like to mention, that I have it for ps3 and so far I have not experienced this. I have experienced lag but I wouldn't call it unbearable. It has frozen on me a few times when I first started playing but it doesn't happen anymore. And i've played up to around 20 hours approximately and so far I am thoroughly enjoying it :), my cousin has played 40 apparently and he has had no problems either. I imagine this is only with some ps3's.]]> thedownwardslip Gaming & Technology Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:13:40 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1320052#msg-1320052 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1320052#msg-1320052
Not surprised though. Bethesda makes incredible games but they're so buggy.

My roommate has been playing on the PC and it gets extremely laggy sometimes. But all he has to do is alt-tab in and out and it fixes it completely. Still seems annoying and it happens often. He can't be more than 7-8 hours in right now too.

Goddamn do I ever look forward to playing this though.]]> Tabris Gaming & Technology Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:50:37 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1319998#msg-1319998 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1319998#msg-1319998
[www.inentertainment.co.uk]

after like 35 hours or so apparently you get unbearable lag]]> gaaira Gaming & Technology Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:09:59 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1318784#msg-1318784 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1318784#msg-1318784 DistantStorm Gaming & Technology Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:27:05 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1318655#msg-1318655 Re: Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1318655#msg-1318655 Does anyone know if they factor in sales from online retailers such as Amazon and Play yet? I remember it not being the case a few years ago.

:edit: It's nice to see a decent game doing so well, though. As opposed to a Call of Duty.]]> DrVertigo Gaming & Technology Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:25:58 -0800 http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1318592#msg-1318592 Skyrim sells 3.4 million copies in 2 days http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?29,1318592,1318592#msg-1318592 www.pcgamer.com]

HOLY SHIT...........................


More than 3.4 million copies of Skyrim were sold at retail in the first two days of the game’s release, according to VGCharts. Those numbers are on a par with Battlefield 3 and exceed perennial best seller FIFA, with only Modern Warfare 3 outselling Bethesda’s RPG. It’s a 600% increase in sales on Oblivion’s modest 490k opening.

While only 14% of those copies sold were on PC, those figures don’t include digital download numbers, which are sure to be substantial considering the enormous numbers of people playing Skyrim on Steam.]]> Vendetta11 Gaming & Technology Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:55:05 -0800