The Witcher 3 Might Have Outsold Fallout 4 on PC
Last year, Vice President of Bethesda Pete Hines stated that Fallout 4 was the studio’s best-selling game of all time. It was a surprising revelation given Skyrim’s well-known popularity, and it now seems clear that Hines was referring to the two titles compared over the same time since Skyrim clearly eclipses Fallout 4 for sales on Steam according to the leak. There’s another interesting revelation, though: The Witcher 3 might have actually outsold Fallout 4 on PC.
Although the leak lists The Witcher 3 at over a million less in player estimates, that obviously doesn’t take into account a huge proportion of PC players who purchased the game via GoG. Okay, we’re guessing here slightly, but here’s the thing: back in 2015, CD Projekt Red stated that 690,000 PC players had opted to purchase the game via GoG. That suddenly makes things much closer, and since that was three years ago and Fallout 4 isn’t on GoG, you’d have to imagine The Witcher 3 might well have pulled ahead.
If that is the case, the notion that The Witcher 3, a relatively niche series prior to the third installment, has outsold what was one of the most hotly anticipated sequels to one video gaming’s most iconic franchises in Fallout 4 (a PC-centric franchise, nonetheless) is pretty astounding.
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – 13,235,488
- Fallout 4 – 6,601,188
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – 5,479,626 + 693,000 (GoG as of June 12, 2015)
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition – 4,398,897
