H1Z1 has sold over 1 million copies

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H1Z1, Daybreak Games’ zombie survival game, has sold more than one million copies on Steam in just over three months. It looks like the 'mixed' reviews on the game's Steam page hasn't stopped people shuffling towards their monitors, arms extended, demanding more zombie survival experiences.

We have sold over 1M copies of H1Z1 on Steam!
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) March 24, 2015

Daybreak’s president John Smedley announced the milestone on Twitter. The game, originally developed as part of Sony Online Entertainment, and now with Daybreak as the studio split from its Sony parent, has been available in early access on Steam since mid-January. The game has remained near the top of Steam’s best seller list, despite there being controversy over its microtransactions and general quality.

Posted: Mar 24, 2015 3:34 pm
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Source: http://www.pcgamesn.com/h1z1/h1z1-has-sold-over-1-million-copies

Comments

neboPosted: Wed. Mar 25, 2015

My friend preordered it and said it wasn't worth the money. If you have friends playing it, I guess it would be worth the money

322Posted: Wed. Mar 25, 2015

TH9 This game is living a lifecycle like Minecraft imo. Not the same type of game but living the same way. It'll get more popular but die out in 1-1.5 years. The reason minecraft isn't entirely successful is the business model of it: no room for sequels / other ways to make money. I like the model but its not gonna bring in cash. Same with this game though

Except minecraft made notch a billionaire so your wrong in the aspect it isn't going to bring in any money.
I hate minecraft but I can't deny it is one of the most popular and successful games ever.
H1Z1 has in game purcashes so it has a way to bring in money across its entire lifespan how ever long that may be.

JRMHPosted: Tue. Mar 24, 2015

This game is living a lifecycle like Minecraft imo. Not the same type of game but living the same way. It'll get more popular but die out in 1-1.5 years. The reason minecraft isn't entirely successful is the business model of it: no room for sequels / other ways to make money. I like the model but its not gonna bring in cash. Same with this game though

MarluxiaPosted: Tue. Mar 24, 2015

I've never played this game before, i think i might look into it.

AimiPosted: Tue. Mar 24, 2015

I've actually never looked, nor played this game before.

XboxPosted: Tue. Mar 24, 2015

This dont surprise me.

Like half of my friends has this game.

TimePosted: Tue. Mar 24, 2015

On average that's about $30 million (1 million copies at $19.99 / $39.99), I hope they still have incentive to finish the game.