Ghost of Yōtei’s Massive Payday: How Much Is This Hit Really Making?
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Quick pulse check on Sucker Punch's samurai sequel: Ghost of Yotei is moving copies, and pretty fast, especially for a PS5-only game. Here is where the numbers actually are right now, what is rumor, and what the money might look like.
The official number
Sucker Punch says Ghost of Yotei has cleared 1 million copies sold since it launched in early October. That is the only on-the-record figure so far, and it is a strong start for a single-platform release.
The 2 million chatter (and why I am side-eyeing it)
There is a post making the rounds from PlayStation China's director of sales operations on WeChat Moments, congratulating the team for hitting 2 million sold. Could the game already be there? Sure, it is not impossible. But the post itself is odd: it uses a third-party, AI-generated image and the source is blacked out. Until someone at Sucker Punch or PlayStation puts a stamp on it, treat that as unverified noise.
Expect an update on sales soon either way, but right now the only confirmed figure is 1 million plus.
So how much money are we talking?
We cannot pin this down precisely without exact unit breakdowns, but we can ballpark it based on pricing. UK RRP, US RRP, and those pricier editions all nudge the math around.
- Base price is £69.99 in the UK. At a straight 1 million copies, that is just under £70 million, roughly $94 million.
- Reality check: retail discounts exist, and regional prices vary. The $69.99 US tag converts to about £52, which drags the average down.
- On the flip side, the Digital Deluxe Edition and the Collector's Edition push some purchases higher than base price.
Take all that together and a fair, conservative range right now is around £60-70 million, or about $80-90 million, based on the confirmed 1 million-plus sold. If the 2 million figure gets confirmed later, you can basically double that back-of-the-envelope estimate, but again, that number is not official.
Bottom line: the sequel looks like another hit for Sucker Punch, and we are just getting started.