http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-06-09-the-witcher-3-sells-4m-copies-in-two-weeks?utm_source=eurogamer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=net-daily

The Witcher 3 launched 19th May on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. We declared it Essential in our review. "A majestic, earthy open-world adventure with great integrity and personality, this is the best role-playing game in years," we said.

The Witcher 3 has been the biggest game launch in the UK this year, with sales 608 per cent stronger than those for The Witcher 2. Another way of looking at: in October 2013 it was announced that all CD Projekt Red Witcher games (Witcher 1, Witcher: Enhanced Edition, Witcher 2, Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition Xbox 360) had combined to total 6m sales. At this rate, The Witcher 3 could surpass that tally on its own.

Square Enix would probably call that a disappointment... ;)

I just bought Sea Dogs, so what is that, like #2 on the list?

square enix thinks they can do cod and gta levels of sales ;p

Of course. Anything below every human on earth buying ten copies each is a disappointment, isn't it?

EDIT: In the first couple of hours, that is. Of course sale rates will decline slightly ten years after release.

I wonder if all the NVidia codes aren't included in that "sales" figure. Kind of like how Wii Sports is the "best selling video game of all time".

It's certainly still impressive, but companies like to boast about such figures without saying exactly how they arrived at them.

Fallout 4 will easily beat it on sales in a few months.

I hope you mean that Fallout 4 will have sold more copies a few months after launch than Witcher 3 did two weeks after launch. ;)

With DRM, copy protection and a mandatory always online client it would have been at least 40 million sold copies, so clearly DRM-free is dead.

Khmm . Who will preorder an overpriced , not finished Bethesda game that will be released with full of bugs ?

Wow didn't mean to upset the fanboys. Just saying it will sell more over its lifespan than the Witcher will simply because it is a more popular game over all platforms. (even more so because Fallout 3 will probably be on PS3 an Xbox 360 too where as Witcher 3 will not so it has a wider player base right there) I ain't getting into which game is better as I don't like the Witcher games anyway so never even played it.

* sends out the " no DRM " commando with german shepherds to search for Randalator's hideout * :)

yeah just wait til arkham knight hits.

still, not bad for a series that debuted an entirely new IP and one that has little connection to western culture.

The new Batman will sell a load, but I think after Origins more people are being cautious (even though I thought it was decent enough, just more of the same really).