Publisher Focus Entertainment has revealed that Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 has sold 2 million copies worldwide. The game is clearly incredibly popular with newcomers and fans of the franchise from the tabletop game, and players love that it’s hit such a big milestone so early.
I don’t think it’s surprising that Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 has managed to sell 2 million copies just a couple of days after its official release date of September 9, 2024, and about a week after its early access launch on September 5, 2024. The game is a phenomenal translation of its tabletop miniatures source material into an engrossing video game, and fans are praising the Emperor of Mankind that it’s so popular so early. After all, more players means more fellow Ultramarines and Chaos Space Marines for its multiplayer modes.
2 million Ultramarines and counting
Focus Entertainment made the announcement on Twitter. To celebrate, Clive Standen, voice actor for the game’s protagonist Titus, recorded a few brilliant new voice lines that sound exactly like what his character would say in-game.
The fan base is ecstatic that the game has sold so well. Over on the Warhammer 40K: Space Marine subreddit, they’re discussing how this is quite possibly the biggest moment for the franchise breaking into the mainstream.
User ZeroCuddy puts it quite well. “By far and away the biggest 40K game that’s ever released. This is a good sign for the future of the game, sequels/spin offs, and longer term support which saber already had a decent track record with with games 1/4 of the size of this. People always talk about big watershed moments where 40K breaks into the mainstream but with this and the upcoming Amazon series with a 40K specific episode this truly is that moment if there ever was one.”
Of course, as you’d expect from the Warhammer 40K community, there’s plenty of “2M total player around the world playing at the same time? Or 2M copies sold? Oh where are my manners PRAISE THE EMPEROR!” and “FOR THE OMNISSIAH! (It’s 2 mil sold in total I believe, but I’m sure that number will go up by a lot over the weekend).”
Developer Saber Interactive did a fantastic job of keeping its previous title, World War Z, updated with new content over time. This included new missions, cosmetics, classes, and enemies, which is exactly what it has planned for Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2‘s future.
With 2 million copies sold already, the game’s future looks bright. Outside of some slow matchmaking and one infinite loading screen error, there aren’t any major bugs to speak of. Provided the ongoing support for the title continues to garner a positive response from fans, this could be the biggest video game ever made for the Warhammer 40K franchise.
Published: Sep 11, 2024 08:45 am