{"id":38502,"date":"2024-10-17T12:43:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T03:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=38502"},"modified":"2024-10-17T12:43:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T03:43:49","slug":"silent-hill-2-remake-sells-over-1-million-copies-worldwide-in-just-3-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-2-remake-sells-over-1-million-copies-worldwide-in-just-3-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill 2 remake sells over 1 million copies worldwide in just 3 days\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Konami have announced via X that the <strong>Silent Hill 2<\/strong> remake has sold over 1 million copies worldwide as of October 11. The reimagining of the 2001 PS2 psychological horror game was released on PS5 and PC (Steam) on October 8. This means that it passed the 1 million mark just 3 days after launch and 5 days after early access (Purchasers of the digital deluxe edition were given early access to the game on October 6).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the announcement, the 1 million copies sold globally includes both physical and digital editions of the game across both platforms.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300eSILENT HILL 2\u300f<br><br>\u5168\u4e16\u754c\u7d2f\u8a08\u51fa\u8377\u672c\u6570\u203b\u304c100\u4e07\u672c\u3092\u7a81\u7834\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<br>\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u3044\u305f\u3060\u3044\u305f\u7686\u3055\u307e\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<br><br>PS Store<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x86oQQfWb7\">https:\/\/t.co\/x86oQQfWb7<\/a><br>Steam<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DZ34FwvSeT\">https:\/\/t.co\/DZ34FwvSeT<\/a><br><br>\u203b2024\u5e7410\u670811\u65e5\u6642\u70b9 \u5f53\u793e\u8abf\u3079<br>\u203b\u30d1\u30c3\u30b1\u30fc\u30b8\u7248\u51fa\u8377\u6570\u3068\u30c0\u30a6\u30f3\u30ed\u30fc\u30c9\u7248\u8ca9\u58f2\u6570\u306e\u5408\u8a08<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SILENTHILL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SILENTHILL<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DQXbExolVY\">pic.twitter.com\/DQXbExolVY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SILENT HILL (@silenthill_jp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/silenthill_jp\/status\/1846708547591287204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> <em>Silent Hill 2 has sold over 1 million copies worldwide*. Thank you to everyone who has played the game.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<br><em>*Based on data gathered by our company on October 11, 2024.<\/em>\u00a0<br><em>*This is the combined total of physical and digital sales.\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Silent Hill 2 remake updates the original with improved graphics and sound, portraying the foggy town of Silent Hill in a more realistic way. The r<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-2-remakes-producer-says-the-original-japanese-devs-wanted-more-changes-than-bloober-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emake\u2019s developers Bloober Team worked with members of the original dev team<\/a> to deliver a modern yet authentic experience. The game has been modernized with a new third-person, over-the-shoulder camera, and a reworked combat system.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Silent Hill 2 - Story Trailer | PS5 Games\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CMvrMTmuJuA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The devs also added achievements, various new secrets and <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/silent-hill-2-remake-how-to-get-the-its-bread-achievement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Easter eggs<\/a>, as well as quality of life improvements. The Silent Hill 2 remake has generally been received well- it currently has a score of 86 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/silent-hill-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Metacritic<\/a>, with a user score of 9.6. The game has also been <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SilentHill\/status\/1844774975229608192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nominated<\/a> for two Golden Joystick Awards for Best Soundtrack and Best Lead Performer (Luke Roberts as James Sunderland), respectively.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Silent Hill 2 is available now on PS5 and Steam. You can check out our guides for the game <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tag\/silent-hill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 17, Konami revealed how well the much-anticipated Silent Hill 2 remake has been selling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":38513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,259],"class_list":["post-38502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-silent-hill"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Silent Hill 2 remake sells over 1 million copies worldwide in just 3 days\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On October 17, Konami released information about how well the much-anticipated Silent Hill 2 remake has been selling on PS5 and Steam.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-2-remake-sells-over-1-million-copies-worldwide-in-just-3-days\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Silent Hill 2 remake sells over 1 million copies worldwide in just 3 days\u00a0 - 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