Kingdom Hearts III Shipped Over Five Million Units; it’s the Fastest-Selling of the Series

Square Enix announced today via press release that Kingdom Hearts III shipped over five million copies.

The achievement was achieved by counting physical copies shipped to retailers summed to full-game digital downloads sold on the PlayStation and Xbox Stores.

The game was released on Jan. 25 in Japan and on Jan. 29 worldwide. This, combined with the shipment numbers, makes Kingdom Hearts III the fastest-selling game of the series.

Just a few days ago the analysis by Japanese firm Media Create mentioned that Square Enix was successful in holding onto the fans of the series despite the long absence of a mainline Kingdom Hearts game.

If you want to read more about Kingdom Hearts III, you can read our review and learn why it’s so good.

If you’re ready to jump into the game yourself, you take a look at our guide wiki which might help you get through some of the game’s tough points.

If you need a recap after so long, you can check out the videos released by Square Enix for exactly that purpose.

If you want to see more, you can enjoy the brand new launch trailers, the gameplay trailer released a few days ago, and my report of the launch exhibition at Tokyo Skytree.

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Giuseppe Nelva

Proud weeb hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long-standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old dear PC nearest to his heart, while not disregarding any console on the market. RPGs (of any nationality), MMORPGs, and visual novels are his daily bread, but he enjoys almost every other genre, prominently racing simulators, action and sandbox games. He is also one of the few surviving fans on Earth of the flight simulator genre.

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