By Mark Langshaw
Metro: Last Light has apparently sold more units in one week than its predecessor Metro 2033 managed in three months.
Publisher Deep Silver has not released specific sales figures for the shooter sequel, but was quick to point out that its worldwide sales are far surpassing the original.
Although Metro: Last Light failed to match its forebear's opening-week sales in the UK, Deep Silver noted that it has shifted more units in the US than Metro 2033 has in its three-year lifespan.
The PC version is said to have been particularly successful, tripling Metro 2033's worldwide sales during its first week on the market.
Metro: Last Light debuted at the top of the all-formats software charts in numerous European territories, including the UK, when it was released last month.
The game is available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
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I got bored of Hogwarts crazy quick and it's bugs, was looking for just any good game got the Metro trilogy for about £8.50 in a Steam sale played through 2033 Redux, Last Light Redux and now am on Exodus. The series is awesome, the first two are like more liner story driven FPS with a few options to confront the levels, stealth, no kill runs and guns blazing, depending on how you play effects the story and its outcome. Third game I'm playing now is heavy story driven (but optional if you don't want to listen you can just walk away... I don't know why you would though) with large open levels that take hours to explore and still some of the best use of RTX I've seen to date, can play this game on ultra with DLSS set to quality, raytracing set to ultra at 4K with no dips, played on Extreme setting and was getting a few drops around water and some interiors.
Cant recommend this series enough and as a new fan I can't wait to see the next game in 2024... I also got the audio books so looking forward to see how well the games follow the original books. A4 Games are extremely talented.
Beat Redux and Last Light. Really good games. Haven't played Exodus yet, was thinking I'll get it for ps5 just havent yet. I will.
Congratulations for successful sales for a awesome game.
"'Metro: Last Light' outperforming predecessor"
I'm sure it's release on the ps3 as well has a lot to do with it ;-)
Great news for them. Loved Metro Last Light :)
Glad to hear it and I hope it continues. Hopefully with these improved sales, an improved workspace can be attained. Even if they don't want any sympathy, I think they accomplished a lot in an environment not many devs have to deal with.
and the reason for that is because people picked the first game up used and liked it so opted to by the sequel new....doh Microsoft.