Skyrim Sold 30 Million Copies

It may come as no surprise that Skyrim, the fifth game in the Elder Scrolls series, has sold 30 million copies, putting it in the same sales realm as games like Call of Duty and Mario. In an interview with Glixel, Todd Howard, Director and Executive Producer at Bethesda Game Studios, what this kind of success meant for him as a creator.
“Each of our games has found a larger and larger audience, which we never take for granted. A lot of us have worked together for 10, 15, 20 years – in many respects, making the same game. Skyrim was kind of this tipping point. It seemed to hit an audience that we had never had before.
It didn’t change us. But it did make us aware that some of the things we do speak to people who don’t traditionally play games, or don’t traditionally play role-playing games. They make it their own experience, and that was what was most important to us. Putting somebody in a world where they can do what they want. I think that’s what’s special about video games as entertainment.”
Have Skyrim sales peaked, or will we see an even greater rise in sales with the holidays approaching? Let us know what you think in the comments!