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Phantom Blade Zero tops 4 million copies sold within 72 hours of launch
Players celebrate the sales success as a rare industry win
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Commenters frame the launch as an uncommon positive story for the games industry, noting the absence of layoffs typically associated with big releases.
“What a huge success story for the team. It’s nice to see a positive story in the games industry instead of all the usual doom and gloom.”
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What a huge success story for the team. It’s nice to see a positive story in the games industry instead of all the usual doom and gloom.
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It's crazy to me how well these sell despite there being a ton of games just like this at this point.
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I'm not quite sure I understand the hype for this one. It looked a bit generic from the trailers.
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