007 First Light Sells 1.5 Million Copies in First 24 Hours, Faster Than Any Hitman Game From IO Interactive

007 First Light has got disconnected to a beardown start, selling 1.5 cardinal copies successful its archetypal 24 hours. It’s the fastest-selling crippled successful developer IO Interactive’s history, which means it sold faster successful its archetypal 24 hours than immoderate Hitman game.

The awesome income milestone was achieved without the assistance of the Nintendo Switch 2 version, which is owed retired this summer.

The James Bond escapade is besides the highest rated IOI crippled ever, with an 87 connected Metacritic. IGN’s 007 First Light reappraisal returned a 9/10. We said: “Demonstrably obsessed with bringing the Bond phantasy to beingness successful a mode nary 1 has ever managed before, 007 First Light is the champion Bond crippled I’ve ever played.”

“The milestone of 1.5 cardinal units sold successful 24 hours reflects overwhelming planetary enthusiasm for 007 First Light and represents a important accomplishment for IO Interactive,” the developer said. “With an 88 OpenCritic standing and 87 Metacritic score, 007 First Light has been embraced by some critics and players alike, already establishing itself arsenic 1 of 2026's astir palmy gaming releases. The income recorded crossed each platforms underscore the game's wide entreaty and the palmy execution of IO Interactive's imaginativeness to grant Bond's bequest successful gaming.”

Rhys Elliott, caput of marketplace investigation astatine Alinea Analytics, said 007 First Light had sold an estimated 500,000 copies connected Steam alone, generating astir $25 cardinal successful gross connected Valve’s platform.

“The Steam show truly stood retired for this one,” Elliott said. “It’s the latest illustration of a traditionally ‘console’’ crippled doing fantastic numbers connected Steam.” About a 3rd of 007 First Light players connected Steam person besides played Hitman, Elliott added.

“For Amazon, which owns the Bond rights and licensed IOI to marque this game, the aboriginal signs are bloody good,” helium continued. “The franchise hasn’t had a prime adaptation successful decades, and IOI has present delivered 1 that looks similar a superior commercialized proposition.”

So, the archetypal 24 hours are beardown for 007, but it volition beryllium absorbing to spot however income make implicit the coming weeks and months. To enactment its show into context, Crimson Desert sold 2 cardinal successful its archetypal 24 hours backmost successful March, and went connected to merchantability 5 cardinal successful little than a month.

Clearly, IOI hopes for capable occurrence to proceed 007 First Light’s communicative with a sequel. Indeed, the developer has said it wants to marque a trilogy of James Bond games.

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