[STEAM] Silent Hill 2 Remake Sales Hit 2.5 Million as Franchise Surpasses 10 Million

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A little over a year since Konami relaunched its long-dead Silent Hill horror series with the superb

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, the publisher has provided a sales update, confirming that it's now up to 2.5 million worldwide.

That's up from the

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from launch.

The updated milestone now means the 26-year-old series itself has surpassed 10 million units shipped, despite lying dormant for over a decade.

As reported by

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, the news came via a

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which primarily discussed its most recent release,

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, which similarly debuted to a positive reception last month. At the beginning of the report, a text pop up says: "Silent Hill series has shipped over 10 million copies, and [Silent Hill f's] predecessor, Silent Hill 2, has shipped over 2.5 million copies."

Silent Hill 2 is a remake of the 2001 psychological horror game wherein you play as protagonist James Sunderland drawn to the terrifying titular town after receiving a mysterious letter from his late wife, Mary. IGN's

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returned an 8/10 score, and dubbed it "a welcome modernisation of a survival horror masterpiece."

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, where we called it "a fresh new setting to explore and a fascinatingly dark story to unravel," but warned "its melee-focussed combat takes a big swing that doesn’t quite land."

Don't forget that

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. It drops on October 21 — just in time for Halloween —

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the similarly spooky

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(the PS5 version),

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. Premium Plus subscribers will be able to play

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If you've played through Silent Hill f and are still scratching your head about its story,

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Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at

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