{"id":5877,"date":"2024-11-22T13:04:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T13:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldclassservers.net\/blog\/2024\/11\/22\/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-heart-of-chornobyl-has-already-sold-1-million-copies-with-many-more-playing-on-xbox-game-pass\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T13:04:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T13:04:10","slug":"s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-heart-of-chornobyl-has-already-sold-1-million-copies-with-many-more-playing-on-xbox-game-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/11\/22\/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-heart-of-chornobyl-has-already-sold-1-million-copies-with-many-more-playing-on-xbox-game-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Has Already Sold 1 Million Copies, With Many More Playing on Xbox Game Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl\">S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl<\/a> already looks like a hit, with developer GSC Game World declaring one million copies sold.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stalker_thegame\/status\/1859930792564285907\">tweet<\/a>, Ukrainian studio GSC said that in addition to these sales, \u201cmuch more\u201d are playing via S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2\u2019s day one launch on Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft\u2019s subscription service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo wonder it feels a bit crowdy in the Zone,\u201d GSC tweeted. \u201cA million copies were sold, and much more stalkers joined the artifact hunt with Game Pass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just the start of our unforgettable adventure. The Heart of Chornobyl emanates stronger with each of us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank You, stalkers!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl hit the one million sold milestone less than 48 hours after launching across PC and Xbox Series X and S. On Steam, it has a peak concurrent player count of 117,928, putting it among the most-played games on Valve\u2019s platform. Microsoft does not make Xbox player numbers public.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is already a success for GSC even before its first weekend on sale. However, the launch is not without problems, with players reporting a variety of bugs (check out IGN&#8217;s S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 review in progress to find out more). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/stalker-2-launches-big-on-steam-as-dev-promises-fixes-for-rough-edges\">GSC has promised to sort out what it called S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2\u2019s &#8220;rough edges&#8221;<\/a> with a steady stream of patches.<\/p>\n<p>Free in-game content is also coming to the game. Expect more on that when GSC Game World shares its roadmap later in December.<\/p>\n<p>To help you survive in the Zone, we&#8217;ve got a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/wikis\/stalker-2\/Essential_Tips_and_Tricks\">Essential Stalker 2 Tips and Tricks<\/a>, plus a guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/wikis\/stalker-2\/Things_to_Do_First_in_Stalker_2\">Things to Do First in Stalker 2<\/a> to help you through the early game, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/wikis\/stalker-2\/Things_Stalker_2_Doesn%27t_Tell_You\">Things Stalker 2 Doesn&#8217;t Tell You<\/a> &#8211; everything we wish we knew before we started playing. Save time scouring the wasteland with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/wikis\/stalker-2\/Artifacts_List_and_Locations\">Artifacts checklist and locations guide<\/a>, and every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/wikis\/stalker-2\/Stash_Locations_and_Rewards\">Stash location<\/a> we&#8217;ve found so far.<\/p>\n<p>S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 suffered a number of understandable delays, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/stalker-2-delayed-again-this-time-by-2-months-so-the-dev-can-fix-more-unexpected-anomalies\">most recently in July<\/a> when the game was due out in September. GSC said at the time that the extra two months would give the developers the chance to fix &#8220;unexpected anomalies,&#8221; aka bugs.<\/p>\n<p>GSC has also been vocal about the challenges the studio faced getting S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 up to scratch after a mixed reaction to its debut public showing last year. At gamescom 2023, GSC addressed what some had called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/stalker-2-devs-discuss-imperfect-gamescom-2023-demo-address-downgrade-debate\">a \u201cdowngrade\u201d sparked by S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2\u2019s then latest gameplay trailer<\/a>. At the time, GSC told IGN it was still targeting a visual quality and level of polish suggested by S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2\u2019s eye-catching 2021 trailer despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/the-stalker-2-developers-say-the-war-in-ukraine-russian-hackers-and-death-threats-wont-break-them\">the horrendous conditions suffered by the staff amid the war with Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl already looks like a hit, with developer GSC Game World declaring one million copies sold. 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