{"id":1971700,"date":"2026-06-04T09:38:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1971700"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T06:38:46","slug":"james-bond-game-007-first-light-sales-estimated-to-have-reached-an-impressive-milestone-a-week-after-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1971700","title":{"rendered":"James Bond game 007 First Light sales estimated to have reached an impressive milestone a week after launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/007-first-light\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      007 First Light<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">James Bond game 007 First Light sales estimated to have reached an impressive milestone a week after launch<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">A long but orderly Q.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/007-First-Light-trailer.webp?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A young James Bond reclines on a sofa as a person in a white suit brings him a champagne glass.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"007-First-Light-trailer.webp\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>IO Interactive<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-04T09:38:46+00:00\">June 4, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/007-first-light-sales-estimate?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          29 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"24adb1e6-72cb-4443-8b19-1f32869e160f\" data-name=\"007 First Light\" data-follow-text=\"Follow 007 First Light\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following 007 First Light\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow 007 First Light\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following 007 First Light\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow 007 First Light\" title=\"Follow 007 First Light\"><br \/>\n  Follow 007 First Light<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>007 First Light has been out for just over a week and already it may have surpassed two million copies sold.<\/p>\n<p>This figure comes from video game industry analyst Rhyss Elliot, atAlinea Analytics. In their post breaking down <a href=\"https:\/\/alineaanalytics.substack.com\/p\/mays-top-playstation-games-by-copies\">May&#8217;s top PlayStation games by copies sold<\/a>, released following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/everything-announced-sonys-playstation-state-of-play-june-2026\">Sony State of Play livestream on Tuesday<\/a>, Elliot provided some data based on their findings.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the 007 First Light launch trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=au2-tWLVd18\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;007 First Light sold 1  million copies on PS5 in May, easily making it the month&#8217;s top PS5 game by copies sold,&#8221; wrote Elliot. &#8220;Over 80 percent of those May copies were digital, which is broadly in line with where PlayStation&#8217;s digital share has settled for new releases this year.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To date, 007 First Light has sold through 2.2 million copies across platforms (so no unsold retail copies in that figure). The platform split is 55.1 percent PS5, 33.1 percent Steam, and 11.8 percent Xbox (console, Windows, and cloud combined).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Elliot estimated that so far, 007 First Light has brought in roughly $150m. Of that income, he claims 60.5 percent came via PlayStation, 27.6 percent via Steam, and 12.9 percent via Xbox. He added: &#8220;Owing to regional pricing and audience composition differences, the consoles make up a higher share of revenue than they do copies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also stated  that over two thirds of 007 First Light players were based in either North America or Western Europe, Interestingly, on Steam, fewer than half  of 007 First Light&#8217;s players are from those regions. China, it turns out, is taking a substantial chunk of the PC player base, at roughly 17.3 percent according to Elliot.<\/p>\n<p>These estimates match what we know officially, that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/007-first-light-james-bond-sales-milestone-24-hours\">007 First Light passed an impressive 1.5m sales milestone within 24 hours of release<\/a>. We also know that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/io-interactive\">IO Interactive<\/a> has plans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/007-first-light-replayability-tacsim-dlc\">to keep updating 007 First Light post-launch<\/a>, which may keep folks interested in the months and years to come. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/io-interactive-project-fantasy-rpg\">Io Interactive is also working on another mysterious project<\/a>, which will be neither a Bond or Hitman game, so there are exciting times ahead.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>007 First Light has been out for just over a week and already it may have surpassed two million copies sold.<\/p>\n<p>This figure comes from video game industry analyst Rhyss Elliot, atAlinea Analytics. In their post breaking down <a href=\"https:\/\/alineaanalytics.substack.com\/p\/mays-top-playstation-games-by-copies\">May&#8217;s top PlayStation games by copies sold<\/a>, released following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/everything-announced-sonys-playstation-state-of-play-june-2026\">Sony State of Play livestream on Tuesday<\/a>, Elliot provided some data based on their findings.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the 007 First Light launch trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=au2-tWLVd18\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;007 First Light sold 1  million copies on PS5 in May, easily making it the month&#8217;s top PS5 game by copies sold,&#8221; wrote Elliot. &#8220;Over 80 percent of those May copies were digital, which is broadly in line with where PlayStation&#8217;s digital share has settled for new releases this year.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To date, 007 First Light has sold through 2.2 million copies across platforms (so no unsold retail copies in that figure). The platform split is 55.1 percent PS5, 33.1 percent Steam, and 11.8 percent Xbox (console, Windows, and cloud combined).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Elliot estimated that so far, 007 First Light has brought in roughly $150m. Of that income, he claims 60.5 percent came via PlayStation, 27.6 percent via Steam, and 12.9 percent via Xbox. He added: &#8220;Owing to regional pricing and audience composition differences, the consoles make up a higher share of revenue than they do copies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also stated  that over two thirds of 007 First Light players were based in either North America or Western Europe, Interestingly, on Steam, fewer than half  of 007 First Light&#8217;s players are from those regions. China, it turns out, is taking a substantial chunk of the PC player base, at roughly 17.3 percent according to Elliot.<\/p>\n<p>These estimates match what we know officially, that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/007-first-light-james-bond-sales-milestone-24-hours\">007 First Light passed an impressive 1.5m sales milestone within 24 hours of release<\/a>. We also know that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/io-interactive\">IO Interactive<\/a> has plans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/007-first-light-replayability-tacsim-dlc\">to keep updating 007 First Light post-launch<\/a>, which may keep folks interested in the months and years to come. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/io-interactive-project-fantasy-rpg\">Io Interactive is also working on another mysterious project<\/a>, which will be neither a Bond or Hitman game, so there are exciting times ahead.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News 007 First Light James Bond game 007 First Light sales estimated to have reached an impressive milestone a week after launch A long but orderly Q. 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