Metro 2033 has sold over 1 million copies on PC
Sean Ridgeley - Monday, August 6, 2012 6:51am (PST)
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"Cult hit" now a "bonafide hit"
Atmospheric shooter Metro 2033 is now a "bonfade hit" as opposed to a "cult hit" according to THQ's head of global communications Huw Beynon, who remarked in a recent interview the game has "sailed past a million sales on PC alone".
It's rare to get PC specific figures, so it's good to know a well-made PC centric game can sell as hoped. Of course, it helps that Metro 2033 has been featured in many Steam sales since its 2010 release.
Beynon went on to echo the previous sentiment the publisher didn't "nurture" the original game properly, but partly because of the sales, has been doing so with sequel Metro: Last Light, and will continue to.
Source: AusGamers
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Also, it spawned this video.
I can barely run the game on medium at 6110x1080 (no AA) with 2 GTX480s as well, so AA isn't the only power whore there.