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What the $5.1 million figure means
On Dec. 18, 2013, GameSpot reported that DayZ standalone had sold more than 172,000 copies on its first day of Early Access; GamesBeat reported estimated sales exceeding $5.1 million. The dollar figure is an estimate reported at the time, not a financial statement from Bohemia Interactive. GameSpot’s account and GamesBeat’s account support the launch-day milestones.
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Dayz - Xbox One | $39.99 | Buy on Amazon |
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Hunt: Showdown (Xbox One) | $21.88 | Buy on Amazon |
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Dayz (Xbox One) | $34.99 | Buy on Amazon |
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Dayz (edm, Techno, dayz, video game) | $1.29 | Buy on Amazon |
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DayZ Game Guide: Master Medical Systems, Combat Psychology, and Base Building | $9.99 | Buy on Amazon |
“Sales” should not be read as profit or net revenue. The reports do not establish how much the developer retained after platform fees, refunds, taxes, regional price differences, or other costs. The reviewed material provides no audited launch-day revenue statement or breakdown of those deductions.
How the launch-day result compares with later milestones
| Measure | Reported figure | What it represents |
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| First day of Early Access | More than 172,000 copies; estimated sales above $5.1 million, reported by GameSpot and GamesBeat on Dec. 18, 2013 | Launch-day units and a contemporaneous sales estimate, not net proceeds |
| First three weeks | More than 875,000 copies, announced by Bohemia Interactive in 2014 | A later cumulative unit milestone, not another first-day count; the announcement is available in Steam’s archived news feed |
The three-week total covers a longer period, so it should not be added to the launch-day figure as though the numbers describe separate sales.
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Early Access was not the full release
The more-than-$5-million report concerned DayZ standalone’s Dec. 16, 2013 Early Access launch on Steam. Steam dates the full release to Dec. 13, 2018. Bohemia Interactive identifies DayZ as a multiplayer survival sandbox it developed and published. Steam’s DayZ listing provides the current product and release information.
Current store prices and editions do not establish what buyers paid in 2013, and they cannot be used to independently recalculate the launch estimate. The historical reports do not provide a regional sales or pricing breakdown.
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- Use any means necessary to survive a hostile open world for as long as possible.
- explore the authentic open world of chernarus, featuring 230 square kilometres of hand-crafted terrain based on real-life locations.
- become immersed in a tense, emotional experience driven by the emergent interactions of 60 players on a single server, each one fighting for survival.
- experience a wide variety of complex survival mechanics, from hunting and crafting, through to sophisticated injury simulation and transferable diseases.
- survive against environmental dangers, including the infected, dynamic weather, and animal predators
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