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Silent Hill 2 Remake is overtaking its original as the best-selling game in the series

Silent Hill 2 Remake is overtaking its original as the best-selling game in the series

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Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2 remake is selling better than Konami’s original version of the horror classic. Released for PlayStation 2 in 2001, the psychological horror title’s original release may end up being surpassed by its modern revision.

Silent Hill 2 vs Silent Hill 2

After just three days of release, Bloober Team and Konami announced that the remake of their most beloved horror game has officially surpassed one million copies sold. Split between PS5 and Steam, with an Xbox release likely coming in the future, the remake is outpacing its 2001 counterpart.

For comparison, the original Silent Hill 2 took an entire month to sell one million copies. By the end of 2009, the entire franchise had sold a total of 6.9 million units. In 2015, it was revealed that the series had managed to sell 9 million units following the disappointing releases of Origins, Shattered Memories, Homecoming and Downpour.

As it stands, Bloober Team’s remake is currently on par with the original, but it’s also selling at a much faster rate. Over the franchise’s 25-year history, 2001’s Silent Hill 2 is the best-selling entry in the series, but with years of sales ahead of it, it seems impossible for Bloober’s recent entry not to take the top spot.

A well-deserved revival

It goes without saying that Konami’s treatment of its industry-shaking horror series has been disheartening, to say the least, and downright insulting, to say the most. With terrible film entries like Silent Hill Revelation, shockingly bad remasters in the form of the Silent Hill HD Collection, and the cancellation of Hideo Kojima’s Silent Hills, the series has been left to rot.

However, with Bloober Team’s stunning remake, there’s a chance to finally right the wrongs of the last decade and a half and bring the series back to its former form. Obviously, there is a desire for good games in the series. Now it’s up to Konami to keep the train moving.

With Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater also on the horizon, although no release date has been announced yet, there is hope that the Konami of old is back. Now we just need a remake of Zone of the Enders. Wait, they made one? For PSVR? You’re kidding.

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