Borderlands 3 sales: Looter shooter surpasses 5 million copies shipped

Borderlands 3 is making a lot of money, according to publisher 2K Games and developer Gearbox Software. The loot-focused shooter debuted September 13 to generally positive reviews (with a lot of groaning at the jokes). And the companies claim it has since set several new records. 2K has shipped 5 million copies of Borderlands 3, and it says that over 70% of those sales were digital.

The newest Borderlands is also performing especially well on PC, where it debuted exclusively on the Epic Games Store. Gearbox chief executive Randy Pitchford revealed on Twitter that the game doubled the number of peak simultaneous online players as Borderlands 2 on Steam. But Pitchford did not share the exact number. In its own press release, 2K said that Borderlands 3 is its fastest-selling PC game through a five-day period ever.