Doom Eternal has the best launch weekend in franchise history

Posted byby Mike Minotti
March 25, 2020
Updated June 19, 2025
1 min

Bethesda announced today that Doom Eternal has had the best launch weekend of any game in the franchise’s history.

The publisher did not specify how many copies it sold, but Bethesda did note that the launch weekend doubled the launch weekend revenue for the last entry in the series, 2016’s Doom. That game came out in May, and by July it had sold 2 million copies on PC.

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Mike Minotti

Mike Minotti has been with GamesBeat since 2012, starting as an intern. Based near Youngstown, Ohio, he now manages GamesBeat's editorial team. He's also a prolific podcaster, appearing on multiple shows covering the gaming industry.