2K ships 2 million copies of PGA Tour 2K21 as video game golf heats up

It is high tide for video game golf. Publisher 2K Games has shipped 2 million copies of PGA Tour 2K21 since its August debut. Take-Two Interactive, 2K’s parent company, called the game “highly successful,” which is one of the reasons 2K acquired PGA Tour developer HB Studios.

These hot sales for 2K21 come as Electronic Arts and Nintendo plan to release golf games in the next 12 months. Nintendo is launching Mario Golf: Super Rush on June 25. That game brings the franchise to Switch for the first time. EA, meanwhile, is building a direct competitor to PGA Tour 2K21 with its EA Sports PGA Tour. In a tweet on May 17, EA confirmed that it is releasing PGA Tour in 2022.