Bethesda Softworks Announces Successful Launch of Fallout 3 is the press release with some very large numbers from the launch of Fallout 3 that make it hard to dispute their use of the word "successful." Bethesda announces having shipped approximately 4.7 million copies of the post-apocalyptic RPG sequel for Windows and consoles, saying this represents $300 million in sales: "Released on October 28 in North America at midnight store openings in over 2,000 retail outlets nationwide jammed with fans eager to get the game, Fallout 3 quickly became one of the industry's top sellers around the world. For example, in the United Kingdom where it was not released until Friday, October 31 the rapid sales of Fallout 3 have led the game to be ranked number one among all video games, as well as being the number one game on each of its three platforms."