The former Bend Studio's game director, Jeff Ross, revealed that the game hit around 9 million copies, outselling Ghost of Tsushima that has recently reached 8 million sales. On his Twitter account, Ross noted that when he left Sony, Days Gone reached a milestone of 8 million units on console alone, and over a million copies were subsequently sold on PlayStation and Steam.
Ross also claimed that despite the commercial success of the game, "local studio management" always made them feel that Days Gone was a failure. The game director also added: "Development was a long slog, but we were a small team learning how to make our first open-world game. All things considered, it's amazing we finished at all."
