Uncharted Franchise Sells 17 Million Units, Game Of The Year Edition Announced

Sony has announced an impressive milestone for Naughty Dog's Uncharted series. The PlayStation 3 exclusive franchise has surpassed 17 million copies sold since 2007's Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

Sony provided an exact figure of "over 17,320,000" as of April 12th, 2012. The series' inception occurred back in 2007 during the PS3's infancy with Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. Following that two years later was the universally acclaimed Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. The most recent main installment, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, released during November, 2011. PlayStation Vita's Golden Abyss, a spin-off of the IP, launched alongside the Vita in February.

During the October of 2011, a press release by SCEJ confirmed the franchise accumulated eight million sales with the first two installments. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves claimed 4.9 million units from that figure.

Following Uncharted 3's release, meanwhile, Sony confirmed it sold 3.8 million units on launch day which was followed by a 13 million copies sold figure for the franchise.

Elsewhere, Sony announced the recently outed GOTY edition of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. The special edition, which remains undated, will bundle all of the previously released downloadable content packs. These are:

• Classic Skins Packs 1 – 3
• Multiplayer Accessory Pack
• Flashback Map Packs 1 and 2
• Drake’s Deception Map Pack
• Fort Co-Op Adventure
• Co-Op Shade Survival
• Doughnut Skin Pack
• Rogues Skin Pack 1 and 2