Sony reveals updated Horizon franchise sales in Tencent lawsuit

Just yesterday, we reported on the lawsuit filed by Sony against Tencent as a result of the announcement of their Horizon: Zero Dawn ‘clone’ Light of Motiram. As part of the filings, the console maker (who typically picks and chooses when to share game sales data) has revealed that PlayStation’s Horizon franchise is nearing 40 million copies sold.

The lawsuit, filed on the 21st of July, consists of nearly 50 pages worth of documentation. That said, in amongst all of the legal jargon, Sony actually offered up-to-date sales figures for the Horizon franchise, writing (as acquired by Deadline):

“The Horizon Franchise is immensely successful and widely distributed. The Horizon Franchise has sold over 38 million copies globally. There would be no question that Tencent had access to the Horizon Franchise when it created Light of Motiram, even had it not expressly approached SIE with a request to license SIE’s intellectual property rights in the franchise.”

That final point is in reference to the fact that Tencent had previously approached Sony to collaborate on a Horizon game – which Sony declined.

All that said, it is interesting to see just how many copies the Horizon franchise has sold, especially as many of the games have been made available across the likes of PlayStation Plus in the years since their launch. It will be curious to see what else is revealed as part of this lawsuit.

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