Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled surpasses 10 million copies sold

Following a lengthy hiatus, the Crash Bandicoot series returned in 2017 with the PS4 remake of the OG Crash Bandicoot trilogy – which went on to sell over 20 million copies. In a similar vein, 2019’s Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled has reached a milestone of its own: officially selling over 10 million copies.

Making the announcement on its socials, the official Crash Bandicoot page wrote: “BOO-YAH! This one calls for a victory lap” alongside an image revealing that Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled has officially “sold through” 10 million units globally.

Considering the fact that Nitro-Fueled is a remake of the 1999 PSOne classic, 10 million units is a major achievement – especially as the game never made its way to PC for whatever reason; stuck on the PS4, Xbox One and Switch.

As mentioned, since the revival of Crash Bandicoot back in 2017, we’ve seen a decent number of games released, with 2019’s Crash Team Racing being followed up by Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time in 2020; Crash Bandicoot: On the Run (for mobile) in 2021 and most recently Crash Team Rumble back in 2023.

Of these titles, only the N.Sane Trilogy and Nitro-Fueled have had any sales data shared, and so it is safe to assume that CTR represents the second best-selling Crash title since the franchise’s revival.

Given the fact that Crash remakes seem to perform significantly better than original releases, it will be interesting to see where the series goes from here.

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