Batman is kind of a big deal, with his latest starring role catapulting Batman: Arkham City to astronomical shipping numbers: an approximate 4.6 million in the first week. LA Times reports that among those shipments, Bats has already slipped into 2 million homes.

By most accounts, Batman: Arkham City is earning those numbers, with reviewers (including our own) praising the sequel’s densely packed open world and attention to detail, among other things. And if the rest of those shipped copies eventually end up in consumer’s homes as well, the game will have already surpassed sales numbers of its predecessor (4.3 million). Not too shabby for a development studio whose only non-Batman game is about being a random police dude!

JoystiqBatman: Arkham City ships 4.6M in first week, 2M sold originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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