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Portal 2 advances science by 3 million copies since April 2011
Posted: 23.06.2011 11:31 by Simon Priest Comments: 2
Valve's Gabe Newell has revealed that Portal 2 has sold over 3 million copies worldwide since the science-loving, action puzzler sequel released in April.

He talked up the impact that games like Portal can have on education, noting some use it for teaching physics. The original Portal cleared 4 million at retail.


Valve has never divulged the Steam sales figures for Portal but we do know it sold at least 4 million box copies. The original title released back in 2007 to critical acclaim and its sequel scored equally high when it released in April this year.

Gabe Newell, Valve co-founder and managing director, made the announcement at the Games for Change conference hosted by the Games for Learning Institute. Do you think games should be playing a greater role in education?

Source: Gamasutra

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By unsilviu (SI Core) on Jun 23, 2011
unsilviu
Games should certainly be more employed in the educational system, rather than as it is now: kids view school as work, and games as the fun thing they do when they get rid of school. I think extra credits have a very interesting view on the subject
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/extra-credits/3167-Gamifying-Education
By JPerry06 (SI Core) on Jun 23, 2011
JPerry06
i am sure there is a great use for games in education. def some design tweeks needed before GTA gets into driver ed though.