"Wipeout" was first released alongside the PlayStation in Europe in September 1995. It was the PlayStation's best-selling launch title in Europe. The game was released in the United States later in November. The game went to number one in all the format charts, with over 1.5 million units of the franchise having been sold to date throughout Europe and North America. "Wipeout" was ported to the Sega Saturn in 1996. Because the company behind the PlayStation, Sony, owned the applicable rights to the last three tracks of the PlayStation version's soundtrack, new music was added for the Saturn version by Rob Lord and Mark Bandola. The Sega Saturn version was released by SoftBank in North America. It was one of four titles they planned to release on the Sega Saturn in the US, along with "Destruction Derby", "Krazy Ivan", and "Assault Rigs", but only Wipeout was released.