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[Marcellus Wallace]

PressRelease | FromSoftware, Inc.

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BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. (headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Yasuo Miyakawa) and FromSoftware, Inc. (headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Hidetaka Miyazaki) co-developed　the brand new action RPG "ELDEN RING" (Japan published under FromSoftware, Inc. / all other regions published under BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.) has sold more than 1M units in Japan (※1, 2) and 12M units worldwide (※1, 2).

I said GOD DAMN

 

[Marcellus Wallace]

*has

Mod help

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Holy tits, hasn't this been out for like two and a half weeks? Printing money.

 

[Marcellus Wallace]

Holy tits, hasn't this been out for like two and a half weeks? Printing money.

COD numbas

 

[Draugoth]

 

[SLB1904]

so according to steampy at least 4mil was on consoles right

 

[YukiOnna]

Interesting comments from BAMCO in the Press Release unless it's standard for them:
Please look forward to more of “ELDEN RING” as an IP (characters and other intellectual property) in hopes of expanding beyond the realm of games

Much effort was placed into creating “ELDEN RING” so that we could exceed the expectations of our fans worldwide. In like manner, we will continue our efforts in expanding the brand beyond the game itself, and into everyone’s daily life

 

[Hobbygaming]

 

[Ladioss]

Never expected it to sell so well.

Curious to see how From software will manage, and hopefully capitalize on this success.

 

[bitbydeath]

Deserved.

 

[Craig of War]

That fast already not even a month yet it gone to do 30 million

 

[EDMIX]

Holy tits, hasn't this been out for like two and a half weeks? Printing money.

Basically slightly under what Fallout 4 did.

So massive units.

When that happened first week for Fallout 4, it was in 2015 so lots of time to get PS4 and XONE, so I assume cross gen helped fill a bit of that gap and not having a name like Fallout is why its 2 weeks vs 1 week.

Elden Ring 2, ending or mid gen, easily would do theses numbers in 1 week if those players retain.

 

[Lognor]

Called it

 

[CosmicComet]

Gawt DAMN.

Been repping From Software since the 1997 armored core demo disc days and it's a sight to see them elevate over the years.

 

[TheDuskwalker]

And Namco only expected 4 million by next month.

Bandai Namco Expects 4 Million Elden Ring Sales Before April 2022

4 million in just over a month? Seems reasonable.

www.gfinityesports.com

 

[SLB1904]

And Namco only expected 4 million by next month.

Bandai Namco Expects 4 Million Elden Ring Sales Before April 2022

4 million in just over a month? Seems reasonable.

www.gfinityesports.com

no wonder staff got a pay rise.
amazing stuff

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Deserved. Fantastic game.

Will this now be the standard for open world RPG's?

 

[Pejo]

Interesting comments from BAMCO in the Press Release unless it's standard for them:
Please look forward to more of “ELDEN RING” as an IP (characters and other intellectual property) in hopes of expanding beyond the realm of games

Much effort was placed into creating “ELDEN RING” so that we could exceed the expectations of our fans worldwide. In like manner, we will continue our efforts in expanding the brand beyond the game itself, and into everyone’s daily life

"you like our game so we're going to do everything we can to ruin that with movies, fast food collabs, and other things with only MONEY in mind"

They can keep that shit. I don't even want the anime, despite it probably being ok to decent.

I'd love it if they gave us a free patch to finish up some of the abandoned questlines though.

 

[leo-j]

If it sold 1 million in Japan that would mean the game sold more than half digitally on PS consoles.

 

[Dr_Salt]

Absolutely massive.

 

[Saber]

Pretty damn impressive, considering the differences between other games(meaning that Souls isn't for everyone). As I said in the other thread, this makes me pretty happy since not everybody like Souls type of games.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

From Software HQ rn

 

[Butch_0451]

Welp, we won’t be seeing Bloodborne 2 for a while that’s for sure.

 

[Craig of War]

Deserved. Fantastic game.

Will this now be the standard for open world RPG's?

No not really there are open world RPG's that have sold over 50 million Elden Ring has to sold 100 million before everyone start copying it won't happen

 

[Plantoid]

Now quickly patch the bugs, performance and start to build hype for a December expansion!!

 

[deeptech]

From Software HQ rn

imagine posting this on reset era

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Get that paper playa

 

[YukiOnna]

"you like our game so we're going to do everything we can to ruin that with movies, fast food collabs, and other things with only MONEY in mind"

They can keep that shit. I don't even want the anime, despite it probably being ok to decent.

I'd love it if they gave us a free patch to finish up some of the abandoned questlines though.

My other worry is Blockchain/NFT crap because the way the current industry is. Wish they said DLC, but doesn't look like it.

 

[Lognor]

Welp, we won’t be seeing Bloodborne 2 for a while that’s for sure.

Give it up. From is not going back to exclusives. Sony gonna have to make that on their own.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

Likely just getting started
all the more praise the Elden Ring

 

[Craig of War]

imagine posting this on reset era

 

[Butch_0451]

Give it up. From is not going back to exclusives. Sony gonna have to make that on their own.

Or other IPs for that matter.

 

[remember_spinal]

Give it up. From is not going back to exclusives. Sony gonna have to make that on their own.

Why, it barely sold on xbox

 

[YukiOnna]

Or other IPs for that matter.

Of course they will. They already have Armored Core coming.

 

[Lognor]

Why, it barely sold on xbox

And from put zero effort into the Xbox version. So they're just gonna give up millions of sales with little work? Nope. No ps exclusives for you!

Xbox and pc owners gonna be feasting!

 

[Kokoloko85]

1 million in Japan. I wonder what the split is between PS5, PC, PS4 etc

 

[Lognor]

1 million in Japan. I wonder what the split is between PS5, PC, PS4 etc

Is pc gaming relevant in Japan?

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Very good. Not one with a copy just yet, but will be later this year for sure.

Anyone know the platform splits? I know in Europe it was 44% PC which is massive, but that is probably a bit lower globally. I'm hearing some stuff but can't confirm anything.

imagine posting this on reset era

15 chain quotes of shame, a condescending mod post, and a ban.

Not always in that order.

 

[ZehDon]

 

[sw0mp_d0nk3y]

Nice sales. I'm waiting for the next gen update.

 

[FunkMiller]

So, basically this is an industry game changer.

A single player game (with limited free multiplayer) with zero microtransactions, huge amounts of quality content, a compelling gameplay loop, fantastic art direction, a respect for the fanbase, that ignores current social and political trends, and is priced fairly, is selling better than anything else.

 

[Rockman33]

Why, it barely sold on xbox

2ish million is almost half as much as they predicted total for first month. I’d say that’s more than “barley”

 

[Hendrick's]

Open world =

Expect to see every Soulslike going this route.

 

[Butch_0451]

Of course they will. They already have Armored Core coming.

That was already in their pipeline though. I’m talking about next steps.

 

[YukiOnna]

That was already in their pipeline though. I’m talking about next steps.

I guess, but I don't think we're looking at a nothing but Dark Souls situation. If Bamco owned the IP then I'd agree, but all it might change is their approach to future games.

 

[Bonfires Down]

That is huge but honestly I expected even more based on Steam numbers. Still thinking we’ll see 30M lifetime though.

 

[Unknown?]

And from put zero effort into the Xbox version. So they're just gonna give up millions of sales with little work? Nope. No ps exclusives for you!

Xbox and pc owners gonna be feasting!

Lol your colors are showing.

 

[Deerock71]

It's the new Animal Crossing!

 

[remember_spinal]

“Fuck accessibility” - Miyazaki

 

[Fake]

Daaammnnn. The new king.