FromSoftware sells another 3.6 million copies of Elden Ring in three months

 

Just recently went through the hot drama of a game studio that people either love or hate, FromSoftware (hate that every game they release is so difficult that many people who buy it can't finish it) with news about the DLC Shadow of the Erdtree being nominated for The Game Awards 2024 amidst protests from gamers all over the world. Before the buzz died down after the awards announcement because a new game in the series, Elden Ring Nightreign, was announced. And in order not to let the buzz die down, FromSoftware quickly announced good news for Elden Ring fans to be happy about with the announcement of increased sales of the game Elden Ring to the point that FromSoftware complained while working that they had to count the money and game sales again, even though the old one had just been counted (really pitiful). Let's see how much Elden Ring's sales were from the original and how much they increased.

This complaint from FromSoftware was announced a few days ago, stating that the latest figures that the FromSoftware team had to sit and count until their hands were tired with the latest Elden Ring game were around 25 million copies sold on both consoles and PC, which is the same sales as the game Sekiro Shadows Die Twice in June 2022, which also sold 25 million copies. But recently, FromSoftware has come out to say that sales of the game Elden Ring have now increased to 28.6 million copies, or an increase of 3.6 million copies because the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC stimulated sales for those who heard the news and came to buy more. We must not forget that the Elden Ring game has been out for 2 years.

When seeing the sales increase of more than 3 million units like this, many people say that in the future, if the game Elden Ring Nightreign is released, it will definitely stimulate sales even more than before. The information says that this Elden Ring Nightreign game will not be under the supervision of Miyazaki Hidetaka, but will have a new director, Ishizaki Junya, oversee instead. The information says that the game Elden Ring Nightreign will be a survival game with cooperation between players. Mr. Ishizaki previously said that Elden Ring Nightreign will not be similar to a live-service game like Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, even though it is an online multiplayer game (of course, he secretly teases other games too).

We'll have to wait and see if Elden Ring's change to an online game will make fans play the game more and whether it will increase sales of Elden Ring even more. We'll have to wait and see because don't forget that Elden Ring already has a system for inviting friends to play the game. When the game is changed to be played with many friends like this, the difficulty of the game will likely be higher and it will be a new direction for the series to continue. When that time comes, we, the players, will be the ones to decide whether or not this game is okay and to our liking. Let's wait and see when the game comes out.