Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles launched for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 just under two weeks ago at the time of writing this article — and guess what? The anime-based brawler is already proving to be a hit for SEGA. The game's managed to ship and sell over 1 million copies since its release on the 15th October.
Not hugely surprising news considering the immense popularity of Demon Slayer, but the publishing companies behind the property will be keeping an eye on the game's continued success. If all goes to plan, we could definitely see a sequel being greenlit once the anime has another season or so under its belt.
We're not massive fans of the aforementioned game — we gave it a 'not bad' 6/10 in our Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles PS5 review — but it absolutely lays the foundations for a bigger and better sequel. Hopefully we get one.
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Great game well deserved can't wait for the supposedly 6 free DLC characters coming CC2 continue to be the masters of anime licenced games keep em coming guys 😁
Even the game has to sell like crazy. That’s Demon Slayer for ya.
Would much rather prefer a proper demon slayer rpg
Also I wonder how many of those million buyers knew how little content they were paying for
Nice!... on my list, just waiting for the 60fps patch.
Awful news. And we just sent the message that these garbage repeat 3D arena fighters will keep selling and there is no reason to make a real Demon Slayer (or any anime) game that is built for it and not using a cheap template. Sequel? Heck no.
How about an Arkham for Demon Slayer? Not a copy and paste.
@UltimateOtaku91 Those millions of people knows much little content they was paying. People just don't care when it comes to things they like... People just also have really low standards when it comes to anime games cause the bar have been sat so low that stuff like this is decent.
This anime is like the new dragon ball z or Naruto. I work in a commerce area and see merchandise for it in nearly every store that sells either anime or toys. I don't know just how it got so popular, it feels like it's even surpassed My hero which I thought was also huge...but nothing on this level apparently.
The anime is overrated, don't get me wrong, I do enjoy it and would probs give it an 8/10. But come on anime community, some of the fanbase is heralding this show as the best thing since sliced bread, or maybe its a normie thing? I just don't think a show with 22 episodes deserves to be getting the same fanfare as DBZ or Shippuden which both have hundreds of episodes. Where's the massive fanfare for One Piece in the west for a show that's had the high consistency for literally crossing over 1000 episodes! What I'm trying to say is I want more anime games to be JRPG's, have a good day everyone
Sold based on IP alone, kinda sad, while proper fighting games like Guilty Gear strive and Melty blood are kinda over looked.
@Jaz007 I agree. The only reason this game sold is the series popularity, which is at a high. There is nothing special about this game.
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