Ohh, Elden Ring. The brutal action RPG has taken the gaming world by storm since it launched at the end of February, keeping the conversation going with its myriad mysteries and wealth of options. It's obviously very popular, but how popular exactly? Publisher Bandai Namco has just given us a refreshed figure on sales in its report for the last financial year, and FromSoftware's open world epic has now exceeded sales of 13.4 million.
This new figure is accurate as of 31st March 2022, meaning it's representative of roughly five weeks of time on physical and digital shelves. The last we heard, Elden Ring had sold 12 million copies as of 14th March, so it's gone another 1.4 million between those dates.
Of course, we're a month and a half further out, so the up-to-date sales figure is certainly higher still. If it stays on pace, it could be around the 15-16 million mark around now — but that's purely speculative. However you slice it, the game has clearly been a massive success for FromSoft.
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Congrats to From for the well deserved success! Anyone else want From Software to try a new genre for once? I like what they do, but they've done the same gameplay type since 2009. Imagine a From Software horror or actual turn based JRPG like SMT 5, now that's something I'd be hyped for (I'd still take Bloodborne 2 any day though).
I hope FIFA sign FromSoftware to make the next FIFA game. Can’t think of a better studio to take over.
Really hope there's some dlc I think it's up there with red dead 2 & BOTW as the best open world game ever. Makes most other open world games feel generic. As soon as I finished the game I started a new game plus. An amazing achievement
An amazing game. I have a short attention span and tend to be urging a game I'm playing to finish as I'm keen to start the next one. Elden Ring is the first time I can remember dreading the ending. I know I'm in the endgame but just don't want it to end. I've never done a NG+ before, but I am sorely tempted, even though I have Horizon and a bunch of other games waiting to be started. Early days, but it will take some doing for this to be anything other than game of the generation for me, utterly sublime
Can't stop playing the darn thing, and am 210 hours deep. Still very much enjoying my time with the game too.
I'm obviously in the minority here but I think this game is hugely overrated. I'd also like to see From Software try something different for their next game. The formula is becoming a bit stale.
@__jamiie Have you played it for any length of time?
@__jamiie I haven't played it yet, but I can't imagine that I will like the open world more than their usual more linear design.
@JohnnyShoulder I'm about 214hrs and still finding hidden entire cities. I don't know how anyone can manage to beat this in under say 150hrs unless they used guides. I thought Persona 5 was the longest but this takes the crown, with more gameplay and less texts in comparison. The number of unique moves with each weapon, magic builds is mind-boggling. Then of course the classic FromSoftware artistry to top it all off. Past From games feels like a grain of rice whereas ER is a full bowl. I'm worried they'd have to continue the benchmark they've set for themselves and returning to the wide linear of their past games may feel like a step back. It's simply one of the greatest games of all time!
Sales numbers for games are crazy.
@__jamiie I think the more time after the release, the more others will have the same sentiment. I played and beat the game 116 hours and no I don't think the game is a masterpiece, the game has a lot of issues in terms of balancing and performance at launch although not cyperpunk levels with bugs, had considerable issues with framerate (not sure how much patches have helped with it since I beat it). Not a masterpiece and certainly not going in my personal top 10 or even 20 but still a fantastic game, 9/10 for me.
@PapaGlitch
Just wait to realise how boring Horizons open world is compared to Elden Rings. I'm in the last strokes of Horizons campaign and it's such a chore. Although I like the graphics (of course) and the gameplay.
@TheArt I only used guides for the Ranni questline purely because there were parts of the map that I couldn't find a way to access as I'd rather spend my time doing the actual content of the game instead of searching for a needle in a haystack, figuring where I have to go in a massive open world to deliver a potion to a character without being given any direction for finding said character. Would have helped if there was a questlog, considering how obtuse these Sidequests are. I probably explored 98% of all the areas in 116 hours playtime, but I'd imagine someone very competent in these games could do it in 90-100 hours.
@__jamiie I'd say that the movement and combat is a little too familiar by now but the environment was a much needed breath of fresh air! I expect many other open-world games too follow suit.
Good game but overrated big time.
Fixed my platinum for it.
Elden Ring is not even top 3 FromSoftware game.
Well deserved. Im done with it for now. Got the platinum and im now waiting for dlc/expansions. Its one of the best games ive ever played.
It's still pretty unbelievable how popular this game got! Well deserved though. Fromsoft knocked it out of the park with Elden Ring.
Praise the Elden Ring!
@GorosBat would love a horror game
@BrotherFilmriss I'm thinking of replaying Uncharted (got the PS5 collection) or something else linear as a palette cleanser. I can imagine any other open world game feeling hollow after this
@GorosBat Well that's exactly what most people spending beyond 200hrs+ are doing; searching for needles in a haystack, and in turn you end up discovering more stuff like finding how to access inaccessible areas. I don't think you've seen 98% of the game in 116hrs though. But yeah a competent guy or a guy summoning powerful online cooperators can beat it under 100hrs just following the main quest only. Playing it naturally with no help whatsoever I feel takes you over 200hrs.
@SplooshDmg
I have
1. Bloodborne
2. Sekiro
3. Ds1
Havent played Demon souls so that might change top 3.
Yeah some places seems like that did only to get world bigger and not better.
If they did it little smaller and with better bosses it would be in top 3.
@TheArt I did do 98% of everything, my map was completely uncovered finding every sign of grace(looked up the map to get the few I missed), I got all achievements for every boss, unlocked all requirements for every ending, only thing I missed was a specific dungeon where there is a machine that one shots you. I did 2/3 of that same dungeon type and couldn't be bothered doing the last one. Only other thing I missed was getting the last legendary weapon for the achievement which was missable and I couldn't be bothered ng+ing the game to get it. No offence mate, you're just slow, I beat the majority of the content when spirit echo was OP and beat most bosses in 1st or 2nd try bar some of the late game bosses. You can't exactly say someone didn't stop to smell the roses when they've put in 100+ hours into a game, at a certain point I got burnt out with the game because I consumed the game so fast, but that's my choice and how I played, as time is a finite thing. I'm not criticizing your playstyle, but your point of view is in a vacuum and I see many people online who critical the main story in about 60 hours completely blind. For reference, it took me about 20 hours to scour everything in each area and if I only went for the legacy dungeons it would have easily been half that for each area.
@TheArt as a person that missed only one cave in my blind first playthrough I can’t agree more. Without guides you have nearly no hope of beating everything this game has to offer in less than 150-200 hours unless you rush and if you do that you’re going to miss lots.
Great game I have platinum for the PS4 and PS5 versions.
Game definitely deserves it. I want to play Bloodborne and Sekiro first before Elden Ring so it'll be a bit before I add my purchase to the sales number.
@MarcG420 I have a come back for literally every response you make but I'm not going down this rabbit hole as I see you're trying to bait me so, have a good day and best wishes in life 😊
And muted
Well deserved. This is almost the halve of the whole Souls franchise (28.7 million copies a couple of years ago as informed by From Software). I am still playing the first playthrough (160 h and going). Unfortunatelly have no much time to dedicate every day and so I usually spend many days to complete a game (months actually). The game is as fun as in the first day I played though.
These are incredible sales numbers by any standard. Well deserved though, this is an absolutely brilliant video game. Moving to a fully open world design was a huge risk and in lesser hands could have been a disaster. Congrats to From Software!
@GorosBat I don't know Sekiro was pretty different from their usual gameplay style but I agree I hope From tries something new with their next game. They've stayed very close to the typical souls formula for a while now. Wouldn't hurt for them to branch out a little
Elden ring is one of the best games ever made.and the anticipation for this instant classic masterpiece was off the chains.so people are hyped and it will still be selling even more .word up son
Only 1.4m more since the 12m report. Might not get to 20m after all.
Anyways. Nice FS gets the praise it always deserved.
I enjoyed every minute of my 200+ hours with the game, and I really hope there's DLC planned. I didn't think they would ever make something as good as Bloodborne, but here we are. Honestly, at this point, their best game just comes down to personal preference.
I spent the first ten or so hours of the game exploring Limgrave, and it was one of the most enjoyable gaming experiences I’ve had in a long time. The atmosphere, the worldbuilding, the desolate but beautiful scenery - with the awe-inspiring Erdtree always in the background, towering over everything…
The game does lose some steam, and starts to feel less well balanced, after you get through Leyndell - but I can’t say there was any point where I grew tired of exploring or didn’t feel like seeing it through to the end.
It’s not perfect (what game is?) - but it’s given me 130+ hours of enjoyment and some of my favorite gaming memories, so I think it deserves its hype and sales. (I can’t see the future, so no idea what I or others will think of it in ten years - it’s enough that it gave me this much pleasure now.)
@MarcG420 Exactly. It's obvious there's still a bit of rush somewhere. On an average it should be something like 150hrs with no guides.
@GorosBat Okay I hear you mate. Mind you I don't fast travel in open worlds except if there's no choice but a lot of people use it. Plus I like to walk at certain places instead of running. I stop to admire views and take screenshots so yeah I guess I'm taking my sweet time so you can't exactly conclude I'm slow. You went fast I hear you no need to feel superior over it, judging from majority of these comments most people are hitting the 200hr mark. Maybe not using guides for some quests would've dragged you to 150hrs is all I'm saying. 😜
@TheArt Yeah I'm still finding new discoveries in earlier areas when I'm going back to them.
I look forward to playing Elden Ring in another year or two, when it finally drops down in price to $20 New during a big sale.
I'm in no hurry to play a game I know I'll be terrible at lol.
Elden Ring is a great game. I'm 130 hours in. I don't finish it yet because I took a break from it. I'm writing my PHD thesis ^^.
But even if the world is massive, well crafted, beautiful art and design, I have some things to point out that could be better. First performance... They need to nail that... Second a lot of recycled 3d models. Always the same ***** shack all over the world. Same ruins all over the world, ETC. They could have made some tweaks in this department. 130 hours in the game and you start to see a lot of the same enemies... with little to no diference by regions. You don't feel that in a normal DS game.
But I'm being picky.
They have a lot of room to improve in this new type of open world formula, and that is good.
Bring some DLCs and performance fixes
@SoulChimera
Nah, the frame rate would be all over the shop. 😊
The game will surely outsell all Souls games combined. Crazy numbers are crazy.
@RevGaming 1.4 million in 17 days. This is only accounting through the end of March. It's likely sold even more since then
@Tchunga
Oh! My bad. Then it should get to 20m at the end of the year? That's crazy!!
If only Shuhei...
Release a well done complete game and gamers will support it. Who knew?
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