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[3liteDragon]

 

[YokimoHurame]

If FromSoftware releases a DLC this year, Elden Ring will easily have more than 25 million copies sold.

 

[LectureMaster]

 

[onQ123]

Beast

 

[Bartski]

 

[Fredrik]

Deserved!

 

[DForce]

PS4 - 120m consoles
XB1 - 50-60m
PS5 -27m+
XBS - 12m+
PC - 300m+

Only 20 million copies? Not good at all /sarcasm

 

[Robb]

Good on From, seems very well deserved!

 

[kyliethicc]

so Elden Ring sold like 8-10 million on PlayStation 4 & 5 in 12 months
while God of War Ragnarok sold 11 million on PlayStation 4 & 5 in 10 weeks

 

[Danjin44]

 

[Pejo]

so Elden Ring sold like 8-10 million on PlayStation 4 & 5 in 12 months
while God of War Ragnarok sold 11 million on PlayStation 4 & 5 in 10 weeks

Toyota sold 87,591 Prius cars in 2018. Since we're just posting random numbers.

I hope this teaches the industry some good lessons about what makes an open world game compelling. Good natural exploration, (mostly) good or at least unique rewards for your efforts, freedom of choice, and less handholding. Can't wait for the DLC.

 

[Gamerfan81]

Pretty cool. Very well deserve. Hopefully next year Hogwarts joins the 20 million club.

 

[mrmustard]

so Elden Ring sold like 8-10 million on PlayStation 4 & 5 in 12 months
while God of War Ragnarok sold 11 million on PlayStation 4 & 5 in 10 weeks

With tons of bundles in times of console scarcity, >100 million dollars marketing and a mass market genre. Bad comparison.

 

[Tarin02543]

PS4 - 120m consoles
XB1 - 50-60m
PS5 -27m+
XBS - 12m+
PC - 300m+

Only 20 million copies? Not good at all /sarcasm

A colleague of mine is adamant that world of Warcraft is much better than elden ring because it’s bigger and has more spells

 

[sandbood]

so Elden Ring sold like 8-10 million on PlayStation 4 & 5 in 12 months
while God of War Ragnarok sold 11 million on PlayStation 4 & 5 in 10 weeks

Animal Crossing NH sold 22.4 million on Switch in 3.5 months

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet sold 20.6 million on Switch in 6 weeks

 

[kyliethicc]

Animal Crossing NH sold 22.4 million on Switch in 3.5 months

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet sold 20.6 million on Switch in 6 weeks

how many did they sell on PlayStation?
and how many did Elden Ring sell on Switch?

 

[GhostOfTsu]

Animal Crossing NH sold 22.4 million on Switch in 3.5 months

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet sold 20.6 million on Switch in 6 weeks

Do you have to bring up Nintendo in every thread, Marty Mcfly?

 

[Kataploom]

Cool, my copy isn't still accounting, haven't found a hole in my backlog to play it but will eventually, probably this year.

so Elden Ring sold like 8-10 million on PlayStation 4 & 5 in 12 months
while God of War Ragnarok sold 11 million on PlayStation 4 & 5 in 10 weeks

Casual games tend to sell more unless the brand has deep cultural recognition.

 

[ValiantTraveler]

Fully deserved, one of the best games I played in recent years and one of the best open worlds ever.

 

[balls of snow]

2 copies from me. Gg From.

 

[Ar¢tos]

Animal Crossing NH sold 22.4 million on Switch in 3.5 months

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet sold 20.6 million on Switch in 6 weeks

You can't compare switch games sales with other consoles games sales.
Poor switch users are so starved for games that they buy anything at any price. Even if the games look like straight up ps2 ports like Pokemon, or are the 24th re-release of the same game they played 56 times like Mario.

 

[mxbison]

Toyota sold 87,591 Prius cars in 2018. Since we're just posting random numbers.

I hope this teaches the industry some good lessons about what makes an open world game compelling. Good natural exploration, (mostly) good or at least unique rewards for your efforts, freedom of choice, and less handholding. Can't wait for the DLC.

Not sure about that. Hogwarts Legacy is the same old map markers, check lists, and hand holding. It's selling insane and has plenty of people here already calling for GOTY.

 

[CompetitionPro]

With that milestone in mind it's the perfect time to give us a DLC. Still no word on that which is kinda weird.

 

[Pejo]

Not sure about that. Hogwarts Legacy is the same old map markers, check lists, and hand holding. It's selling insane and has plenty of people here already calling for GOTY.

Well the lesson learned from that is "make a high quality game with an IP that already has a huge following", but I do see what you mean.

 

[Lethal01]

Toyota sold 87,591 Prius cars in 2018. Since we're just posting random numbers.

I hope this teaches the industry some good lessons about what makes an open world game compelling. Good natural exploration, (mostly) good or at least unique rewards for your efforts, freedom of choice, and less handholding. Can't wait for the DLC.

It really shows how easy it easy to make a good open world when you follow Breath of the Wild's lead.

 

[ZehDon]

Glad to see it doing so well, it really is a terrific game.

 

[anthraticus]

Why is this site so focused on sales ? weird

 

[tusharngf]

I hope they drop that DLC in summer months

 

[Kusarigama]

Toyota sold 87,591 Prius cars in 2018. Since we're just posting random numbers.

I hope this teaches the industry some good lessons about what makes an open world game compelling. Good natural exploration, (mostly) good or at least unique rewards for your efforts, freedom of choice, and less handholding. Can't wait for the DLC.

Also no tacked on microtransaction dlcs and always online drm nonsense

 

[Roufianos]

Why is this site so focused on sales ? weird

Dudes, sales literally dictate market trends, which series live and die etc. How can you possibly ignore them if you're a fan of the industry?

 

[JakeWolf]

Incredible

 

[tomato shrub]

Wow, maybe people don't need excessive handholding to like games, who would've thought.

 

[Zones]

Pretty cool. Very well deserve. Hopefully next year Hogwarts joins the 20 million club.

Did you perhaps mean next month? Hogwarts may possibly reach that amount by the end of next month (on next-gen / PC only), and once it releases on all platforms, it will eventually end up way higher than ER.

A colleague of mine is adamant that world of Warcraft is much better than elden ring because it’s bigger and has more spells

Use his own logic against him and tell him Candy Crush is much better than World of Warcraft.

Animal Crossing NH sold 22.4 million on Switch in 3.5 months

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet sold 20.6 million on Switch in 6 weeks

Candy Crush has many times more players than either of those, and it generates about as much money as those games each year.

So…

 

[DenchDeckard]

Road to 30 million units....

Then we 40 million tarnished!

 

[dDoc]

Animal Crossing NH sold 22.4 million on Switch in 3.5 months

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet sold 20.6 million on Switch in 6 weeks

Yeah but those suck

 

[MISTER INVEIGLER]

Masterpiece

 

[hemo memo]

Single player no bullshit. Learn other publishers who are in love with GaaS.

 

[FunkMiller]

Bought: 20 million.

Finished: 3 million

Beat Miquella: 12 (37 if you include Let Me Solo Her)

 

[Mephisto40]

Gimme that sweet, sweet DLC

 

[Famipan]

Actually I haven’t bought it yet. The Network Test got me interested but gave me strong feelings of been-there-done-that. I’m not much into open world games and it stresses me how many unplayed OWG I have.
I have been a big soulsborne fan but I need to play other things, and I will probably need to dive into RDR2 and GTAV before ER.

Will buy 2 copies later when it hits 30 EUR on PSN and Steam.

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Well deserved.

 

[Bekind]

so Elden Ring sold like 8-10 million on PlayStation 4 & 5 in 12 months
while God of War Ragnarok sold 11 million on PlayStation 4 & 5 in 10 weeks

So God of War Ragnarok sold 0 copy on PC.
while Elden Ring sold millions on PC. what a clown lol

 

[digdug2]

A colleague of mine is adamant that world of Warcraft is much better than elden ring because it’s bigger and has more spells

Can you ride a flying mount in Elden Ring? I didn't think so. /s

Your friend is comparing apples to oranges though. Sure, they're both types of fruit, but their chemical makeup is completely different. One is a subscription-based GaaS with a monthly subscription fee and paid expansions. If I stuck with WoW since 2004, I would have paid damn near $3,000 in subscription fees alone. In addition, the game has had NINE paid expansions. Meanwhile, Elden Ring hasn't had any DLC

 

[SuperSaiyanWithDreads]

PS4 - 120m consoles
XB1 - 50-60m
PS5 -27m+
XBS - 12m+
PC - 300m+

Only 20 million copies? Not good at all /sarcasm

I mean it’s only 7 billion people on this Plain.

 

[ClosBSAS]

so Elden Ring sold like 8-10 million on PlayStation 4 & 5 in 12 months
while God of War Ragnarok sold 11 million on PlayStation 4 & 5 in 10 weeks

Diablo 3 sold 12 million in one month on PC alone.

 

[MagnesD3]

Now give me that sweet addictive DLC God dammit, I need an excuse to push me into a 4th playthrough too, it better be this year Miyazaki don't make me get out my Tarnished Tackle the Jar needs Refilling.

 

[ValiantTraveler]

Gimme that sweet, sweet DLC

I love seeing the Soulsborne YouTubers going crazy about the lack of DLC announcement every other day

 

[gaming_again]

The press release says that Fromsoft is developing ‘various ways’ for fans to enjoy the world of Elden Ring.

It’s coming, lads. Hold on to your helmets.

 

[samoilaaa]

Not sure about that. Hogwarts Legacy is the same old map markers, check lists, and hand holding. It's selling insane and has plenty of people here already calling for GOTY.

hogwarts legacy is far from game of the year , like you said it has the same flaws that every modern AAA game has , the only reason its successful was because of the trans scandal and the fact that they nailed the harry potter atmosphere , but in terms of gameplay , world interactivity , AI , depth , story , everything is mediocre

the majority calling it GOTY it proves again that gamers are the reason the quality of the games is declining , gamers are so easy to fool , everyones jumps the hype train without thinking for themselves

 

[alucard0712_rus]

Where is ray-tracing?