It’s official now! Bandai Namco and FromSoftware’s fantasy game Elden Ring has sold 1 million units in Japan and 12 million units worldwide since its massive launch last month. The publisher recently provided a press release, revealing the major sales figures for the biggest release of the year.
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Elden Ring has taken the world by storm ever since it made an anticipated debut in late February. Critics have given it great reviews, and players are also thoroughly enjoying its open world.
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While sharing the official numbers in the press release, Bandai Namco and FromSoftware mentioned how the title has performed so far.
The game has sold 1 million copies in the Japanese market. On the other hand, it has successfully sold 12 million units globally as of March 14, 2022. The sales figures involve both the physical as well as the digitally sold copies.
Hidetaka Miyazaki is the creator of Elden Ring and also the CEO of FromSoftware. Yasuo Miyakawa is the head of its publisher at Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
Miyazaki had this special message to thank the fans for making the game an unprecedented hit:
“It’s astonishing to see just how many people have been playing ‘Elden Ring.’ I’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks on behalf of the entire development team.”
The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley also shared the accomplishment of the blockbuster game on his account. He also mentioned that the sales roughly translate to an earned revenue of $720 million.
ELDEN RING has sold an astonishing 12 million copies worldwide in the first two weeks.
That translates into at least 720M dollars in revenue.
Congratulations to the teams at From and Bandai Namco! pic.twitter.com/p85pvripdS
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) March 16, 2022
Without a doubt, fans were also ecstatic to see this kind of performance from the awaited release of 2022.
The best game with In the past 12 years hundreds of hours of content ready for you to play and when creators actually do there job And make a complete game without you gotta be waiting for add-ons just to play the game
— brandonx (@brandon1050) March 16, 2022
W game, W devs! pic.twitter.com/g4Zdl1Q9rp
— Rhino (@TheeMockingjqy) March 16, 2022
GOATSOFTWARE pic.twitter.com/rc1rBOjbdy
— King B (@PSPaladin) March 16, 2022
greatly deserved. miyazaki proved once again how much of a genius he is and how talented his studio is.
— yo (@Koahlah) March 16, 2022
I wonder what will be next? Dark souls 4, bloodborne 2, sekiro 2, or maybe elden ring 2? pic.twitter.com/Xape7dsTJv
— EggJump Entertainment (@PrestonBurrell) March 16, 2022
In case you missed it, somehow, the Souls-like RPG opened amidst spectacular reviews even before its main release day on February 25.
ELDEN RING is now available for the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam.
What are your thoughts on this amazing feat achieved by the fantasy title in just under three weeks of its launch? Have you been playing it already on your device? Let us know in the comments.
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