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Elden Ring Has Now Sold More Than The Entire Dark Souls Series Had Prior To Its Release

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Sam Woods

Published Dec 16, 2024

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Elden Ring sold almost 29 million units, surpassing the entire Dark Souls franchise sales pre-Elden Ring.
The game has now outsold Super Mario Odyssey, GTA 4, San Andreas, and Pokemon Sword and Shield.
Elden Ring's mainstream impact on the Soulsborne genre has been impressive, leading FromSoftware to develop a spin-off game, Nightreign.

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Elden Ring was a cultural phenomenon. Changing the formula drastically from its previous release, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, FromSoftware's latest title was a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:critical and commercial behemoth, scoring a and .

An unknown character in Elden Ring Nightreign.

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Bandai Namco, the game's publisher, recently released the game's sales figures, showing just how successful it was. The latest data shows the game eclipsed the entire 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dark Souls franchise's sales figures pre-Elden Ring.

Elden Ring Sells Almost 29 Million Units

It was that, as of September 2024, Elden Ring had sold 28.6 million units. That makes it the 28th best-selling video game of all time— not bad for a game developed by a company that historically made relatively niche titles.

As of its , Elden Ring has now sold more than 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Super Mario Odyssey, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Grand Theft Auto: 4 and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:San Andreas, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Sword and Shield.

Arguably, what's most impressive is not the games that it has now🌌 outsold from other developers, but the impact that it's had on the Soulsborne/Soulslike genre.

According to analyst , prior to Elden Ring's release, the Dark Souls franchise, comprised of Dark Souls 1, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dark Souls 2, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dark Souls 3, had sold 27 million u🅠nits since it launched in 2011. This means that in two and a half years, Elden Ring eclipsed 13 years of franchise sales.

It's not overly surprising,🎀 given the mainstream focus Elden Ring received versus the niche appeal of Dark Souls, but it's impressive nonetheless.

Interestingly, the Dark Souls franchise has now , sug꧃gesting that Elden ꩵRing has caused a significant uplift in sales to players curious about the genre's origins.

It was recently confirmed that FromSoftware 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:was꧟n't working on a sequel to Elden🌜 Ring, instead focusing on a mixture of other Soulsborne and non-Soulꦅꩲsborne games, sparking fears that the game was a one-and-done scenario. However, at this year's Game Awards, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:FromSoftware revealed ✅Elden Ring: Nightreign. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nightreign is a three-player roguelike-style spin-off of Elden Ring, which features 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a Fortnite-style shrinking circle and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a bunch of returning Souls bosses and will see playerಞs try to surv🍎ive The Lands Between for three treacherous nights. What a time to be a FromSoft fan.