Elden Ring Has Sold Over 20 Million Copies Worldwide 2p6h4m Bandai Namco Confirms

Game of the Year winner at The Game Awards 2022, Elden Ring achieved this feat days before its one-year anniversary on February 25. 3k665y

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Manas Mitul | Updated: 23 February 2023 18:37 IST

Elden Ring Has Sold Over 20 Million Copies Worldwide, Bandai Namco Confirms

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Game director Hidetaka Miyazaki has hinted at more content in the future

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For comparison, it took Dark Souls 3 four years to sell 10 million copies
FromSoftware’s next game is Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon
Elden ring’s last major update was the Colosseum PvP free DLC

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Elden Ring has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, publisher Bandai Namco confirmed. A critical darling and Game of the Year winner at The Game Awards 2022, Elden Ring reached the milestone just a few days shy of its one-year anniversary — February 25. The total combines the shipment and sales figures for both physical and digital copies sold. It's worth noting that the game reached that number without any post-launch story DLC or expansion. For comparison, it took Dark Souls 3 — FromSoftware's much-beloved 2016 title — four years to sell 10 million copies. Elden Ring doubled that feat in just one year.

“The companies would like to thank everyone who has played this game from the bottom of their hearts, and will continue to develop various ways for the fans to enjoy the world of PS4, sold just over 2 million copies by the end of 2015.

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Our heartfelt thanks for your and companionship on this journey.#ELDENRING pic.twitter.com/S8eqiNk0Uv
— ELDEN RING (@ELDENRING) February 22, 2023

If anything, Elden Ring's feat proves how single-player games can still emerge successful in current video game climate that rewards live service models with battle es and in-game purchases. The game also highlighted underwhelming Ubisoft, dictated by endless map icons, waypoints, an objective checklist, and too much handholding — essentially, distracting from the wonders of exploration.

The last announced sales details for Elden Ring were in The Game Awards.

As the one-year anniversary nears, fans have been wondering whether Hidetaka Miyazaki promised that more content was on its way. “As for Elden Ring, we have several more things we want to do,” he said, at the time. As usual, data miners such as Sekiro Dubi have been hard at work, uncovering cut content in the game that could potentially emerge as DLC content. One of them was revealed as the Colosseum DLC, wherein players could partake in PvP matches against others online. The arenas always existed in the main game, but their doors were inaccessible during gameplay until the update rolled out.

Last year, FromSoftware also Sekiro, FromSoftware's next game will let players assemble their own robots and pilot them in fast-paced missions that test their mettle.

Elden Ring is available on Xbox Series S/X.

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Genre RPG

Platform PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation 5 (PS5), Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows

Modes Single-player, Multiplayer

PEGI Rating 18+

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