Elden Ring Has Sold a Staggering 12 Million Copies Worldwide Since Launch

Insane and probably deserved. Not catering to the lowest common denominator and with numbers like these, they absolutely have no reason do to so.

Hope Sony would take notes sometimes. I love their games, but sometimes Sony games are too soft. Especially as of late. Although Returnal completely disproves my point, but let's hope we'll see more of these

This could be a Witcher 3 moment for From. It’s a great game & I expected it to do well, but not this well.
I wonder if it’ll sell throughout the gen of if it’ll tail off.

Great news. People still scared to try, guess what, after whooping Godrick, I went on a whooping spree. Whooped some guy at some Evergoal, whooped Agheel Dragon, whooped a Tree Avatar, whooped water village old spirit, finally it was the turn of the biggest troll in the beginning - Tree Sentinel. I said "remember me old friend, when I was a rookie tarnished and you made everything look impossible... it's time...WHOOPED!

Very nice to see. This is excellent news for fans of the genre (not just hard games).

Omg. That is much higher than expected.

@kyleforrester87
I went down to CeX on Saturday evening to pick up the one and only copy they had for PS5 and after walking for a little over two miles at a brisk walk someone literally picked it off the shelf when I walked in. I was pi**ed.

I only went there because I wanted to play with a friend that night. There are no other game shops in my tiny town so I'm waiting for it to arrive this morning.

They had plenty of PS4 copies though, but I wanted the PS5 version.

@Fight_Teza_Fight
It'll sell throughout. I've yet to play DS 2 and 3 and Demons Souls remake. I'll pick this one up eventually as well. People will keep picking it up. Quality perseveres.

@Wolfie_Pie I also prefer the multiple linear pathways of previous games. Great to see it do well and I'm enjoying it a lot but it is not my personal best Fromsoft game.

@PenguinL I had zero plans to buy it but caved on launch day after all the hype. I don’t even like Souls games yet I ended up spending well over 100 hours on the game. It just grew on me and I actually managed to fully complete it. Hopefully you’ll like it too!

Can't wait to play this one but I'm still engrossed in HFW, I just hope all these 10/10 scores are not just crazy critics and it's as good as people are saying!

I’m torn on this. On one hand kudos to FromSoftware for standing their ground on not including difficulty options. On the other hand, those 12M sales have validated this decision, meaning they are now unlikely to ever include difficulty options in future games, which in turn means I won’t get to enjoy their games (btw I haven’t bought Elden Ring).

So it seems Elden Ring has become the new BotW.

I don't know how to do GIFs on this site but if I could it, would be that man going oooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh🙀🙀🙀

@Wolfie_Pie I beat the game and I can definitively say that Elden Ring was the worst bosses overall since DS 2, except for General Radahn. If you explore everything the number of repeat bosses is insane and every boss in this game seems to have combos that go for 10 seconds, only to give you an opening for a single melee attack only to go back into another endless combo. Spirit summons have also broken this game, but if you don't use them in some bosses you're basically screwed.

Very well deserved. I can't put it down. From really knocked it out of the park this time around. Praise the Elden Ring!

Honestly, the souls series are unique, they manage to create something different from rest of the games out there and such a freedom it provides and full of secrets (sometimes too much) that forces you to contantly going to wiki! A big downside is the state the game was released in terms of performance.

I felt the side content being sort of repetitive as it's all about explore caves / catacombs and kill a boss there at the end. Also some enemies the amount of damage they give to you and the agressiveness at some point is rediculous.

Other than that it's an amazing game, had a blast playing it, got the plat in around 105h. Right now 120h in still exploring here and there and joining some multiplayer coop, collecting other items.

But right now I have GT7 to play

This last month has been insane, playing left and right since Dying Light 2 release, and getting 3 plats (Sifu, HFW and ER). And in general I'm not that a trophy hunter..

Be interesting to see the completion percentage

My first foray into a From Software game. Agonised for a while whether I would enjoy the challenge (as a middle aged gamer I often have to make do with short play sessions) but glad I took the chance. After about 5 hours, my character is now strong enough to break out from the first area and I'm starting to learn the methods needed to beat some of the lesser bosses - my Rotten Stray is a freakin' godsend! Totally confused by the quests I'm meant to complete but I'm enjoying it so far.

@lolwhatno Lol nah Bloodborne was. I was missing it and almost bought Sekiro last year, but decided to wait for Elden Ring and see how it'd review. Always wanted to try DS3 but looked to me it lacked Bloodborne's intriguing theme a bit - like who's this skinny guy in office attire + suspenders wielding some weird looking cleaver which can extend, I just loved the art direction. Elden Ring is a culmination of all that art from DS, Bloodborne to Sekiro, it just feels complete.

I've never liked open world games, I got bored of Skyrim, Horizon, The Witcher 3, FF15 etc. But this one has clicked with me. I was already a Souls fan, so it seems this was a match made in heaven. I didn't like open world games because From Soft hadn't made one before.

Really impressive. I think it took Dark Souls 3 five years to hit 10 million. Which was their best selling game previously.

We'll deserved indeed. Now, please nerf Starscourge Radahn!

@DreamlandGem I struggled some in the very beginning of the game but it gets “easier” as you progress and get the hang of things. Exploring becomes incredibly intriguing!

I started out as an Astrologer. Sorcery is pretty safe and beginner-friendly I’d say.

Phenomenal success and excellent news.

I'm 90+hrs in and I think it's Miyazaki-san's fully realised vision for what he had with Souls. Having said that...it is essentially another Souls game in all but name. Same animations, same sounds, same combat, same systems, same fonts, same UX and same ancient game engine complete with the same shortcomings like clumsy AI and physics, all packaged as a new IP. Not a sequel...a NEW IP. This should invite criticism, even if he has perfected the formula and said formula is addicting and still fun.
We criticise SEQUELS that do this ala Assassin's Creed, CoD or Far Cry for example, but this isn't a sequel doing it - it's a supposed brand new IP doing it.
Sekiro had enough different to be called something new, so I thought that would be the same here, but it isn't. This should invite valid criticism.

The other mild criticism is that after playing the Demon's Souls Remake, you can feel how much of a step down Elden Ring is when it comes to the technical side of things. The graphics, performance, music production, sound design, etc is far superior on Demon's Souls. Yes, I understand that Demon's Souls Remake is a next (this) gen only game, but it's also because Sony have unmatched tech. It would be amazing if From Software got to use that tech with the know-how teams.
From need to shake things up. Elden should be the last game using this old technology. They need a new game engine and a big change to development of this subgenre.

They're my criticisms. Outside of them, this is the best rendition of his Souls vision yet with some of the best dark fantasy themes and visuals yet put to game.

With all that together, I can only go as high as an 8.5/10 (and that is very high).

Incredible numbers, i knew it would sell but never expected these numbers so well done From its really deserved.

Just bought it today finally 2 weeks after I finished horizon because I know playing 2 open-world games back to back is not a wise choice

Very very impressive. Got the platinum in 55 hours and I’ll probably play Journey 2 at some point. Just a brilliant game, would be an easy 10 if not for the disappointing final final boss.

@nessisonett wow you've platted it in 55 hrs ??? I'm at 72 hours and nowhere near finished !! Have you done all areas / exploration and side content ? .....what am I doing wrong 😕 🤣

Anyone else think there are too many clouds on the map? A roundish one right in the middle too.

Totally deserved. The wait was worth it and Elden Ring lived up to the hype: I can see myself spending a huge amount of hours until total completion. Congrats, Fromsoft!

Deserved!!!

Finished Forbidden West (Amazing) and jumped right in and it blew me away.

Only game that can rip me away from GT7 right now.

I don't want to hear souls games are niche anymore.

@themightyant I think the situation with Legends Arceus was the timing of Gen 9 (Scarlet/Violet) reveal in addition to Pokemon being even more extreme than FIFA and CoD in terms of how frequent mainline game releases are.

@TheArt how’s Melenia treating you?

Those are impressive numbers. I expected it to grow in popularity from From's (hoho) other games since even more casual gamer friends were buying it, but not by this much.

The only bad news is that From will likely be forced to make Elden Ring 2 next, and I was hoping they would branch out and experiment a bit.

Well deserved for a superb game!

Novelization from Martin? HAHAHAHAHA
let the men finish Song of fire and ice

@BoldAndBrash the difference is that sony games are more accessible within the platform and have a difficulty setting which I appreciate. Games like GOW, Spiderman, forbidden west are awesome when setting the difficulty higher. GOW on hard to me was as hard as these fromsoft games.

@kyleforrester87 @KingPev There’s probably still quite a few dungeons around the place but I genuinely started flying through the game after the capital. My early exploration totally paid off as I had fully upgraded Mimic Tear ashes and fully upgraded Bloodhound Fang by about halfway through the game. What I’ll say is do Ranni’s quest as soon as possible, the archer spirit lady’s quest and also Hug Lady’s, they give access to areas which have loads of upgrade materials and new stuff. And yes, the second final boss is fantastic but the final form of the last boss is woeful. Especially for melee builds.

@BoldAndBrash If by soft you mean can't rip the hell out of demi gods and a bunch of undead they you can do that in God of War

I can certainly see a Martin novelisation arriving before Winds of Winter.😔

@AgentGuapo she's good to me. 😊

@Nightcrawler71 when it comes to elden ring, it may not have any difficulty options, but the easy mode is playing as a spell caster. And once you get the rhythm of the game, you'll try other classes and it'll click again.

@Nightcrawler71 They've literally stated that it is part of their identity so regardless they ain't stopping anytime soon

@PCPS4XB The Last of Us 2 has a permadeath mode as well.

There's no reason for Sony to change the way they make games just because Elden Ring became a hit.

It’s available on multiple platforms so no reason to be surprised.

I enjoyed it quite a bit. Not my favorite game ever, but it's certainly the best one I've played so far this year, and this is coming from someone who typically doesn't like From Software games.

I just hope they build on this foundation for future Souls-style games, as I liked the map features, the spaced out dungeons, the somewhat more approachable nature of the game, etc.

Some late game bosses are desperately in need of balancing, though. They can get absolutely ridiculous.

@nessisonett I spent an ungodly amount of time chasing that stupid Nessie-looking mofo around, only to get a measely hit or two in with my katanas before it'd race to the other end of the field. One of the worst final boss fights in memory.

@themightyant It's just going to depend on the area. My local Walmart had almost no copies of PLA but plenty of Elden Ring stock. At the end of the day, both games are selling well, and, honestly, since they're two of my favorite entries from their respective developers, I'm happy for it.

@Ralizah Chasing that bloody thing did my head in. Only for it to one shot me randomly. Awful fight, great game.

Impressive, is this considered Fromsoft's biggest success at reaching a wider audience?

On a side note, its a good thing Square Enix wasn't the publisher. They'd consider those sales to be a massive disappointment. 🙄🤦‍♂️

I bet Babylon's Fall is just killing it for them though. 🤣

@PhhhCough

I was wondering about that. I am not a fan of Soulslike games at all. I rented it for PS5 and it...seemed like a Souls game. 🤷‍♂️

I sent it back but will try renting it again on Series X since that's the console my brother has it on. I'm hoping co-op and perhaps a mage build could at least increase my interest in the game. I'm generally the type that likes in your face melee combat in action games with a focus on melee. I typically leave my ranged playstyle for shooters.

I do wish the combat was more like Sekiro though. I was surprisingly, really enjoying that game, up until the first boss fight.

@Kang81 there is a samurai class, which starts with a katana, bow and arrow set. With the right ashes, you might be able to duplicate the controls and movement of 'the wolf'. Some have said after upgrading their weapons, they had a somewhat easier time of it. I'd say save the spellcasting for the harder bosses and try to hone your melee against the grunts, etc. Parries and dodges and figuring out attack patterns, is the main focus against the bosses. Patience and not panic button mashing.

I think with sekiro, you have to find a way to deal a death blow, before the fight begins. Scope out the area, stay out of sight. Helps immensely.

@MisterXpoSay almost no games sell this much within a month, so yes it's surprising

@jmads absolutely not. If judging by the same standards (#'s sold only on PlayStation) Sony games has sold more.