Bandai Namco confirms Elden Ring has sold over 23 million copies

FromSoftware’s critically acclaimed fantasy role-playing game Elden Ring has sold more than 23 million copies since its release in 2022, Bandai Namco has confirmed. On Wednesday, the publisher revealed sales figures following the reveal of a gameplay trailer and release date for Shadow of the Erdtree, the game’s first major expansion. Just a year ago, Bandai Namco announced that global sales of “Elden Ring” had reached 20 million copies.

According to Bandai Namco, Elden Ring total sales figures Includes physical and downloadable digital versions across all platforms including Steam on PC. The RPG is easily developer FromSoftware’s highest-selling game, beating out Dark Souls 3 (released in 2016), which sold more than 10 million copies (the studio confirmed in 2020).In fact, “Elden Ring” is getting closer step by step total sales quantity The “Dark Souls” series has sold more than 27 million copies.

Sales of 23 million copies this year are likely to grow further with the launch of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, the base game’s first major story expansion. Bandai Namco released the first gameplay trailer for the DLC and confirmed a June 21 release date on Wednesday. The three-minute trailer shows off new locations, new enemies and bosses, and provides plenty of hints for fans to identify.

Shadow of the Erdtree requires the base game to be playable and will also be available in a bundle that packages Elden Ring and the upcoming expansion in one product.Meanwhile, Elden Ring remains popular on Steam, still Record As of this writing, the number of concurrent players is approximately 50,000.

As early as February 2023, Bandai Namco had confirmed that “Elden Ring” had sold 20 million copies worldwide within one year since its release. The publisher said in a statement: “The company sincerely thanks everyone who has played the game and will continue to develop various ways for fans to enjoy the world of “ELDEN RING” in the future.” “Elden Ring” will be released in February 2022 It was released on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X on October 25, and won the title of Game of the Year at the 2022 Game Awards.