- Pearl Abyss confirms that Crimson Desert has sold 5 million copies within a month.
- It has achieved this milestone within a month after launch, showing the game’s incredible sales momentum.
- The game had sold 4 million copies in the first three weeks after release.
Crimson Desert has certainly lived up to its hype. Players are treating it as a part-time job by pouring in 22 hours a week, and only 2% of them have completed the main story so far. Many have still not left the game’s starting location since the world of Pywel is so huge.
A new update by Pearl Abyss now reveals that Crimson Desert has already sold over 5 million copies globally. This exhilarating milestone comes nearly a month after the RPG’s eventful launch.
Why it matters: Crimson Desert has been selling in the millions even after the initial momentum has slowed down, suggesting that even more incredible milestones are to come in the future. The game has also continued to improve via swift patches since launch.
As announced on Twitter, Pearl Abyss and the community are celebrating the game’s impressive achievement. For some context, Crimson Desert had sold over 4 million copies just a week earlier, so it has added an extra million in the matter of just a few days.
While the sales momentum has slowed down a bit after the initial hype, millions of new players are still expected to pour into the world of Pywell as the word gets around in the gaming industry.
Pearl Abyss’s ability to actively listen to player feedback and churn out fast updates is also expected to further boost sales numbers for months to come.
The RPG remained Steam’s top seller two weeks after launch, and it still remains in the top 8 spot at the time of writing. It had also generated over $200 million in revenue two weeks after launch, so the revenue numbers must have grown a lot since then.
Do you think Crimson Desert will sell over 10 million copies in the next few months, or will its momentum finally slow down now that it has hit such an incredible milestone? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, or join the discussion on the Tech4Gamers forum.
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