Elden Ring's sales numbers are genuinely wild: over 30 million copies sold since its February 2022 launch, with 20 million of that in the first year alone. Shadow of the Erdtree added more than 5 million copies in its first three days, and Nightreign (the co-op spinoff) hit 5 million in under two months. FromSoftware's older games got a boost too - the Dark Souls trilogy jumped to roughly 35 million combined sales post-Elden Ring, up from about 27 million before it.
Whatever you think about the movie adaptation, or the new Tarnished Edition DLC that just dropped (see Game Discussion), it's worth remembering how much of a genuine phenomenon the base game already was.
So - when did you start playing, and what pulled you in? Word of mouth, the Miyazaki/GRRM team-up, or did you come in fresh off Nightreign or the movie news?
Whatever you think about the movie adaptation, or the new Tarnished Edition DLC that just dropped (see Game Discussion), it's worth remembering how much of a genuine phenomenon the base game already was.
So - when did you start playing, and what pulled you in? Word of mouth, the Miyazaki/GRRM team-up, or did you come in fresh off Nightreign or the movie news?