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SteamyPunk · Jun 29, 2015

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201506/30082036.html

Looks like FromSoft showed the E3 demo to press in Japan. Nothing really new but they updated the sales figures to say the series has sold 8,000,000 copies. The break down is a little weird but it seems like Dark Souls 1 sold crazy well on PC.

Nirolak · Jun 29, 2015

Copy bump.

Here's the breakdown. I believe the left column is Japan and the right column is overseas.

SteamSpy lists for each entry:

Dark Souls 1:
Owners: 1,942,592 ± 32,697

Dark Souls 2:
Owners: 976,458 ± 23,228

Dark Souls 2: Dark Souls Harder:
Owners: 248,659 ± 11,739

BPoole · Jun 29, 2015

The 1-2m sold on PC aren't counted in this right?

Nvm, answered above

Nirolak · Jun 29, 2015

BPoole said:
The 1-2m sold on PC aren't counted in this right?

The PC versions is listed on the image.

It's also 3.25+ million on PC.

RPGamer92 · Jun 29, 2015

Well deserved. Best new IP of last gen imo.

ViciousDS · Jun 29, 2015

it hasn't even hit a million in Japan total? ouch, that's brutal.....is it too hard for them? I remember that survey for FFXV and they said that the Duscae Demo was too hard....would loved it, if they had released a similar survey for this game in Japan haha.

Lulubop · Jun 29, 2015

BPoole said:
The 1-2m sold on PC aren't counted in this right?

Sold way more than that on PC boy.

Crimsonclaw111 · Jun 29, 2015

Nirolak said:
The PC versions is listed on the image.

It's also 3.25+ million on PC.

That is a ton of sales for PC alone.

wapplew · Jun 29, 2015

Wow, not including Demon and Bloodborne, this is seriously impressive for a "niche" title.

Rymuth · Jun 29, 2015

Well deserved, FROM

disappeared · Jun 29, 2015

Japan just doesn't care anymore.

Saroyan · Jun 29, 2015

Well deserved, Dark Souls is a masterpiece

BPoole · Jun 29, 2015

Lulubop said:
Sold way more than that on PC boy.

One of those rare times I am happy to be wrong haha

tbd · Jun 29, 2015

Undeserved, imo.

Nirolak · Jun 29, 2015

Dark Souls 1 at least also wasn't SteamWorks at first so it's possible there's some missing off SteamSpy there.

hawk2025 · Jun 29, 2015

Wow.

PC is nearly 50% of their market for the two DS games. Amazing. The community has really embraced the game.

Let's be real, From/Namco should cut Durante a huge, HUGE check for letting the game gain traction back when the first one released. I seriously wonder if it would have caught fire with the way it was released, but perhaps I overstate how much the average PC gamer cares about this stuff.

shinobi602 · Jun 29, 2015

Nice to hear. After Bloodborne being my first "Souls" title, I'm super stoked for Dark Souls 3.

Linearskillz · Jun 29, 2015

Nirolak said:
It's also 3.25+ million on PC.

Damn, not bad at all.

Caronte · Jun 29, 2015

Any numbers for Bloodborne?

tbd said:
Undeserved, imo.

Why.

Morrigan Stark · Jun 29, 2015

Congrats, From Software! Best dev of the last two gens (including this one). *nods*

RPGamer92 said:
Well deserved. Best new IP of last gen imo.

Truth. Can't wait for III.

Walpurgis · Jun 29, 2015

These are great numbers. I hope they improve the production values now.

kadotsu · Jun 29, 2015

Was average sale price and revenue given for the platforms?

ohhthegore · Jun 29, 2015

Just started playing it on the PC for the first time about a week ago. Such a great game

Nirolak · Jun 29, 2015

Caronte said:
Any numbers for Bloodborne?

Last we got was 1 million shipped: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-s-bloodborne-sells-1-million-copies/1100-6426619/

This is why the threads about "Will they drop Dark Souls?" were actually insane haha.

There's just so much money still on the table.

takriel · Jun 29, 2015

tbd said:
Undeserved, imo.

0/10.

Can't wait for Dark Souls 3!

BadWolf · Jun 29, 2015

It's unfortunate for them that they can't release Demon's and Bloodborne on PC considering the sales of the series there.

R1CHO · Jun 29, 2015

Nirolak said:
Dark Souls 1 at least also wasn't SteamWorks at first so it's possible there's some missing off SteamSpy there.

I bought the retail day one, it was GFWL but it needed steam for activation.

JayEH · Jun 29, 2015

Nice. Well deserved.

Deleted member 17706 · Jun 29, 2015

Glad to see Scholar of the First Sin did pretty well. Bring on more Dark Souls!

hawk2025 · Jun 29, 2015

BadWolf said:
It's unfortunate for them that they can't release Demon's and Bloodborne on PC considering the sales of the series there.

I'm sure they were very much aware of that when they signed the contract.

Nirolak · Jun 29, 2015

R1CHO said:
I bought the retail day one, it was GFWL but it needed steam for activation.

Oh so it did? Then everything should be caught outside stuff like private profiles.

ElTopo · Jun 29, 2015

With a million copies a piece on Steam one would hope that Dark Souls 3 has no issues on PC for once.

Wereroku · Jun 29, 2015

BadWolf said:
It's unfortunate for them that they can't release Demon's and Bloodborne on PC considering the sales of the series there.

Why those games are pure profit with dark souls they had to use their own funds. Really demons and bloodborne are more like dev games that help them develop new engines.

Gbraga · Jun 29, 2015

Damn. That's kind of a lot.

lcap · Jun 29, 2015

Kinda disappointed by Dark Souls 2: SOTFS performance, looks like it didn't sell very well for a remaster, or am I just expecting too high for it?

Felix Lighter · Jun 29, 2015

DSFix undoubtedly had a huge impact on the reception of the game on PC. There are few mods that I can think of that are so widely used, at least, when it comes to people discussing the game online. Without it, the poor port situation could have tanked the series with the first game on the PC platform.

InPlosion · Jun 29, 2015

My physical copy didn't need steam activation to install. (it was steam compatible though).

RyanPierre · Jun 29, 2015

Nirolak said:
Last we got was 1 million shipped: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-s-bloodborne-sells-1-million-copies/1100-6426619/

That's sold through.

Queen of Hunting · Jun 29, 2015

Considering we are getting dark souls type game yearly now how isnt it being milked like cod ?

Ok so im guessing many will say yea but dark souls 3 has had over 2 year dev time ? So has the new call of duty

Crimsonclaw111 · Jun 29, 2015

Souls 3 gonna be good. Hoping PC versions just keep getting better and better.

Morrigan Stark · Jun 29, 2015

Kind of absurd how little it sold in Japan proper. Less than a million for the whole franchise?

Bruno MB · Jun 29, 2015

It's amusing to see how the biggest Dark Souls fanbase is on PC. No one would have anticipated that when that rushed Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition port was released 3 years ago.

Caronte · Jun 29, 2015

Nirolak said:
Last we got was 1 million shipped: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps4-s-bloodborne-sells-1-million-copies/1100-6426619/

This is why the threads about "Will they drop Dark Souls?" were actually insane haha.

There's just so much money still on the table.

Yeah, I expected more. Hopefully we'll get a sequel anyway (in addition to the expansion).

Blade30 · Jun 29, 2015

Congratz to both FROM and the souls series, it should be higher though.

Here thumbs up.

alexandros · Jun 29, 2015

Amazing sales for the series on PC and yeah, Durante surely deserves a significant chunk of the cash FROM made from DS1.

Pooya · Jun 29, 2015

hawk2025 said:
I'm sure they were very much aware of that when they signed the contract.

Actually from what they've said about when bloodborne talks started, right before they finished Artorias, they probably didn't know what kind of sales to expect from a PC release.

Tiops · Jun 29, 2015

That's really awesome

One of my favorite series ever. Can't wait for Dark Souls 3/4/5/6...

Weltall Zero · Jun 29, 2015

tbd said:
Undeserved, imo.

Threadshitting on GAF's most beloved franchise during your first month here, what could possibly go wrong?

Morrigan Stark said:
Kind of absurd how little it sold in Japan proper. Less than a million for the whole franchise?

The Japanese lifestyle doesn't lend itself well to generating as many hardcore gamers as the west, paradoxically enough. Most of Japan's gamers have moved on to mobile, sadly. :/

Leafhopper · Jun 29, 2015

Morrigan Stark said:
Kind of absurd how little it sold in Japan proper. Less than a million for the whole franchise?

You gotta remember how few people play on consoles now a days.

No joke Dark Souls would have made more money, only in Japan mind you, as an arcade or mobile game.

Oh God imagine a Dark Souls arcade game, haha.

Stealth edit: Off topic but, why was SteamyPunk juniored?

ebullientprism · Jun 29, 2015

Those PC numbers are nuts.

Makes me believe for once the DS2 PC delay was actually them needing time for development.

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