EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
Those numbers are inspiring about the change to open world games.
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Elden Ring is currently sitting at 953,426 concurrent players on steam now
KingGhidorah
Banned
First week UK sales of Elden Ring = 41% PlayStation, 30% PC, 29% Xbox
Dream-Knife
Banned
How do they track PC sales though? Unless that's through bestbuy or something, I don't see how they got the numbers.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Steamspy says over 10M sales on Steam. Doubt PS did more than that.
kingfey
Banned
That is uk sales. Steamspy is global.
CityHunter1981
Member
I cannot open youtube without some random Elden Souls videos showing up.
For me it's hard, because I really really want to play the game (I loved also all the souls games). However I force myself not to start at the moment. My problem is time, as a father of 2 I have perhaps 4 hours in the week to play games. I am currently half through Tales of Arise and love the game and intend to complete it. But realistically thinking once I start Elden Ring that's it, with only a maximum of 4 hours per week the game will take a long time to finish and by the time I finish I forgot everything about the story or how to control Tales of Arise, so I will never coming back to it.
So yeah, I try to stay strong although there are all these temptations out there and give my best to finish Tales of Arise first.
For me it's hard, because I really really want to play the game (I loved also all the souls games). However I force myself not to start at the moment. My problem is time, as a father of 2 I have perhaps 4 hours in the week to play games. I am currently half through Tales of Arise and love the game and intend to complete it. But realistically thinking once I start Elden Ring that's it, with only a maximum of 4 hours per week the game will take a long time to finish and by the time I finish I forgot everything about the story or how to control Tales of Arise, so I will never coming back to it.
So yeah, I try to stay strong although there are all these temptations out there and give my best to finish Tales of Arise first.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Yeah I know. You think PS version sold more than 10M worldwide? That’s a tall order.
kingfey
Banned
Yes, if you factor ps4+ps5.
Most souls fans are playstation users. Not to mention, PC is crippled with system requirements. I cant play it on my pc, since my pc cant support the game.
Long term, pc might win though. But current sales, its Playstation, pc and last xbox.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
I disagree hopefully we find out with official numbers
KingGhidorah
Banned
that 10M is just estimate, high end estimate, Steamspy says 5-10 million
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
ELDEN RING -
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steamspy.com
Says 10M-20M
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
I don't know; Elden Ring is defying a lot of expectations but I honestly don't see it anywhere near 20 million on PC or even 10 million; it just seems like the kind of game where a higher portion of the buyers would actually be playing it concurrently, to me. The 5 million+ estimates feel the safest to go with, for me.
Interesting points; I guess you have played a fair number of open-world games in recent years? Because that could be flavoring your impressions. I actually haven't played too many in a long while so I might be a big green and perhaps in the way certain design choices are done, more easily impressionable than someone more seasoned with open-world games by this point? Could be a factor to consider.
Suppose it's a bit like how I'd feel with a fighting game coming out with no new design or game mechanic choices that would feel genuinely refreshing to someone who's played almost every fighter under the sun by now and plays them regularly. It's a fair POV, but again just for someone like myself, the items you list aren't really affecting my experience so far (altho there is a shit-ton of stuff to collect xD). Plus visually it's pretty spellbinding, and I haven't been playing too many "pretty" games of late so that is refreshing
DavidGzz
Member
Today or do you mean that's more than those three games at their respective launches combined? If the latter, holy shit.
I can't stop playing it. It's amazing.
It's so nice being summoned in an instant no matter where I throw down. I've had so much fun helping people and emoting or t bagging the boss. There was a catacomb that had a illusory wall to a boss plus a dark drop to unlock the door to the second boss. So awesome.
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kingfey
Banned
Its higher than all time concurrent of those 3 combined.
Fh5 81,096
god of war 73,529
halo infinite 272,586
total is 427211. That 45% of Elden ring all time high, which was today.
Hayabusabruh
Member
I can't take this game seriously. I don't feel like it's worth it to grind for upgrades, only to loose them all and have to go all the way back, risking losing hard earned items completely. If you're lucky there will be resting spot, but who freaking knows unless you happen to stumble upon. I keep giving it a chance though. Quick question for those that are leveled and upgraded. Is the Parry animation always a long animation or does it shorten? This is one of the reasons the game is difficult. You can't defend off of reaction cause there is a delay after input.
Learn to roll. Parry is advanced stuff and not needed. I didn't even use a shield. The game is very generous with grace spots. You must be new to the series. Keep playing it will click eventually.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
you think it’s sold 10 million on PlayStation platforms already? I just can’t see it.
amazing news if it has that means it’s done 20 million sales in two weeks.
I honestly do not believe that most souls fans are on PlayStation, souls has been huge on pc for years and I don’t see any of the huge souls community players using the PlayStation version. It’s all PC.
Lucifers Beard
Member
If you’re grinding that hard for upgrades or runes then it’s likely that you should be in a more ‘enemy rune rich’ area. Also, upgrade your weapon as high as you can.
Lastly, I would recommend dropping parry. That’s a very advanced technique that is difficult to achieve even as someone that’s played and finished all souls games.
DonF
Gold Member
Very good game. Refreshingly good. It lacks most of the new features that we grown to hate. It has a lot of first for the souls series like maps, yet the map is implemented way better than other games. I urge everyone to play it. It's a beautifully designed game that respect and rewards the players time.
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
It isn't worth it to grind in Elden Ring. It's just time you could spend getting better at the core game by naturally exploring the hundreds of side locations. Overfarming early just delays the inevitable and will bore you to death when you could be out in the world having adventures. Honestly, you will get to a point where you realise losing runes isn't even that big of a deal.
After a certain point levelling up doesn't even help you that much, the biggest advantage you can give yourself in this game is all the NPC summons. They're there to be used, you aren't cheating by using them. Also, parrying is pretty advanced, rather than parrying you can equip a shield, hold it up and do a strong attack after you're hit for an instant counter. Do this a few times and you'll knock an enemy down, run up to them, press R1 to front-stab for delicious critical damage. Job done.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Hey I've been doing my part! 90 hours played since release.
This game did not sell 10M copies on the PC. Come on now.
iHaunter
Member
To be fair, most people that played GoW already beat it on PS4. I'd imagine very few PC only people exist that don't own a PS4.
Having said that I'm one of those Elden Ring people. I did double dip and buy on PS5 as well. Sadly my GT7 remains unplayed at the moment. Soon (TM).
Sentenza
Member
Dark Souls Series Has Sold Over 8 Million Copies, 40% of Which Were on the PC
Dark Souls Series Has Sold Over 8 Million Copies, 40% of Which Were on the PCwccftech.com
Even first week UK sale supports this stat
PlayStation will always have the biggest fanbase for Souls games. Demon's Souls and Bloodborne are exclusive to PlayStation. Each of Dark Souls game was released on console first, PC at later dates
The UK is NOTORIOUSLY a very console-centric (and even more specifically Playstation-centric) market.
Interfectum
Member
Nearly 1 million PC gamers playing an unplayable game concurrently.
The artful mincer
Member
It's currently sitting at 690,000 concurrent players! Is it gonna beat the launch week numbers? Maybe it might beat Cyberpunk numbers
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
This is everything and you can play it on Sony's Playstation 5™
MrRenegade
Banned
Just don't play with randos from the internet.
cash_longfellow
Gold Member
Thanks for the update 2 and a half years later and bumping this thread. I was wondering how the concurrent player base was with the dlc coming out
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LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Make a new thread for the expansion people. New threads for new news.
iHaunter
Member
That's just steam. Likely a ton more on consoles.
Jibran#one
Member
Also a father of 2 Im pretty sure at elden rings launch I would put my kids to sleep at night and then would do a 6 7 hour session of elden ring.
For me elden ring was the goat of open world games the mere not holding ur hand for map exploration and going whereever u want to go is just breathtaking.
