Dark Souls Creator Miyazaki Has “No Idea” What Made Elden Ring Such a Hit
FromSoftware's Elden Ring won the Grand Award at the PlayStation Partner Awards 2022 Japan Asia held earlier today in Tokyo. The Grand Award was given to the two games developed in the Asia region with the highest worldwide sales, and Elden Ring took home the honor along with Genshin Impact. As of the end of June, Elden Ring had sold over 16 million copies worldwide.
Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki participated in a Q&A session with media during the PlayStation Partner Awards, where he was asked what he thinks is the reason for the game’s runaway success.
FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki accepts the Grand Award for Elden Ring at the PlayStation Partner Awards 2022.
“Honestly, I haven't analyzed it much,” Miyazaki replied. “It’s true that sales were higher than those of our previous games, but I have no idea what the reason was. So even if I wanted to reproduce that success, I wouldn’t be able to,” he laughed.
He said that he intends to continue making games “the same way as before”, without allowing himself to be affected by the success of Elden Ring.
“I try not to think about it too much, because I think it would be a bad idea to analyze it deeply and to consciously try to replicate it in another game,” Miyazaki said.
However, Miyazaki said that he is happy with the sales and the acclaim that Elden Ring has garnered, and that it will lead to a more fulfilling development process for him and his team at FromSoftware, allowing them to create future games that are even truer to their own style.
Miyazaki was also asked what he thought of the various comments made by players in the wake of the game’s success, to which he revealed that he is careful to avoid being overly exposed to player feedback.
“I can’t possibly listen to
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