Elden Ring Had Biggest Non-CoD, Non-FIFA UK Launch Since RDR2
screenrant.comFurther evidence of Elden Ring's incredible success has arisen this week with the news that it had the UK's biggest launch outside of the FIFA and Call of Duty franchises since Red Dead Redemption 2 launched in 2018. The latest FromSoftware adventure has seen no shortage of praise from both hardcore and casual gamers alike, even reaching the top spot on OpenCritic's all-time best-rated games list.
By most industry measures, Elden Ring is a risky game; it follows in the long tradition of challenging, somewhat obtuse FromSoftware titles, which always carries a possibility of fans being scared away from the title. Although the legendary Japanese gaming company has built a strong, positive reputation around crafting difficult and punishing games, Elden Ring shakes things up even further by adopting the open-world structure found in so many AAA games, particularly from developers like Ubisoft and Bethesda Game Studios. FromSoftware also collaborated with best-selling fantasy author and mind behind Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin, when conceptualizing the lore and world of Elden Ring. These choices, along with countless others such as Elden Ring's robust build diversity, made the development of the game a very ambitious undertaking.
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It would appear that this ambition has paid off, according to a recent report from Gamesindustry.biz. Per UK sales numbers, Elden Ring is reportedly now the most commercially successful non-FIFA, non-Call of Duty game since 2018's Red Dead Redemption 2. This means that, at least in the UK, Elden Ring has outsold other extremely popular single-player games like Assassin's Creed: Valhalla and Cyberpunk 2077. Elden Ring also edged out Horizon Forbidden
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