Koei Tecmo is aiming for sales of 5 million copies of the upcoming Team Ninja developed PS5 exclusive action role-playing game, Rise of the Ronin.
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Koei Tecmo has revealed that Rise of the Ronin has gotten off to a solid start, with sales of the Team NINJA-developed PS5 already eclipsing the Nioh franchise.
Speaking in its latest financial report, the publisher revealed that “sales are surpassing the Nioh series” and noted that it has “high valuation by players.” No sales figures were divulged during the report, but clearly Rise of the Ronin is performing well just over a month since launch.
But I thought Rise Of The Ronin was a failure because it was an exclusive?
Gee wizz this is strange. It's outperforming the "Nioh" series in sales. I thought it was all doom and gloom on the sales front. I mean the Nioh series were considered a 'sales success' in the past. So how can this be with Ronin? /s
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So yeh did ok I suppose!
Promising an adventure through 19th century Japan, Rise of the Ronin aims to blend historical intrigue with the sharp edges of action gaming. But does it strike just right like a well-honed katana, or does it stumble in its own ambitious footprints?
There are way too many of these type of games, 5 million seems a little unlikely. So many studios just attempting to copy other successful stuff, they're overdoing it the same way they did WW2 games.
Sekiro, Rise of Ronin, Wo Long, etc. are more than enough. Can't someone do something new or at least make an actual action RPG?
Two million would be more realistic with Dragons Dogma releasing on the same day.
Now if it wasn’t exclusive then maybe, but again realistically with DD2 same day it probably still wouldn’t make those numbers
I doubt it. Solely each Team Ninja Game that have released haven't done those types of numbers. The Ninja Gaiden games have sold over 6 million copies but those are multiple games in the series.
Pretty ambitious for the fiscal year, especially since the combined Nioh series just recently surpassed 7 million sold. They'll likely need to get the PC version announced and released before the end of the fiscal year. It's good to set your goals high though.