While it’s not unusual for the Armored Core games to find popularity in Japan, the fact the latest game is doing so well on Steam is definitely noteworthy.
The latest Japanese sales figures for Armored Core VI are 115,393 sales for PlayStation 5 and 47,949 sales for PlayStation 4. Amounting to a total of 163,342 sales for both PlayStation platforms.
For historical context, this is similar to what the older Armored Core games sold in Japan back on the original PlayStation and PlayStation 2. However, more recent games such as Armored Core V actually sold more, to the tune of roughly 240,000 units in Japan (again on PlayStation).
The lack of Xbox figures here is because the console is still somewhat of a non-entity in Japan, and the older sales Japanese Xbox sales figures are more of blip than anything noteworthy.
However, the big change this time around is that Armored Core VI actually received proper marketing and promotion outside of Japan. Not to mention that FromSoftware’s increased visibility with games after games like Elden Ring has definitely helped the new game.
With that in mind, it’s worth looking at the Steam sales of the game, with these being a whopping 975,000 sales at the time of writing. Not to mention that Armored Core VI has been storming the Steam sales charts as well.
As for how Armored Core VI has been selling internationally on both PlayStation and Xbox, that’s not clear as yet. Sales data outside of Japan tends to be hard to come by and we still need to rely on publishers to reveal how well a game does.
If the Steam sales are anything to go by, I am expecting Armored Core VI to have shipped a few million globally by this point, which is amazing considering that many of us thought the series ended ten years ago with the, admittedly excellent, Armored Core Verdict Day.
Armored Core VI is now available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC. Feel free to also check out my review.
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