Crimson Desert has been an enormous hit because it arrived in March, and unsurprisingly, developer Pearl Abyss is seeking to capitalize on it with post-launch content material. The corporate outlined plans for the sport as a part of its quarterly monetary efficiency replace, whereas additionally revealing that the sport made a powerful $180 million in income. Compared, Black Desert On-line introduced in $40 million throughout that very same quarter, and Pearl Abyss desires to maintain the momentum going.
“Crimson Desert will proceed to give attention to enhancing person satisfaction and driving new gross sales by way of steady updates, whereas increasing its market presence by way of platform enlargement,” Pearl Abyss stated in its earnings letter. “As well as, we’re at the moment exploring numerous methods to broaden the sport to the following degree, together with DLC. We are going to share the main points as soon as the concrete plans are set.”
It has solely been two months since Crimson Desert launched, however the recreation has already shifted an enormous 5 million models throughout PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X|S in its first 26 days. Whereas Pearl Abyss does anticipate to promote fewer copies any further, it nonetheless expects the sport to promote persistently properly all year long. As for the studio’s different projects–DokeV and Plan 8–these are nonetheless in growth, and Pearl Abyss is aiming to launch a brand new recreation each two to 3 years.
DokeV is at the moment within the pre-production stage, and extra sources are being prioritized towards it, whereas Plan 8 is at the moment within the “conceptualization” stage.
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