Developer Staff Ninja has landed successful with Rise of the Ronin, with guardian firm Koei Tecmo touting that the sport’s “gross sales are surpassing the Nioh sequence.” The action-RPG launched final month as a PS5 unique.
Koei Tecmo added that Rise of the Ronin “raised the extent of our growth, expertise, and administration” in a fiscal year 2023 financial report briefing. The firm identified the sport’s excessive metascore in addition to robust consumer suggestions as notable highlights.
No particular gross sales totals have been talked about by Koei Tecmo, aside from evaluating the robust begin for Rise of the Ronin with the Nioh sequence. Earlier than Nioh 2 launched in 2020, it was introduced that Nioh had offered 3 million copies throughout PS4 and PC. Nioh 2 initially launched on PS4 earlier than ultimately arriving on PS5 a couple of yr later in 2021–along with a remastered model of the primary recreation that very same yr. In October 2022, Team Ninja revealed that the Nioh sequence had reached 7 million items offered worldwide.
Even years later, Nioh 2 nonetheless stands out within the Souls-like house. In the meantime, Rise of the Ronin goes in a little bit of a brand new course by Staff Ninja in providing an open world within the recreation. There was some controversy concerning the action-RPG earlier this yr, with Sony confirming Rise of the Ronin would not come out in South Korea.
For extra, take a look at GameSpot’s Rise of the Ronin overview.