Developer Crew Ninja has landed a success with Rise of the Ronin, with father or mother 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 improvement, know-how, and administration” in a fiscal 12 months 2023 monetary report briefing. The corporate identified the sport’s excessive metascore in addition to robust person 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 bought 3 million copies throughout PS4 and PC. Nioh 2 initially launched on PS4 earlier than finally arriving on PS5 a couple of 12 months later in 2021–along with a remastered model of the primary recreation that very same 12 months. In October 2022, Team Ninja revealed that the Nioh sequence had reached 7 million models bought worldwide.
Even years later, Nioh 2 nonetheless stands out within the Souls-like area. In the meantime, Rise of the Ronin goes in a little bit of a brand new course by Crew Ninja in providing an open world within the recreation. There was some controversy concerning the action-RPG earlier this 12 months, 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 assessment.