{"id":1844397,"date":"2026-03-24T17:18:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1844397"},"modified":"2026-03-24T17:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:18:24","slug":"crimson-desert-sells-another-1m-as-pearl-abyss-pledges-more-fixes-to-address-launch-day-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1844397","title":{"rendered":"Crimson Desert sells another 1m, as Pearl Abyss pledges more fixes to address launch day struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/crimson-desert\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Crimson Desert<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Crimson Desert sells another 1m, as Pearl Abyss pledges more fixes to address launch day struggles<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Greymane attraction.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Screenshot-from-Crimson-Desert's-launch-trailer-showing-a-bearded-male-holding-a-flaming-torch.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Screenshot from Crimson Desert's launch trailer showing a bearded male holding a flaming torch\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Screenshot-from-Crimson-Desert's-launch-trailer-showing-a-bearded-male-holding-a-flaming-torch.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Pearl Abyss<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-24T17:18:24+00:00\">March 24, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-sells-another-1m-as-pearl-abyss-pledges-more-fixes?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"10cf2e53-bea5-44e6-bc6c-98d8a341d473\" data-name=\"Crimson Desert\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Crimson Desert\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Crimson Desert\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Crimson Desert\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Crimson Desert\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Crimson Desert\" title=\"Follow Crimson Desert\"><br \/>\n  Follow Crimson Desert<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Crimson Desert has sold another 1m copies since Friday. This afternoon, Pearl Abyss announced its single player RPG spin-off from hit Korean MMO Black Desert had now surpassed 3m copies sold worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-sales-milestone-launch-day-issues-fix\">studio previously celebrated passing the 2m sales milestone less than 24 hours after Crimson Desert&#8217;s launch last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Crimson Desert - Official Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qQPKLncs7Og?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/qQPKLncs7Og\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Crimson Desert &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Crimson Desert trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qQPKLncs7Og\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;To everyone who has stepped into Pywel and shared this journey with us, thank you,&#8221; the team wrote as it celebrated its latest sales milestone.<\/p>\n<p>Resharing the figure, Pearl Abyss&#8217; PR and marketing director Will Powers thanked the community for an &#8220;amazing launch week&#8221;, and assured players the team would be working on fixing the various issues Crimson Desert has faced since release. &#8220;We&#8217;re continuing to make the game better with all of your feedback,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WillJPowers\/status\/2036452725282718147?s=20\">Powers wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While Pearl Abyss seems, on the surface, happy with how things are going, it is fair to say Crimson Desert hasn&#8217;t had the smoothest of starts. Launch problems included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-blocked-graphics-card-120gb-patch-xbox-app-problem\">the game refusing to start from the Xbox App on PC<\/a>, and poor performance on a base PS5 model. Some, meanwhile, have found the controls for Crimson Desert especially troublesome, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-players-annoyed-clunky-controls-asking-for-launch-day-refunds\">asked for a refund as a result<\/a>. There was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-hype-mixed-steam-reviews-high-player-counts-disjointed-graphics\">a lot of love for the cats in the game<\/a>, though.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crimson Desert 3m sales infographic\" height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Crimson-Desert-3m-sales-infographic.jfif?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Crimson Desert 3m sales infographic\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Crimson-Desert-3m-sales-infographic.jfif\" height=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Pearl Abyss<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pearl Abyss released a hefty patch yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/five-favourite-things-10003-crimson-desert-patch-notes\">taking aim at a vast variety of issues, bringing bug fixes and quality of life changes<\/a>. This included, rather welcomingly, new keyboard shortcuts.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re one of the many currently playing Crimson Desert yourself, be sure to check out our various guides. Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-tame-horses\">how to tame horses<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-stealing\">how to steal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-fishing\">how to fish<\/a> to get you started.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Crimson Desert has sold another 1m copies since Friday. This afternoon, Pearl Abyss announced its single player RPG spin-off from hit Korean MMO Black Desert had now surpassed 3m copies sold worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-sales-milestone-launch-day-issues-fix\">studio previously celebrated passing the 2m sales milestone less than 24 hours after Crimson Desert&#8217;s launch last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Crimson Desert - Official Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qQPKLncs7Og?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/qQPKLncs7Og\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Crimson Desert &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Crimson Desert trailer. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qQPKLncs7Og\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;To everyone who has stepped into Pywel and shared this journey with us, thank you,&#8221; the team wrote as it celebrated its latest sales milestone.<\/p>\n<p>Resharing the figure, Pearl Abyss&#8217; PR and marketing director Will Powers thanked the community for an &#8220;amazing launch week&#8221;, and assured players the team would be working on fixing the various issues Crimson Desert has faced since release. &#8220;We&#8217;re continuing to make the game better with all of your feedback,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WillJPowers\/status\/2036452725282718147?s=20\">Powers wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While Pearl Abyss seems, on the surface, happy with how things are going, it is fair to say Crimson Desert hasn&#8217;t had the smoothest of starts. Launch problems included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-blocked-graphics-card-120gb-patch-xbox-app-problem\">the game refusing to start from the Xbox App on PC<\/a>, and poor performance on a base PS5 model. Some, meanwhile, have found the controls for Crimson Desert especially troublesome, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-players-annoyed-clunky-controls-asking-for-launch-day-refunds\">asked for a refund as a result<\/a>. There was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/crimson-desert-hype-mixed-steam-reviews-high-player-counts-disjointed-graphics\">a lot of love for the cats in the game<\/a>, though.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crimson Desert 3m sales infographic\" height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Crimson-Desert-3m-sales-infographic.jfif?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Crimson Desert 3m sales infographic\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Crimson-Desert-3m-sales-infographic.jfif\" height=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"3840\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Pearl Abyss<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pearl Abyss released a hefty patch yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/five-favourite-things-10003-crimson-desert-patch-notes\">taking aim at a vast variety of issues, bringing bug fixes and quality of life changes<\/a>. 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