{"id":1883020,"date":"2026-04-15T08:56:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1883020"},"modified":"2026-04-15T08:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T05:56:30","slug":"crimson-desert-sales-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1883020","title":{"rendered":"Crimson Desert Sales Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Crimson Desert<\/a> has now sold 5 million copies, marking a significant milestone less than a month after its release date.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Pearl Abyss\u2019 single-player open world action adventure launched on March 19 and sold 2 million copies in a day<\/u><\/a>. It then hit 3 million sales in five days<\/u><\/a>, and now, just over a week later, it reached 4 million<\/a>. Now, it\u2019s added another million on top, with no sign of slowing down.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to every Greymane who has joined us on this journey, experienced the world of Pywel, and supported the game,\u201d Pearl Abyss said<\/a>. \u201cReaching this milestone would not have been possible without your support and we are truly grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sentiment around Crimson Desert has improved significantly since launch, with Steam user reviews rising from \u2018mixed\u2019 to \u2018very positive.\u2019 Pearl Abyss has released significant updates remarkably quickly \u2014 in fact, I would say the pace of game-changing patches has, for a big, triple-A single-player open world game, been unprecedented. Yet another group of sweeping improvements was made over the weekend, and I wouldn\u2019t put it past Pearl Abyss to release a similarly significant patch out this weekend.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s clear is that Crimson Desert is a hit. According to the Korean business press, Pearl Abyss spent seven years making Crimson Desert, with development costs coming in at 200 billion won (approx. $133 million). Earlier in April, Rhys Elliott, head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics, said in a Substack post<\/u><\/a> that Crimson Desert had made $200 million across platforms<\/a> (PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S). But that was two weeks ago, so we\u2019re looking at even bigger numbers now.<\/p>\n

The natural next question is whether Pearl Abyss will expand the game with DLC, or even an expansion. Pearl Abyss CEO Heo Jin-young has said there are no solid plans for any DLC<\/u><\/a>, and cast doubt on the possibility of official mod support, but a Nintendo Switch 2 version is apparently being explored.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve got plenty more on Crimson Desert, including praise from the director of The Witcher 3<\/a>, a hidden food consequence system that a modder has restored<\/u><\/a>, and an impressive character creator mod<\/u><\/a>. We recommend you take a look at our guide to Things to Do First in Crimson Desert<\/u><\/a>, plus Things Crimson Desert Doesn\u2019t Tell You<\/u><\/a> (we\u2019ve got 28 and counting!). We\u2019ve also got a guide to the Best Early Weapons<\/u><\/a> we recommend picking up, the Best Skills to Get First<\/u><\/a> (including a handy explainer of the skills system), and 34 Essential Tips and Tricks<\/u><\/a> to help you succeed in Pywel.<\/p>\n

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Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n

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Crimson Desert<\/a> has now sold 5 million copies, marking a significant milestone less than a month after its release date.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Pearl Abyss\u2019 single-player open world action adventure launched on March 19 and sold 2 million copies in a day<\/u><\/a>. It then hit 3 million sales in five days<\/u><\/a>, and now, just over a week later, it reached 4 million<\/a>. Now, it\u2019s added another million on top, with no sign of slowing down.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to every Greymane who has joined us on this journey, experienced the world of Pywel, and supported the game,\u201d Pearl Abyss said<\/a>. \u201cReaching this milestone would not have been possible without your support and we are truly grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sentiment around Crimson Desert has improved significantly since launch, with Steam user reviews rising from \u2018mixed\u2019 to \u2018very positive.\u2019 Pearl Abyss has released significant updates remarkably quickly \u2014 in fact, I would say the pace of game-changing patches has, for a big, triple-A single-player open world game, been unprecedented. Yet another group of sweeping improvements was made over the weekend, and I wouldn\u2019t put it past Pearl Abyss to release a similarly significant patch out this weekend.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s clear is that Crimson Desert is a hit. According to the Korean business press, Pearl Abyss spent seven years making Crimson Desert, with development costs coming in at 200 billion won (approx. $133 million). Earlier in April, Rhys Elliott, head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics, said in a Substack post<\/u><\/a> that Crimson Desert had made $200 million across platforms<\/a> (PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S). But that was two weeks ago, so we\u2019re looking at even bigger numbers now.<\/p>\n

The natural next question is whether Pearl Abyss will expand the game with DLC, or even an expansion. Pearl Abyss CEO Heo Jin-young has said there are no solid plans for any DLC<\/u><\/a>, and cast doubt on the possibility of official mod support, but a Nintendo Switch 2 version is apparently being explored.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve got plenty more on Crimson Desert, including praise from the director of The Witcher 3<\/a>, a hidden food consequence system that a modder has restored<\/u><\/a>, and an impressive character creator mod<\/u><\/a>. We recommend you take a look at our guide to Things to Do First in Crimson Desert<\/u><\/a>, plus Things Crimson Desert Doesn\u2019t Tell You<\/u><\/a> (we\u2019ve got 28 and counting!). We\u2019ve also got a guide to the Best Early Weapons<\/u><\/a> we recommend picking up, the Best Skills to Get First<\/u><\/a> (including a handy explainer of the skills system), and 34 Essential Tips and Tricks<\/u><\/a> to help you succeed in Pywel.<\/p>\n

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Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Crimson Desert has now sold 5 million copies, marking a significant milestone less than a month after its release date. Pearl Abyss\u2019 single-player open world action adventure launched on March 19 and sold 2 million copies in a day. It then hit 3 million sales in five days, and now, just over a week later, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,243],"class_list":["post-1883020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-ign-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1883020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1883020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1883020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1883020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}