Undoubtedly, one of the most popular games of this year was Elden Ring. What made Elden Ring, which is considered one of the most important games not only of the year but also in the history of the game, successful? Even the director couldn’t answer this question!How has Elden Ring been successful?
Elden Ring especially attracted attention with its huge open world, which is seen as exceptional, and offering countless mysterious areas to the player without interrupting their sense of exploration. Being able to progress and explore without needing to kill a boss in such an open world has anointed the players.
Hidetaka Miyazaki, the director of the game, which we previously knew with Dark Souls, could not answer the question of why the game was successful at an event. Miyazaki stated that he had no idea about this issue and that he thought he would not be able to achieve this success if he redesigned the game.
Miyazaki stated that he did not go into issues such as analyzing the success of the game and finding out the reasons, not to waste time, and emphasized that he read the player feedback very little so that it would not affect his decisions in new games. In short, it is unclear whether this success will be repeated in a future Miyazaki game.
Selling 12 million units in only the first 2 weeks, Elden Ring achieved an average of one million monthly and surpassed 17 million as of November.
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