Armored Core 6 has had an extremely profitable launch, and FromSoftwares’ newest title is now the fifth largest launch of the yr, sitting at a powerful concurrent participant rely of 150k in Steam alone. Moreover, the sport is having fun with the second-biggest launch in FromSoft historical past and is sitting solely behind Elden Ring for the time being.
Nevertheless, it’s doubtless that the concurrent participant rely will improve over the weekend, and Armored Core 6 may then take the fourth spot on the largest launch record.
That is certainly an unimaginable success for FromSoftware, particularly contemplating how expansive the Armored Core franchise truly is. Whereas it is considered one of their older IPs, the AC video games had been by no means capable of overshadow the Souls video games and solely loved a close-knit, devoted neighborhood who liked min-maxing their robots.
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Armored Core 6 isn’t just a love letter to lifelong AC followers, nevertheless it’s additionally accessible sufficient for newer gamers to lastly get launched to the IP.
Armored Core 6 sees a massively profitable launch
2023 has been an unimaginable yr for gaming, with a number of the largest titles going face to face for this yr’s nominations on the Recreation of the Yr awards. With The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Baldur’s Gate 3, and the upcoming Starfield and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 launches on the horizon, it is going to be fairly exhausting to select this yr’s winners.
Whereas Armored Core 6 might not be receiving the identical mass adoration as Elden Ring did, the title has obtained near-perfect scores throughout the charts, and lots of in the neighborhood have said that it’ll certainly be their recreation of the yr.
With a 150k concurrent participant peak on Steam, Armored Core 6 is sitting second to solely Elden Ring within the FormSoftware lineup, which itself loved a peak of 953k. AC6 is then adopted by Darkish Souls 3 (which peaked at 129k) after which Sekiro (at 125k).
This makes the newest tile the second most profitable launch for the publishers, and it’s very doubtless that the concurrent participant rely will go up through the weekend.
It will likely be fairly attention-grabbing to see this yr’s nominations for Recreation of the Yr and if Armored Core 6 has an opportunity to win it.
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