Platinum Games has confirmed that Nier: Automata has successfully come to the 2.5 million copies sold mark on PS4 and PC/Steam together. This announcement has first appeared on their Japanese Twitter page, for which later was confirmed on the worldwide one.
PlayStation®4/Steam『NieR:Automata』の世界累計出荷・ダウンロード販売本数が250万本を突破いたしました。発売から1年が経ちましたが、長期にわたって応援いただき誠にありがとうございます。 #NieR #ニーア pic.twitter.com/QhbViq4kir
— NieR公式PRアカウント (@NieR_JPN) March 13, 2018
BECOME AS GODS!#NieR:Automata has shipped & sold digitally over 2.5 million copies worldwide on PS4 & Steam!
Thank you for all of your support 🙇♂️ Glory to mankind.
https://t.co/NLUG2oNOah— NieR Series (@NieRGame) March 13, 2018
While it may receive a negative feedback in the early days, Nier Automata has managed to sell over 2.5 million copies after a year since its launch. It is quite a big success for Platinum Games and Square Enix, and a potential to begin another series regarding the same title.
Nier: Automata positive’s feedback is inevitable, but one of the reasons for achieving this success is the recent 50% discount on Steam, for which surely boosted the sells and pushed the number to come this high.Nier: Automata discount is still available until tomorrow, and you have the chance to bring the glory to mankind if you haven’t done it before.
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