I have a feeling there is a substantial amount of multi-account purchases in there considering it's the only way to have more than one commander, on PC anyways.
Elite Dangerous base game has sold 3.5 million copies (plus other FDev games have sold well too)
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Are you looking forward to FPS combat in stations, ships, and with Thargoids?
All four games, Elite Dangerous, Planet Coaster, Jurassic World Evolution and Planet Zoo, have each provided significant revenue contributions in FY20 through both base game sales and paid-downloadable content ("PDLC"). Frontier's most recent game, Planet Zoo, which was released in November 2019 and is Frontier's biggest PC launch to date, has been particularly well received. In early May 2020 cumulative base game unit sales of Planet Zoo crossed the 1 million mark, less than six months after release and several months ahead of any of Frontier's previous game releases on PC.Our other games have also recently crossed sales milestones. During April Elite Dangerous exceeded the 3.5 million base game unit threshold and in March Jurassic World Evolution passed 3 million base game units sold. In January, Planet Coaster crossed 2.5 million base game units.
Congrats to everyone at FDev o7
SO much Money and success. well done Frontier.
Im really expecting something special from the New Era now. No corner cutting or excuses.
Lay it on thick. Make Elite Great Again.
Indeed with so much success & so little spare time available for the devs recently (force majeure aside) I'm expecting both atmospherics and ambulation before the end of the financial year. Very much looking forward to getting my money's worth out of that update, and the next couple too.
I'm looking forward to this Summer and finally hearing about what's coming in New Era.
I am guessing it will be one or the other but not both.
Do you know something we don't?
We all love Elite (Enough to bother visiting the Forums atleast!)
And (at the risk of sounding selfish) more money for FDev mean's more Elite for me!
(...and i guess all you guys too - lol!)
(I think there's also plenty of Cmdr's here who would consider any substantial future DLC an insta-buy!)
I look forwards to spending many future years hanging out here with all you guys and c̶o̶m̶p̶l̶a̶i̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ having fun!! o7
And (at the risk of sounding selfish) more money for FDev mean's more Elite for me!
(...and i guess all you guys too - lol!)(I think there's also plenty of Cmdr's here who would consider any substantial future DLC an insta-buy!)
I look forwards to spending many future years hanging out here with all you guys and c̶o̶m̶p̶l̶a̶i̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ having fun!! o7
Not in the least... Watching paint dry would be much more enthralling...
But at least we'll all know pretty soon what to expect in 2021... If the above then here is one player who won't be buying 1 copy let alone 3
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M...EGA?
I'd be interested to see the correlation in how many new accounts have been generated for Elite Dangerous alongside the million+ new VR users on steam at the beginning of this year. There is rarely a discussion on gaming forums about VR in video games that doesn't inevitably bring up ED as one of, if not the, best sitting VR experiences available on the market atm. On top of that, the top rated video for ED is the popular 'Elite Dangerous in VR is a Nightmare', which despite the name is actually a very fair and favorable review of the game for the type of folks who would like it, so that's probably brought in a few folks.
I've seen more than a few people say they have very little interest in sci fi but had ED on their "do want" list specifically because of its VR.
I've seen more than a few people say they have very little interest in sci fi but had ED on their "do want" list specifically because of its VR.
That is one of the few youtube videos I have bookmarked... It should be included in every VR headset software, now I'll have to go and watch it again
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Then you have way lower standards than me.
That is one of the few youtube videos I have bookmarked... It should be included in every VR headset software, now I'll have to go and watch it again
Yea I think it ended up being one of his most popular vids for a while. Between that and it coming up in VR convos a lot, there are a lot of players I see on forums and in games' chats who don't quite know what ED is, but know it's a great VR experience and want to try it. Most VR tech vids usually include ED clips as well.
3.5 million is a high number but in terms of semi-niche space sandbox videogame sales over 5 and a half years I have no clue if that's good or not honestly.
What?