Following speculations that Rise of the Ronin gross sales had been off to a sluggish begin, Koei Tecmo has supplied an official replace on the PS5 unique. The corporate printed its monetary outcomes for the yr ended March 2024 earlier as we speak, through which it talked about that Rise of the Ronin gross sales are surpassing these of the Nioh collection.
Koei Tecmo nonetheless concentrating on 5 million gross sales milestone for Rise of the Ronin
Speculations of Rise of the Ronin’s sluggish gross sales stemmed from Koei Tecmo slashing its gross sales forecast and lacking its gross sales purpose. With the Crew Ninja title being Koei Temco’s most up-to-date excessive profile launch, many assumed that the sport could have been overshadowed by Dragon’s Dogma 2.
Nevertheless, in a presentation delivered to stakeholders, Koei Temco stated that not solely is Rise of the Ronin surpassing the Nioh collection regardless of being a console unique, it’s additionally receiving “excessive valuation” by gamers. The sport is taken into account a “precedence purpose” by Koei Tecmo, and the corporate nonetheless seems to be concentrating on gross sales of 5 million items.
Koei Temco says that it took a “vital step in direction of mid to long-term progress” by releasing Rise of the Ronin, which occurs to be a brand new IP in a brand new style for the corporate.