Crimson Desert has now surpassed 5 million copies sold. Less than two weeks ago, Pearl Abyss announced the game had already hit 4 million, and I joked we’d probably be back here soon talking about the next milestone. Turns out that wasn’t much of a stretch. The open-world action-adventure game is picking up steam at a pace that’s getting harder to ignore.
If you’re wondering why the game is catching on this quickly, we recently spent time with it in our full review, breaking down what works and where it still has room to grow. Check out our Crimson Desert review.
5 million copies sold, for a game that many had sad was trash, not worth playing and found ways to dunk on it whenever they could. I guess the game is actually a lot better than they gave credit for, or perhaps they didn’t even play the game. Who am I do say.
Despite my joking behavior, I’ll admit that Crimson Desert did release with lots of issues that were concerning, and frustrating to see a game of that scale, released like it was. However, Pearl Abyss has been slowly updating the game and addressing a lot...
