It may come as a surprise to some considering the success of Persona 5, but according to a post on Atlus' Japanese site (machine-translated by Google), Metaphor: ReFantazio has surpassed 1 million sales, which has the dual effect of making it the studio's fastest-selling game of all time (thanks, PCGamer).
This is evidenced by the fact that Persona 3 Reload was previously Atlus' fastest-selling game after selling over 1 million copies in its first week. As I understand it, a week is a longer period than a day, so Metaphor: ReFantazio now leads the pack. Atlus hasn't officially called it the studio's fastest-selling game yet, but it looks to be the case considering the data we have.
As is tradition, the studio enlisted artist Shigenori Soejima to create an image to celebrate this feat. The picture (above) features Metaphor: ReFantazio's Gallica, the game's de facto mascot.
According to SteamDB data, Metaphor: ReFantazio also has the highest concurrent player count of any Atlus game on Steam. Metaphor's current peak player count is 49,740 higher than that of Persona 5 Royal (35,474) and Persona 3 Reload (45,005). We're still in the midst of a work day for a...
