Elden Ring: Nightreign boom
Elden Ring’s Nightreign standalone launch blew past 2.5 million sales within 48 hours and reportedly generated about $450 million in revenue, with Steam concurrent users peaking around 1.8 million — a massive player surge (ad-hoc-news.de). Bandai Namco’s boost also sparked vinyl interest — a 7‑LP Nightreign soundtrack (57 tracks) is slated for release — even as some players reported server and connectivity issues after launch (nme.com).
Bandai Namco and FromSoftware confirmed Nightreign surpassed two million units within 24 hours of its May 30, 2025 launch in an official announcement. (bandainamcoent.com) Steam-only telemetry recorded a launch-day peak of roughly 313,593 concurrent players, according to SteamDB tracking. (steamdb.info) Third‑party sales trackers show divergent totals: Raijin lists about 3,750,625 units and $129,552,347 in revenue for Nightreign, while Statista reported a five‑million lifetime sales figure as of July 2025. (raijin.gg) Bandai Namco’s official store opened pre-orders for Elden Ring Nightreign — The Vinyl Collection, a seven‑LP set containing 57 tracks, priced at $149.99 and limited to 4,999 copies with an expected Summer 2026 ship date (US listing shows July 31, 2026). (store.bandainamcoent.com) FromSoftware publicly acknowledged matchmaking and connectivity problems during Nightreign’s initial weekend and issued player guidance, while outage trackers and community sites logged ongoing server‑connection reports (Technobezz showed 32 reports in 24 hours on March 21, 2026; Downdetector’s top complaint category remains server connection). (ign.com)
