Crimson Desert tops five million copies

Pearl Abyss said on April 15 that Crimson Desert had passed five million copies sold worldwide, 27 days after its March 19 launch. (pressreleases.triplepointpr.com) (pearlabyss.com) The game launched at 3:00 p.m. Pacific on March 19 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, Epic Game Store, and Apple Mac. (pearlabyss.com) (crimsondesert.pearlabyss.com) Pearl Abyss said player engagement included a peak of 276,261 concurrent players on Steam since release. (pressreleases.triplepointpr.com) (polygon.com) The sales announcement came with a roadmap for updates running from April through June. Pearl Abyss said those changes would add boss rematches, re-blockaded areas, new difficulty settings, and storage systems for food, materials, outfits, and collections. (pressreleases.triplepointpr.com) (polygon.com) Crimson Desert is a single-player open-world action-adventure built around Kliff and the Greymanes in the continent of Pywel. Pearl Abyss has pitched it as a flagship release alongside its longer-running Black Desert franchise. (crimsondesert.pearlabyss.com) (pressreleases.triplepointpr.com) Coverage of the launch was positive but not uniform. Polygon said the game’s world was immense but criticized parts of it as empty, while noting a 78 Top Critic Average on OpenCritic. (polygon.com) Pearl Abyss used the five-million figure to frame Crimson Desert as a global hit, and tied that claim to more post-launch support rather than a one-day sales spike. The next test is whether the April-to-June updates keep players around after the launch rush. (pressreleases.triplepointpr.com) (polygon.com)