Highlights
- Elden Ring's new DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, has led to a significant increase in sales for the base game, dominating the UK charts and Steam.
- The expansion introduces challenging new bosses and expands the world for players, with impressive reception and commercial success.
- Despite no future content plans, Elden Ring's future looks bright, thanks to the massive new expansion's success with players.
FromSoftware's epic action RPG Elden Ring is seeing a major spike in sales in the United Kingdom, rising 19 places in the charts. These impressive figures coincide with the release of the game's new DLC expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree, which adds hours of new content to the base Elden Ring experience. Players have been diving deep into this new chunk of DLC, with Shadow of the Erdtree releasing for Elden Ring on June 21.
Few games have managed to dominate pop culture and the video game industry quite like Elden Ring. Despite releasing in 2022, the massive action RPG somehow seems even more mainstream in 2024 thanks in large part to its expansive new piece of DLC. Shadow of the Erdtree welcomes back players to the world of Elden Ring, offering them a slew of new areas to explore, items to find, and new storylines to figure out. However, one of the most important aspects of the expansion is its bosses, with Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree introducing some of the hardest bosses in FromSoftware's history. Reception to the new DLC has been extraordinary, with sales following suit in a big way.
Per GamesIndusrty.biz, Elden Ring is dominating the UK charts, becoming one of the highest-selling games during the month of July. The game jumped a whopping 19 spots, with sales up 467% on a month-to-month basis. Elden Ring was already a commercial success, but the game has undoubtedly been boosted by the release of its new expansion. Both Elden Ring and Shadow of the Erdtree have stayed at the top of Steam charts as well, becoming some of the best-selling content on the platform.
Elden Ring Sees Huge Sales Spike
Elden Ring has also likely enjoyed a boost in sales thanks to the ongoing Steam Summer Sale. This annual event is the highlight of many PC gamers, with a daunting number of games, both AAA and indie titles, being heavily discounted. The sale began on June 27 and will last through July 11, with Elden Ring's price being lowered to $41.99 in the US, a 30% discount.
As for what's next for Elden Ring, developers have stated there are no plans to produce any more content for the game. FromSoftware expressed its gratitude and excitement about the reception to Elden Ring's massive new expansion, but confirmed Shadow of the Erdtree is the end of the road. Regardless of new content or not, the future of Elden Ring looks bright, with its new expansion adding tons of new content for players to sink their teeth into.
System PC , PlayStation , Xbox Platform(s) PS5 , Xbox One , PS4 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S , PC Released February 25, 2022 Developer(s) From Software Publisher(s) Bandai Namco Entertainment , From Software Genre(s) RPG , Action Multiplayer Online Co-Op , Online Multiplayer Engine Proprietary Expand
