NieR: Automata Has Sold Over 8 Million Units in 7 Years

Today is the seventh anniversary of the launch of NieR: Automata in Japan, so PlatinumGames took some time to celebrate the occasion with a blog post. The studio also revealed that the game has now surpassed eight million units sold to date.

Previous sales milestones include five million units in three and a half years and 7.5 million copies as of last April. NieR: Automata is by far the most successful game released by PlatinumGames to date. It also received widespread critical acclaim, with Wccftech's Kai Tatsumoto rating it 9.2/10 in the launch review:

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You’ll laugh; you’ll cry; you might even contemplate whether androids are capable of feeling emotion at all or if they’re merely going by what they were programmed to do. NieR: Automata rewards long-time fans of Yoko Taro’s works with an experience that transcends any single genre. Although it might not be a perfect game, the sum of NieR: Automata’s unique storytelling meshed with Platinum Games’ style of action meld together into a title well deserving of being one of my personal Games of the Year, not for the story being told but rather HOW 2B’s story was told.

Fans are still very much in love with it, as evidenced by the anime adaptation and the ongoing worldwide orchestral tour. However, a proper sequel still hasn't materialized. Last we heard from Square Enix producer Yosuke Saito, another franchise entry featuring director Yoko Taro will eventually be made. Still, it won't be any time soon, as both Saito and Taro are working on another project that should be revealed at some point in 2024.

At least fans got Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139..., a remaster of the first installment in the series, three years ago. Meanwhile, NieR: Automata is available to play on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.