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:
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.
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
Follow Wccftech on Google to get more of our news coverage in your feeds.
