NieR Automata unstoppable: over 5 million copies distributed worldwide

The announcement of the launch date of NieR Reincarnation provided the perfect assist for Square Enix to update us on the sales status of NieR Automata, which despite the nearly four years it has been carrying on its back continues to have legs.

We thus learn that NieR Automata has exceeded 5 million units distributed: in the calculation both physical copies delivered to stores and copies actually sold to gamers in digital format are considered. The latest update, dating back to the Tokyo Game Show last September, spoke of 4.85 million copies distributed: this means that in the last quarter the work of PlatinumGames has placed more than 150 thousand units.

Not bad for a game that first launched on PlayStation 4 and PC in early 2017, and on Xbox One in June 2018. PS4 and PC owners were delighted again in 2019 with the Game. of the YoRHa Edition. In the future of the series there are NieR Replicant, a reissue of the homonymous action RPG in the third person of 2010 to be released on 23 April 2021 on PS4, Xbox One and PC, and the aforementioned NieR Reincarnation, a mobile game intended for iOS and Android devices. out on February 18, 2021.