Over a month ago Dark Souls 2 debuted on Xbox 360 and PS3, quickly earning itself a high Metacritic rating and six digit sales. But it wasn’t done yet. From Software confirmed early on that the game would be coming to PC, and its debut this week has been met with high praise.
So how well is Dark Souls 2 doing on PC? Well, Steam shows that at the time of this writing there are 71,221 gamers playing it simultaneously, and it sits comfortably at the #4 spot on Steam’s most popular games. When in-game, there’s an overabundance of players to co-op with and PvP against throughout the game’s chapters creating a socially active environment that its predecessor simply was incapable of (thanks P2P and GFWL).
Despite Dark Souls‘ disappointing port, Dark Souls 2 has shown that From Software is perfectly capable of bringing its critically-acclaimed games to the PC platform. Their efforts to allow PC gamers to play the game at a level of quality that last-generation consoles simply aren’t capable of is made better by the easy modability of the game. There are already a variety of ways of making the game look like a truly next-gen game.
More importantly, this success shows that PC ports are as profitable as ever.With over 70,000 players on at any given time, it’s fair to guess that the PC version has sold over 150,000 copies. As word gets around about how good the game is, that number should increase dramatically.
Remember, Dark Souls 2 is a hardcore game in every way, shape, and form. It’s a game that has a reputation for being brutal and caters toward RPG fanatics. For a game with that much anti-mainstream appeal to perform so well shows other developers that if they create a compelling experience for PC gamers to enjoy, the success will follow no matter what genre the game belongs to.
It really says something when From Software decides to bring Dark Souls 2 to PC within two months of launch, but the booming next-gen consoles aren’t even included—at least for now. Developers know PC gaming is as big as ever.
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