Stellar Blade has been out on PC for less than a week but has already sold over 1 million copies on the platform. Shift Up's hack-and-slash action RPG was already a marked success on PlayStation, so expectations were high leading up to its much-requested PC debut. Now that sales figures for Stellar Blade's PC port are starting to roll in, it's safe to say it's a hit on its latest platform, too.
Shift Up released Stellar Blade on PC on June 11, just over a year after its April 2024 PS5 release date. The studio also brought several big changes to the game to celebrate its expansion, including new Nano Suits, voiceover and facial animation support for more languages, and a new boss fight. All the fanfare seems to have paid off, as Stellar Blade did not take long to have one of the biggest PC debuts for a former PlayStation exclusive.
Stellar Blade Studio Provides Update On Region Lock Issue
Stellar Blade developer Shift Up is speaking up about the game's odd region lock issue as it prepares for its highly anticipated PC launch.
As Shift Up confirmed with Yonhap News, Stellar Blade sold over 1 million copies on PC in just three days. Within its first day, it also saw 8,500 reviews, 96% of which were positive. Even without such praise from fans, the PC port's popularity would've been evident from the start. It took less than 24 hours for Stellar Blade to pass 100,000 concurrent players on Steam, making it just the second Sony-published title to exceed that mark, falling in second place to Helldivers 2. This impressive PC performance has kicked overall Stellar Blade sales beyond 3 million copies sold on all platforms.
Stellar Blade Took Only 3 Days to Sell 1 Million Copies on PC
There could still be more in store for Shift Up's smash hit. A recent insider presentation from the company indicates that Stellar Blade could come to Xbox Series X or Nintendo Switch 2, though it's unclear if that's what the studio meant when it referred to an upcoming "platform expansion." Given the title's success on PC, it would make sense if Sony and Shift Up wanted to gain an even larger player base by bringing it to additional systems. Even if it never launches on competitor consoles, though, Stellar Blade has been a breath of fresh air in an uneven lineup of PC ports for former PlayStation exclusives.
Sony has brought several of its once-exclusive franchises to PC with varying degrees of success. Some, like Ghost of Tsushima and God of War, have seen strong sales and review performance. At the same time, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 launched on PC to mixed reviews after widespread technical issues. The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered fell somewhere in the middle, seeing a solid player count but less than other Sony-published titles. With Stellar Blade, though, Sony has an undeniable success on its hands, so it will be interesting to see how things play out for future PC ports.
Stellar Blade
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 81 /100 Critics Rec: 81%
- Released
- April 26, 2024
- ESRB
- M for Mature
- Developer(s)
- Shift Up
- Publisher(s)
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
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