Shift Up has revealed that Stellar Blade gross sales have topped a million, and that the studio continues to be actively contemplating a PC model of the sport as nicely.
In line with an article on Korean information platform GameMeca (for which we’re utilizing machine translation), the gross sales determine was introduced by Shift Up CFO Ahn Jae-woo throughout a press convention held earlier at present for the corporate’s IPO launch.
Ahn Jae-woo pointed to Stellar Blade‘s person ranking of 9.2 on Metacritic, which is the very best of any PS5 recreation, though the sport is overwhelmed out by titles like Remaining Fantasy VII Rebirth and Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree on the subject of vital reception.
In line with Ahn Jae-woo, Stellar Blade‘s robust gross sales symbolize step one for the launch of a brand new world IP, which he regards as “clean”.
Shift Up CEO Kim Hyeong-tae, in the meantime, mentioned that the objective for Stellar Blade was to create a brand new IP that followers would love, and that this was emphasised over pushing for revenue or together with pointless microtransactions.
He does, nevertheless, say that there is a risk paid DLC for the sport (versus the free updates it has been receiving) will likely be launched in future, particularly if Stellar Blade have been to cross over with one other IP.
Stellar Blade PC model nonetheless into account, devs say
As a part of the IPO press convention, Ahn Jae-woo confirmed that Shift Up continues to be contemplating a PC model of Stellar Blade, and that releasing one might improve the worth of the sport’s IP even additional.
Nevertheless, CEO Kim Hyeong-tae stopped in need of saying a PC launch date or window for Stellar Blade, so it may be some time earlier than we hear something in regards to the hack-and-slash recreation’s PC launch.
Within the meantime, you may try Stellar Blade proper now solely on PlayStation 5. If you wish to know whether or not the sport is value your time or not, you may check out our evaluation proper right here.
