Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon has revealed the most recent gross sales figures for Mortal Kombat 1, the latest entry within the long-running preventing recreation franchise, and it seems the sport is doing about in addition to a current indie smash hit.
In a put up on social media platform X, Boon reveals that Mortal Kombat 1 is presently sitting at 5 million gross sales, in addition to the truth that it is nonetheless rating within the high 15 most-played video games on PlayStation 5 (in line with information that appears suspiciously just like Circana’s ordinary roundup).
That determine places Mortal Kombat 1‘s gross sales roughly on par with these of indie smash hit poker roguelike Balatro, which was revealed to have hit the identical milestone yesterday.
In fact, Mortal Kombat 1 belongs to one of many longest-running preventing recreation franchises on the planet, and it was additionally launched a number of months earlier than Balatro, so its achievement is probably just a little extra humble in that gentle.
Again in November 2023, round two months after Mortal Kombat 1‘s preliminary launch, Warner Bros revealed that the sport had offered three million copies. Meaning it is picked up one other two million in simply over a yr.
Since launch, Mortal Kombat 1 has loved a slew of crossovers which have little doubt boosted its profile. These have included DLC fighters like Invincible‘s Omni-Man, The Boys‘ Homelander, and Peacemaker‘s…uh…Peacemaker.
The sport’s newest crossover DLC fighter is Conan the Barbarian, and consider it or not, he is by no means appeared in a Mortal Kombat recreation earlier than, though one other iconic Arnie character, the T-800 Terminator, was added to Mortal Kombat 11 as post-launch DLC.
Should you’re not acquainted with Mortal Kombat 1, it’s, regardless of its title, the most recent recreation within the Mortal Kombat sequence.
Launched in September 2023, the sport’s story serves as one other reboot, realigning some characters and reimagining others to create a brand new narrative continuity. It is nonetheless bought loads of the identical blood-spattered preventing gameplay you realize and love, although.
You possibly can take a look at Mortal Kombat 1 proper now on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X|S, and Nintendo Change.
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