Miyazaki doesn’t understand why Elden Ring is played more than Dark Souls

The creator of FromSoftware is surprised by the reception his latest work has received.

It’s been four months since Elden Ring was released on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, but it has since been from software They continue, as in the first days, astonished. The title was a success in terms of sales, something unusual for work run by the Japanese studio, for a profile that is considered popular but very specific.

In this context, the director Hidetaka Miyazaki Judging by the number of sales it has made and the conversation it has generated, after confirming that it has been played more than the games in the Souls saga, he once again wondered about the possible reasons for this sales barrage.

Maybe it’s because of George RR Martin or the open world.Hidetaka Miyazaki“I am very happy as a member of the team. to be honest i don’t know why this timeMiyazaki is honest. “I honestly don’t know. I think there could be a couple of reasons, such as collaboration with George RR Martin and a sense of increasingly larger scale to the open world. But I haven’t been able to analyze it clearly.”

It’s true that the publisher’s promotion on this occasion is stronger than previous titles from the studio, and gamers have a desire to see new things before launch, but while it may seem so, Miyazaki does. they will try to explore other things in the short term (Armored Core? Actually, they are looking for staff to work at FromSoftware. multiple projects They are preparing for the years to come.