The anticipate Dragon’s Dogma 2 stretched on for nicely over a decade, and launching on the again off huge quantities of hype and pleasure, the open world motion RPG has received off to a powerful begin, regardless of early backlash in opposition to its monetization and efficiency woes. Not solely has the sport loved widespread acclaim, it’s additionally seen stable gross sales proper out the gate.
As per GSD knowledge shared by GamesIndustry’s Christopher Dring on Twitter, when accounting for each bodily and digital gross sales, Dragon’s Dogma 2 has loved the most important launch for any recreation in 2024 within the UK to this point, “narrowly” beating out Remaining Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Charts for bodily gross sales within the UK final week had been launched on Monday, the place Dragon’s Dogma 2 debuted in second place. Clearly, Capcom’s motion RPG has loved a lot better gross sales on the digital entrance.
In our overview of the sport, we awarded it a rating of 10/10, saying, “Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a landmark launch for open world motion RPGs. From its completely immersive world and its stellar fight to the unbelievable emergent gameplay its bevy of techniques allow, Capcom’s long-anticipated sequel delivers spectacularly in additional methods than one. By definition, it’s going to show some folks off with its many eccentricities, but it surely’s these eccentricities precisely that make it such an completely distinctive and unforgettable expertise.” Learn the total overview by way of right here.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is accessible on PS5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC. Capcom lately launched a patch for the sport, including a 30 FPS cap possibility, toggles for movement blur and ray tracing, and extra.
So with digital knowledge (through GSD), Dragon’s Dogma 2 is the most important recreation launch of the yr to this point within the UK, narrowly forward of Remaining Fantasy VII: Rebirth.
— Christopher Dring (@Chris_Dring) March 29, 2024