FromSoftware has announced that it has now shipped over 30 million copies of the hit action-RPG Elden Ring, making it one of the most successful video games of all time after just three years on the market.
Originally launched on 25th February 2022, the game took the now-classic 'souls' formula made famous in titles like Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, and Bloodborne, and blended it with open-world mechanics that resulted in an experience like no other. It received critical acclaim across the board and, well, the rest is history.
Nintendo fans can look forward to their own trip across the Lands Between when Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition launches on the Switch 2 later this year. It was the first third-party title announced for the upcoming console during the recent Nintendo Direct in April.
"The action RPG "ELDEN RING" has shipped over 30 million copies worldwide. Thank you to everyone who has played the game."
In addition to Elden Ring, FromSoftware is also developing a Switch 2 exclusive in the form of The Duskbloods. Little is known about the project so far, but it will focus primarily on multiplayer content with PvP and PvE gameplay, with up to eight players supported. It'll be self-published in Japan while Nintendo is handling publishing duties internationally in 2026.
No specific release date has been announced for Elden Ring on Switch 2 yet, but we'll be keeping a very close eye on developments over the coming weeks and months.
Will you be checking out Elden Ring when it launches on the Switch 2? Have you played it before? Let us know.
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We gotta pump those numbers up boys!
Put it all on the physical cart!!!!
No keys please!!
I might actually get Elden Ring on the Switch, it will be my first Fromsoft game but I hear they're really good.
One of the best games I’ve ever played, I got completely lost in it. Like a sadistic, 1000x harder breath of the wild. The combat and customization is deeper but you can’t climb and exploration isnt quite as seamless
Switch Deux will be my first chance to try this game. If only it could be a proper physical release, I'd be overjoyed!
I bought Dark Souls on Switch due to the high review score pedigree of that game and the series as a whole...and, yet, despite being generally a fan of western RPGs, I absolutely hated it. It's literally the only game I own on the system that I 100% regret purchasing. Should I even bother with Elden Ring, or is it different enough that I might like it?
My PC is not good enough to run this game and I don't have other consoles so I'm excited to finally try it out when it comes out on Switch 2
I won't say this game ruined TotK for me but it kinda made me a little more critical than I might have otherwise been to put it lightly. If you haven't treated yourself yet you have no idea what you're in for.
Love to hear it and looking forward to seeing how much more it will sell now that it's coming to Switch 2, too (other than of course finally giving it a try myself when I can)!
Will wait to see how it makes the jump. Dark Souls Remastered kinda changed how I view video games, I thought it was REALLY good. Never one to spend much time on difficult games but took me forever to beat that dual boss (one a lion? One a big fat monster). I’ve never screamed joy so loud over beating a boss before. Great gaming moment for me.
Elden Ring is game j wanted most since I don’t have any PlayStation. AstroBot would be my second want.
Extremely excited to finally play it on Switch 2!
@Andy_Witmyer It's very similar. If I may give some advice: the thing about Souls games is that you have to ignore those people saying that they are brutally hard because that gets into your mind. They aren't unfairly challenging like many old games, not even close. I hate those kind of games. Once they actually click, they are pretty fair. Learn to procede in a careful way, try to attract one enemy at a time, to raise shield and dodge, how armor weight influences movement and to consider your stamina. It really is just a matter of developing a bit of patience and not trying to kill everything you see or try to advance in places in which you will get overwhelmed. They are cryptic in some things, so don't feel shame in checking videos and the wiki.
Also, don't play online until you are familiarized with the game.
Dark Souls 1 and Demon's souls (PS3) are the most approachable in the series in my opinion. The others feels harder, with Elden Ring being the hardest in my opinion.
Definitely gotta try this. Hopefully there's a chance of getting bloodborne and maybe all three dark souls games on switch 2.
Huh that is a lot.
I was interested in the comparison:
Not sure if comparing makes a lot of sense, never played ER, it might not at all be a game for Zelda fans.
Absolutely well-deserved. Such a fantastic game.
Crazy numbers. I have zero interest in this game or any other souls like games. They just aren't for me. Glad to see others enjoying them
@Truegamer79 Bloodborne is amazing, definitely my fav in the series, at least out of the one's I've played. I dig the lovecraftian horror theme, and the combat just clicks with me moreso than the other games. I do hope it comes to switch 2, just so more people can experience it.
I gave it a whirl on the PlayStation a while back, and man, I don't have the patience to not suck. Not really my jam but I guess a lot of people are super into it.
One of the few 3rd party games I'm gonna double dip on.
Even jumped the gun selling off my cleared PS4 version early because I'm pretty certain I'm never gonna see a need to load it back up if the Switch 2 version is even a halfway decent port. (But please make it available all on cart...)
Happy for them, congratulations!
And curious to play the game myself when it comes to Switch 2.
Now with impressive sales like this, no excuses to throw a game key card at us when it releases.... wouldn't that be the exact definition of greed.
@ROOCIS playing dark souls now to see if I like the genre, short answer I do its amazing.
Well... a lowly Tarnished playing as a lord. I command thee
One of the best games EVER created!
Is it "Key-Card" or full physical Card game. That's the biggest nagging question right now? I will find a time to get CyberPunk2077 if possible.
@Andy_Witmyer Honestly, as someone who isn't huge on the Souls formula but loved Elden Ring, it depends why you bounced off the former. The cryptic approach to narrative and hardcore difficulty are generally pretty similar, but you have way more freedom to explore around the world and take things at your own pace.
Also, you have a map and can set markers and beacons ala BotW.
I plan on getting it for Switch 2. In fact I skipped buying the XSX version for it.
If it isn't gonna be physical then it's a no go for me.
@Jester676 key card game from what i am seeing..
I've bought it twice (PS4 & Steam Deck), and the DLC. Won't be buying it again, but I'm happy for those who get to experience it for the first time!
(That said, I still prefer Dark Souls 3 as the pinnacle FromSoft experience).
@johnedwin That's just bites....that just burns....
Bloodborne and DS1 4 eva <3
Still, enjoyed Elden Ring and I’m now enjoying the DLC on PS5. I’m not enjoying the lore in Ring as much as the Soulsborne games. There’s a lot of it, and it has some very cool parts to it, but it doesn’t fill me with the same sense of wonder. I’m also not entirely sold on the more open environment, but I also think it was done well. Very excited to see what their next main entry will be, though also hyped for Duskbloods!
Typing out the above actually makes me want to double dip and get Ring on Switch 2…
@Jester676 Unless they can perform miracles with compression, there's no way the game + DLC could even fit on even the biggest available Switch 2 card. Last I checked, it's over 80GB on my PS5.
@ryan_nil If CyberPunk2077 can do it Oblivian can as well. Even if they can fit most on 64gb card and the last part are DLC to download most people would gladly pay Switch 2 card price. And then they can download the DLC or extra. Downloading only ~20gb is far better then wasting exSD card storage space or worse Internal Storage of 256gb minus 80gb and that is already bad.
@Jester676 I'm not familiar with Cyberpunk 2077's size so can't comment there. The version of Elden Ring coming to Switch 2 is also coming to the other platforms, which contains the DLC on disc (in the case of the other platforms). So, because of S2's limitations, it kind of makes sense that they won't put anything on the card (from one perspective). However, I do think it would be nicer if the regular game was on the card and the DLC was, well, downloadable.
[Edited because I accidentally posted before finishing my comment]
@ryan_nil The price alone they will charge if "Key-Card" game should put on card and users can download the rest of DCL/Extra. They are making it harder for the price they are charging. Not sure what is meant by NS2 limitations??? Making it a "Full" download eats precious storage for either internal or exSD card. Rather then only download the DLC/Extra by itself.
@roy130390 i got Dark Souls for switch, played it for like, 2h and never gave it a try again. You just reignted my will to give it another shot!
@Gaymer90 Glad to hear and best of luck! If you have any doubts, feel free to ask. Have fun!
@ROOCIS Depending on what you like, I'd recommend the Dark Souls Remaster instead.
Speaking if which, I'd prefer Dark Souls 2 and 3 on.Switch 2 first, but oh, well...
@roy130390 Thanks for the detailed reply. Lots of good information. Maybe I'll give Dark Souls another try sometime - it could be that I played it fresh off the heels of playing through all of BOTW, Skyrim, and Witcher 3 - all three of which, in some ways, probably being more immediately accessible from the start of the game, as well as mechanically quite different from Dark Souls (especially BOTW, which is not really a Western style RPG, per se, but its extremely smooth, fluid, and often fairly life-like physics probably definitely made Dark Souls seem unbearably stiff in comparison).
@Ralizah Thanks also for the reply. I think I mainly bailed on Dark Souls because I found movement in the game to be incredibly stiff and restrictive, and at the same time, I wasn't keen on the seemingly very brutal and punative difficulty right out of the gate. I found the cryptic nature of the game to be its best qualities, tbh, but I'm generally into that sort of thing. I do like that the game world of Eldin Ring looks very large and the BOTW-esque map functionality is a plus in my book. I'll probably end up getting the game...I'm just concerned about it given my aversion to Dark Souls. But, then again, Dark Souls is a pretty old game at this point and I'm sure the developer has since honed their craft quite a bit.
@ROOCIS me too! Colour me intrigued.
@Andy_Witmyer Newer Souls-like games from From Software absolutely are less janky feeling in combat. Around when Bloodborne was released, combat in their games became much faster and responsive-feeling overall.
There are still elements of controlling these games I don't like, but, in general, I'd say they control better overall.
The difficulty concerns are partially mitigated by the open world nature of the game, since, if something is too hard for you, you can generally go explore somewhere else instead.
Despite being open world, the game's dungeons are generally pretty solid. Not even just the main story ones. And like BotW, the joy of discovery is omnipresent. You don't get as much environmental interactivity or freedom of movement as in Zelda, but the stuff you find is generally more rewarding.
It broke my longstanding dislike for From Software's style of game design.
@Andy_Witmyer Love those 3. BOTW is my favourite Zelda ever and one of my favorite games. I took some time to click with Witcher and Skyrim but they are great once you do. Skyrim offers so much freedom that to this day it's unmatched in that regard. Of all of them Witcher 3 would be my least liked gameplay wise as combat was a bit too simple and repetitive for me, but the world building, characters and story make up for it.
About the comment of Railizah, just to offer another perspective I'd say that you have on both alternatives for paths and exploration and sure, there's more in Elden Ring as it's a bigger game but in both you need to reach certain points for that and while there's some improvement in combat, I'd say that gameplay feels really similar and I don't see that much of a difference between more recent Souls games and previous ones. Some jank might be reduced but they are still essentially the same in core gameplay with more tools which is expected from bigger, newer games. The thing about combat in this series is that once it clicks, it's easily one of the most if not the most enjoyable combat in rpg action games with simple core gameplay but considerable depth for those that want to experiment. It's very similar to the Monster Hunter series in that regard, as a lot of people feel it janky and even counterintuitive at first but once you get used it makes a lot of sense.
Since Elden Ring is considerably harder and it will cost a considerable amount, I'd recommend trying Dark Souls for the time being to see if you feel better about the series. I do agree that you can like ER while disliking previous Souls games but it's a risk that I might just recommend if you still didn't like Dark Souls after playing more but you still have curiosity about ER and when there's a sale, which happens with frequently and significantly with Bandai Namco games. Either way, if I can be of any help feel free to contact me.
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