Dynasty Warriors: Origins sold 1 million copies in under a month

Dynasty Warriors has had its ups and downs over the series’ 25+ year history, with the franchise’s primary point of failure for the longest time being its rapid release cycles leading to undercooked experiences. Fortunately, following a lengthy hiatus, the series returned with the release of Dynasty Warriors: Origins – having now officially sold over 1 million copies in just under a month.

Taking to Twitter to make the announcement, the team at Koei Tecmo revealed that “DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS has achieved sales of over 1 million units worldwide! In addition, the total number of downloads on the demo version has now exceeded 2 million! Thank you for your continued support.”

As mentioned, while the Warriors series has been quite hit-or-miss for the longest time, the extra development given to Origins has resulted in a game which has not only sold well, but is currently the highest rated entry in the Dynasty Warriors series; holding a Metacritic score of 79 and a Steam rating of ‘very positive’.

Furthermore, Origins also saw its highest peak concurrent player count fall just shy of the number 1 spot for publisher Koei Tecmo with 69 thousand concurrents (only being beaten by Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty’s 75k).

Hopefully the success of Origins leads Koei Tecmo to further invest time and money into its IPs – as opposed to using its newfound popularity to cash-in on low-budget sequels/spin-offs.

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