Crimson Desert Sells 3 Million in Just 5 Days

Crimson Desert has sold an impressive 3 million copies in just five days. Pearl Abyss’ open world action game launched on March 19 and sold 2 million copies in a day. It’s now sold an additional 1 million copies in the subsequent four days. “We are grateful to share Crimson Desert has sold through 3 million copies worldwide,” Pearl Abyss said. “To everyone who has stepped into Pywel and shared this journey with us, thank you. Your feedback continues to help shape the experience, and we will keep working to make the journey ahead even more enjoyable for our players.” Crimson Desert launched big on Steam with nearly 250,000 concurrent players, but was met with a 'mixed' user review rating on Valve’s platform. Much of the early criticism from players revolved around the controls, which some had called clunky and unnecessarily complicated. There were some performance complaints too. For example, PS5 owners joined forces to work out the cause of blurry visuals — an issue that was also on the PC version. Meanwhile, Pearl Abyss saw its stock price plunge nearly 30% in what was seen as a reaction to review scores from critics. A day after launch, the company stock fell a further 9.78% — de