Nioh Ships 2.95 Million Units Worldwide - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 February 2020 / 2,673 Views

Koei Tecmo director Fumihiko Yasuda during a livestream for Nioh 2 on YouTube revealed the original game, Nioh, has shipped 2.95 million units worldwide.

The game will most likely reach three million units shipped worldwide in the coming months.

Here is an overview of the game:

Steel your mind and ready your blade for an intense action RPG experience set in bloody Sengoku era Japan. Combining real life historical events with dark fantasy and folklore, face off against bloodthirsty warlords and otherworldly demons – using an arsenal of weaponry, magic, and ninjutsu to defy death.

View the livestream below:

Nioh 2 will launch for the PlayStation 4 in Japan on Match 12 and worldwide on March 13.

Thanks Twinfinite.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

7 Comments

RJTM1991 (on 28 January 2020)

Well deserved!

The Fury (on 28 January 2020)

I'm happy for it's success and those that bought it but legit when it came out on PS+ it was the first single player game I've actually rage quit. Jut closed the game and uninstalled. :P

Sogreblute (on 27 January 2020)

I noticed vgchartz put this number as the PS4 sales number, but isn't this PS4 + PC?

hunter_alien Sogreblute (on 28 January 2020)

Yupp... to bad that they didn't reveal the sales breakdown as well. It was popular on PC, so I wouldn't be surprised if ~30% of sales came from that platform.