NieR: Automata Ships Over 8 Million Units Worldwide - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 22 February 2024 / 4,108 Views

Square Enix announced NieR: Automata has shipped over eight million units worldwide. The figure includes digital sales.

The last milestone that was announced for the game was 7.5 million units in April 2023. It had also reached 7 million units in November 2022, 6.5 million units in June 2022, six million units in June 2021, 5.5 million units in February 2021, five million units in December 2020, 4.5 million units in March 2020, and four million units in May 2019.

NieR: Automata is available for the Nintendo switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

本日2月23日で #ニーアオートマタは7周年。おかげさまで、グローバルでの累計出荷＆ダウンロード販売本数が【800万本】を突破いたしました。長い間、支えていただきありがとうございます。これからもよろしくお願いいたします。 pic.twitter.com/tpO19pj3KQ
— NieR公式PRアカウント (@NieR_JPN) February 22, 2024

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15 Comments

V-r0cK (on 22 February 2024)

Best PlatinumGames game ever!!! Well deserved!!!

Leynos (on 22 February 2024)

Well deserved!

Soonerman (on 23 February 2024)

To me this is the greatest game ever! The story alone made this game worth it. And yes, whoever has only gotten ending A you need to keep going. You're missing the best part of the storyline!

Do we know the breakdown of sales among consoles? It came out to Switch not that long ago correct?

Koragg (on 22 February 2024)

Great to see the success of this game. I didn't enjoy it as much as others did but it was quite unique.

Paatar Koragg (on 22 February 2024)

I’m in the same boat. I enjoyed my first play through, but I didn’t feel the need to play through it multiple times. I had fun, but I guess just not enough to continue.

Koragg Paatar (on 22 February 2024)

Yeah I only played it once as well

Hiku Koragg (on 22 February 2024)

I'll copy a bit of my reply above for you as well. If you mean "Ending A", that's not a playthrough. You're just a bit more than halfway through the story. I know it looked like it was an ending, and that's intentional. Usually I don't want to say that, because people find out for themselves when they keep playing. But if someone decides to stop, they should know where they actually stopped. Which is about 60% through the main story. And I'm not even counting the replaying portion you have to do with 9S before you get to the rest of the story as the missing 40%.

In Metal Gear Solid terms, think of it as you stopping Metal Gear Solid 3 after The Fury. And to get to the rest of the game, you have to first replay a portion that you already played, as Eva.

Koragg Hiku (on 23 February 2024)

Yeah I only played till ending A

Paatar Hiku (on 26 February 2024)

I get that’s not the full story, I thought it was just bad game design that’s all. Didn’t motivate me to continue. Ending A is still finishing the game, even if it’s not getting the full story.

Playing one route in Fire Emblem Three Houses is finishing the game even though you have to play all 4 to experience the full story.

Hiku Paatar (on 26 February 2024)

Ending A is really not finishing the game though, even in the way you are describing. You haven't even gotten to the title credits yet. (You'll get the "Developed by Platinum Games. Director: YOKO TARO. Square Enix Presents" title drop some 30+ hours into the game, when essentially the second half of the game begins.) Because Ending A is an intentional misdirect, and does not serve as a conclusion to anything in the slightest, except for Adam & Eve. You really don't know anything about 2B or 9S at that point. And what happened to A2? Pascal? YoRHa Commander? The machines? Haven't even stopped them yet, and that was the main mission, remember?
If I put an "Ending" credit after the 4th dungeon in a Zelda game, and you chose not to go on to do the rest of them and defeat Ganon or save Zelda and Hyrule, that wouldn't count as finishing the game. It would just be falling for a misdirect.

I said above that I wasn't even counting the second route with 9S. That is more of a means to an end to unlock what is essentially the second half of the game.

It's a misdirect, and unfortunately it managed to get some people. Which is an argument for why it's not good design. But it's in no way finishing the game. It's more like stopping halfway through.

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Leynos Paatar (on 22 February 2024)

It doesn't play exactly the same each time and goes quicker each time and you play as A2 in one PT. It keeps ramping up until the story blows wide open. Nier 1 you just played the second half multiple times. NA it changes and play as different people which changes the gameplay and reveals more story.

Hiku Paatar (on 22 February 2024)

If you mean "Ending A", that's not a playthrough. You're just a bit more than halfway through the story. I know it looked like it was an ending, and that's intentional. Usually I don't want to say that, because people find out for themselves when they keep playing. But if someone decides to stop, they should know where they actually stopped. Which is about 60% through the main story. And I'm not even counting the replaying portion you have to do with 9S before you get to the rest of the story as the missing 40%.