Fallout 76 Tops 20 Million Players - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 30 May 2024 / 1,630 Views
Publisher Bethesda Softworks and developer Bethesda Game Studios announced the online multiplayer action RPG, Fallout 76, has surpassed 20 million players.
"Our future began 6 years ago, and now thanks to our amazing Fallout 76 community Appalachia is 20 million players strong," said Bethesda Game Studios. "Thank you for joining us on this journey... there's even more to come."
The Fallout franchise has seen a boost in popularity and sales since the release of the Fallout TV series on Amazon Prime. The franchise recently had nearly five million players in a single day, including over one million players on Fallout 76.
Fallout 76 released for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in November 2018.
Our future began 6 years ago, and now thanks to our amazing #Fallout76 community Appalachia is 20 million players strong.
— Bethesda Game Studios (@BethesdaStudios) May 30, 2024
Thank you for joining us on this journey... there's even more to come. pic.twitter.com/kQ4WQ8Grvl
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 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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That's 19,999,999 players that should be nuking Phil Spencer.
How?
Well, other than the dumpster fire the release was, the game actually has a genuine effort behind it. I haven't played for a while but back when I did during 2021-22 I had a lot of fun.
20 million in 5 and a half years, not bad at all. Bethesda's other online service game, Elder Scrolls Online, only hit 13m players in 5 years by comparison, and took nearly 8 years to hit 20 million players (currently at 24 million as of 2024, 10 years after release).
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