Following today’s announcement of Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent for mobile platforms, the development team of the original Octopath Traveler for Nintendo Switch took to Twitter to provide some interesting details.
First of all, we learn that the game shipped 1.5 million units on Switch, this includes shipments to retailers and digital downloads on the Nintendo eShop worldwide. This milestone was actually achieved by January 2019.
On top of that, the developers apologized to those who are waiting for a new game on consoles, mentioning that it will require more time in development.
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スマートフォン版の新作が
情報公開されました！
オルステラ大陸を巡る、新たな物語。
3/12に先行体験版のプレイヤーも募集開始です。家庭用ゲームで新作をお待ちの皆さんも、
すみません、今しばらく制作の
お時間をいただきますので、その間、こちらもぜひ
お楽しみいただけると嬉しいです！— オクトパストラベラー公式 (@OCTOPATH_PR) March 8, 2019
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併せて情報を
載せていただいたのですが、1月にSwitch版の全世界出荷＋DL数が、
150万本を突破いたしました！遊んでいただいた、
遊んでいただいている、
世界中の皆さんに、改めて感謝です！！引き続き、オクトパストラベラーに
お付き合いいただけますと幸いです。— オクトパストラベラー公式 (@OCTOPATH_PR) March 8, 2019
Octopath Traveler was released worldwide exclusively for Nintendo Switch on July 13, 2018, co-developed by Square Enix and Akihabara-based studioAcquire. It was quickly adopted by fans of traditional JRPGs as one of the purest examples of the fact that the genre is certainly still alive and well, and can achieve great results when provided with the proper love and care.
1.5 million units achieved on a single platform certainly seem to support that view.
If you’d like to know why the game is so good, you can check out our review.
