It appears that Dark Souls III is doing well on the PC. According to SteamSpy‘s data, Dark Souls III has sold more than one million copies on Valve’s distribution service, Steam.
For the record, the game’s PC sales are similar to those of Dark Souls II. However, the first Dark Souls game – while being a really awful port – managed to sell double the amount of copies. Of course, keep in mind that the first Dark Souls saw some ridiculous discounts (at one point it was offered for only $4).
Compared to its predecessors, the PC version of Dark Souls III was polished enough to justify our recommendation. As we wrote in our PC Performance Analysis:
“Dark Souls III is a really polished product. Its biggest flaw is the lack of on-screen indicators for the keyboard. Once you figure out the right keys, however, you are in for an amazing experience. The game runs with constant 60fps on GPUs that are equivalent to NVIDIA’s GTX690, does not suffer from mouse smoothing/acceleration issues, and requires a quad-core modern-day CPU in order to push constant 60fps.”
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But but PC gamers dont buy games. lol
Wait, wait… what are the console dweebs saying now. “I bet 90% of those were bought for 5 bucks” LOL!!! I swear their attempt to damage control their plastic box amazes me.
lol
btw .. the entire series has sold on PC more than all consoles combined
thats because it more of a pc game.just like console gamers dont care or play esports we dont buy pc eccentric like this and diablo…lol
ps it sold 1m legally on steam not think of how much it sold on g2a…probably tripple that….lmao
pc games dont sell well on consoles.
It shows you never played any of them. Actually the Souls games are pure console games. The first one was never ported to PC and the (horrible) port of Dark Souls 1 was only ported to PC a year after console release.
You obviously don’t know from software at all I mean the first souls game Demon soul’s was a exclusive to the ps3 .That and dark souls 1 was a absolutely terrible port to pc that needed a mod to get it fixed.Dark souls 2 could be argued to be a bad port with that 60 fps faster downgrading bug( that lasted for ONE YEAR AFTER RELEASE).That and bloodborne was exclusive to ps4. Hell dark souls 3 is their best port yet.
Yeah, Diablo 3 sold like sh*t on consoles…… Oh, wait.
Troll.
Clueless Hvd, never learns
“pc games dont sell well on consoles.”
BAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
“thats because it more of a pc game.”
BAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
or smart hvd exposing how pc gaming really is and why devs make games for consoles over pc..lol
fhi the steam salse have been crap…lol.is everyone of to g2a for their sales?…lol
“thats because it more of a pc game.”
No its not. It is one of the most consolish game i ever played.
That too.
No matter what they claim, Diablo 3 was designed to be console-compatible from the start.
It is very hard on hard difficlities that only we pc gamers can play without lost so yes if you play on hardest it has the high difficulty required by us pc gamers while on lower difficulty settings console gamers can beat it too. Just like doom on Ultra violence and nightmare is more for pc gamers than console gamers that can barely beat it on Hurt Me Plenty.
Lol, it wouldn’t be a proper PC game sales article without one of Hvd’s cartoonishly stupid assertions. Never change, oh wise peasant.
True but to be fair, people rarely say such things about PC gaming anymore. Most people know that PC gaming is alive and well now.
Could be, but quality is surely decreased compared to say 10 yrs ago
Oh man. You really need to check out the Xbox Mafia on social media. those freaking guys kill me. They are probably the most clueless bunch of folks when it comes to PC gaming. Dudes like crapgamer, mooch and co… those guys thing PC gaming died in the 90s. “No one games on PC” “PC gamers all pirate or buy 1 dollar stolen CD keys”.
Sad fact is these guys are followed by all the main gamer staff of microsoft. they get exclusive podcasts with them and even game with them lol. Its insanity.
Then that crowd would be hard pressed to explain why PC games sales in terms of dollars spent goes up every year and projections into the near future are for further increases in revenue. The PC gaming market share is the largest out there. It’s not larger than the collective consoles market but it is individually the largest. If I recall correctly only the mobile gaming market is growing faster than PC gaming.
Oh they ignore all that. They’ll bring up AAA sales vs PC and then trash PC as inferior and a worthless machine that has been replaced by tablets.
Honestly man while those people are stupid, they are adorable in a special kind of way, they are so clueless and they system is dying, on the other hand the dualshockers fanboys are cancer they act as if they got stocks in sony.
Stop by a playstation or a xbox site and you will be amazed.
also dying light fallout 4 and gta v have some millions and all of those games are cracked. Denuvo games on the other hand are uncracked.
Great sagas deserves great sales…no more, no less.
Still have to play Dark Souls 3 tho…Played the first and the second one after another a few months ago but I’m going to wait for a “full” version with all DLC’s and such (same as when I bought previous games).
Currently playing and trying to finish a lot of games from my list. 😉
It’s honestly the best souls game.
That says a lot. I love the first one because of how the world was crafted (and love the physics in it, how it all felt), and had great fun in coop with the 2nd one.
I’m going to get a couple of more games next month…so perhaps my mind will remember what a great time I had with it and get it after all. (Still have installed both games)
The first game has the best level design but honestly that only pertains to the undead burg/ parish area. Dks3 has by far the best bosses, gameplay. Or not really the best bosses just the best ratio of amazing bosses in the game. O&S are still highly memorable as is Sif, Gwyn and Artorias. DkS3 just really exceeded my expectations. I loved DkS1, thought DkS2 was okay but damn miyazaki really knows how to craft them. DkS3 surpasses both. Honestly I can only see someone saying DkS1 is better if they have a case of biased nostalgia but then again everyone has their own opinion.
Have you not got tired of it though? especially now that there are a ton of clones.
No because I don’t play those clones (Lords of The Fallen for example). After putting 116 hours in the first one and 95 hours in the 2nd, I sure decided to not get the third game right away.
Now I’m playing Mass Effect trilogy. Finished the first 4 days ago and currently playing Mass Effect 2 (finished the first one in 34 hours and played 29 hours of the second already). Then I’m going to play the third game right away because I have it. (then wait for Andromeda, guaranteed)
I started to finish games that I bought a while ago (also finished Alan Wake and American Nightmare before Mass Effect) since my list of games keeps growing but I always play one or 2 and then dismiss the rest. (I play MP games a lot and now I’m in a break…some RPG love is not bad at all)
That’s how I play tho. 😉
thats not a lot for a big AAA game..i bet g2a sales are tripple…lmao
i bet you are a clueless idiot lmao Eg g2a copies use steam.
That performance analysis is kind of BS considering Irithyll and the Archdragon Peak.
Doesnt look to me that pc gaming is dying, how many developers are crying??
There we have the proof again: No Denuvo DRM crap, and the game sells more!
A good game will sell, thats just how it works!
Okey it ain drm free but atleast without Denovo so it’s cracked. If it would be on GOG and totaly Drm free it may have sold even more.
Those who treat us pc gamers with respect for the hard earned money we put in, will get the respect from us. Thats just how it is!
To hell with those dipshits EA and all other who keeps using that crap Denuvo as they treat ALL pc gamers as PIRATES!
They dont deserve one penny and I will never support that = no money from me = their loss!!
And this is why Bloodborne is bs… exclusivity deals are cancer to gaming.
Erm… Bloodborne is as much Sony’s baby as Uncharted or God of War. It wasn’t an exclusivity deal of the sort you are suggesting, it’s Sony’s game, the creation of which was contracted out to From Software.
It’s no different than when Platinum made Star Fox exclusively for the Wii U, only it was done with a new property instead of an established one.
Business aside, exclusivity is ar$e.
Games should serve the medium itself, not the devices in which the medium are to be presented.
So, you are telling me that a company paying a developer to make a new IP/Game exclusively for their console is not a exclusivity deal? ok.
The game would have been exclusive whether it was made in-house or not. It’s exclusivity was a foregone conclusion from the beginning and outsourcing the development of it doesn’t change that.
Sony didn’t pay From Software to make the game exclusive to their system — they didn’t have to because it was never From’s IP/game to put out on other platforms to begin with.
Thx Denuvo… because of you i’m going to give up on games… I didn’t buy any game with Denuvo and this is not going to change.
That’s impressive, especially since its maintained its full price pretty well, 1 million copies DS 3 = the same as 3 million copies of Rocket League as far as revenue goes.
1 million. That’s adorable.
*as Witcher 3 exits the men’s room and tells the next guy “give it about 10 minutes, brother”*
take notes Microsoft
Seriously? When people can’t quarrel over frame rate…. they quarrel over about platforms lol
haha, guilty on that one too!
goVEGAN
It’s nice and balanced yes. Certain builds however don’t fare that well. The game shines with a nice quality build. The pace of the combat for example, has been increased significantly yet the sorcery system remains largely the same.
I see what you’re saying. Sorcery is no longer the hidden ‘easy mode’, but with proper timing and a little skill sorcery, for me, is just as viable as anything else. It’s just now people need to learn to time their attacks and dodge, which is what I think they wanted all along.