At the end of March, the samurai adventure “Rise of the Ronin” developed by Team Ninja was released exclusively for the PS5. In the current annual report, Koei Tecmo provided us with the first details about the commercial performance of the title.
On March 20, 2024, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Koei Tecmo released the action role-playing game “Rise of the Ronin” developed by Team Ninja exclusively for the PS5.
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As part of the current annual report, Koei Tecmo discussed the commercial performance of “Rise of the Ronin” to date. The publisher did not give specific figures, but pointed out that the samurai adventure started stronger than the two “Nioh” titles.
For comparison: “Nioh” took 17 days to reach the one million unit sales mark in 2017. “Nioh 2” (2020), on the other hand, sold noticeably weaker and only cracked its first million two months after its release.
Rise of the Ronin should have staying power
Koei Tecmo further explained that the publisher attests that “Rise of the Ronin” has the potential to sell over a long period of time and “contribute to the medium to long-term growth” of the company. Shortly before the release of the PS5 exclusive title, Koei Tecmo formulated ambitious goals.
According to a statement from the publisher, Koei Tecmo wants to sell “Rise of the Ronin” at least five million units in the long term. Time will tell whether this goal can be achieved. At least the action role-playing game was received very positively by the community.
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Because while the metascore leveled off at 76 points after just over 120 recorded ratings, the players were significantly more satisfied. This is proven, on the one hand, by the user score on Metacritic is 8.7 points.
On the PlayStation Store In turn, “Rise of the Ronin” has a user rating of 4.27 points after over 9,500 reviews.
Various updates improved the gaming experience
In the weeks following its release, Team Ninja provided “Rise of the Ronin” with several updates. These included various bug fixes and adjustments with which the developers improved the overall gaming experience. The latest update to version 1.04 was released.
Here, Team Ninja improved the general camera work. The studio also made adjustments to the motion blur in the “Graphics” and “Ray Tracing” display modes. We have all further details about update 1.04 here summarized for you.
As mentioned at the beginning, “Rise of the Ronin” was released for the PS5 in March. In the latest work from the “Nioh” and “Ninja Gaiden” makers of Team Ninja, our path leads to Japan in 1863. After three centuries of tyranny by the Tokugawa Shogunate, the Black Ships of the West appear on the borders of the country then sinks into chaos.
We take control of a Ronin, a samurai without masters who follows his own destiny in the political turmoil of this time. With your decisions, you actively influence the further course of the story and decide for yourself which factions you want to ally with.
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