But to know,
a title with first-month sales breaking a million at Blue Star could at least secure a nomination in the various major game award ceremonies.
And once the first-month sales exceeded 3 million+, it had the chance to top the Game of the Year in a less competitive scenario.
Surpassing 5 million+ in sales would pretty much guarantee the annual title.
However, at the start of this year,
"Elden" shattered Blue Star's historical record for single-player game market sales with first-month figures of 23 million!
And that's not all.
"Divine Continent" broke the previous record of 8.77 million first-month sales set by Art Electricity with its 13 million, relegating the now third-place "Sports Life" further down the list.
It inevitably led numerous gamers in the industry to exclaim—The inaugural year of gaming is coming!
Of course,
as "Divine Continent" gradually took over the heat from "Elden," becoming the hottest discussion topic of the month in the gaming circle,