Bandai Namco Discusses Elden Ring and Gundam Metaverse

Throughout an investors meeting, Bandai Namco introduced the gross sales figures of a few of its best-selling video games, in addition to talked a bit extra in regards to the Gundam metaverse. It additionally mentioned a few of its plans to develop video games just like Elden Ring in 2023. Nonetheless, there are not any particulars as to what this might entail.

Within the first half of 2022, Bandai Namco offered 5.4 million copies of latest video games (video games launched in 2022) and 19.21 million copies of previous video games. Amongst its new video games, Digimon Survive and Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master have been the preferred. As for its previous video games, Elden Ring stays a bestseller. Throughout This autumn, Bandai Namco made 52.5 billion yen ($373 million) in on-line gross sales via “network content,” which is DLC or on-line video games. For reference, it made 43.5 billion yen in the identical quarter final 12 months.

In 2023, Bandai Namco plans on releasing a number of video games that will likely be like Elden Ring. On this sense, it means video games {that a} participant can get pleasure from for a very long time. Bandai Namco particularly used Tekken 8 for instance of a 2023 sport that can stay playable for some time.

The corporate additionally gave an replace on the Gundam metaverse. It’s engaged on content material that will likely be within the metaverse house. It first plans on conducting a closed take a look at utilizing a “gunpla colony” earlier than shifting onto video games or movies. Bandai Namco has no particulars on the way it plans on monetizing the Gundam metaverse, however it is going to proceed to be a significant mission sooner or later. It’s contemplating utilizing NFTs or blockchain expertise if it seems like they’re needed to attach with the followers.

Video games popping out within the close to future from Bandai Namco embody One Piece Odyssey, Tekken 8, and Blue Protocol.