It’s fiscal results season and that means all sorts of companies are sharing little details and information, like 505 Games (aka Digital Bros) did today regardingEiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes.Eiyuden Chroniclewas one of two releases that were released in April and it’s helping drive a good fiscal year-end for the company.
505 Games has been having a rough go of it for a while, and that continues to show with the company reporting a 6.7 million Euro loss through the last 9 months. This period has seenlayoffs by Digital Bros, as well as the sale ofControlto Remedy, who will gain publishing rights to the game starting in 2025. Unlike many corporations, 505 Games runs its fiscal year from July to June, meaning the most recent report is for what they term their third quarter, which included the release ofBrothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake.
How is Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes selling?
Even as the third quarter was a bit shaky for 505 Games with a small loss after taxes, things are looking up for the publisher for the home stretch of their fiscal year. In theDigital Bros financial report, it states that the two releases they had in April 2024 had healthy performances, helping the publisher confirm a positive outlook for their finances for the year as a whole. So far, the only two launches in the fourth quarter have beenEiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, andAssetto Corsa CompetizioneDLC featuring a new course, which shows how the JRPG is performing well in sales, despite the rocky release of the Switch version that had extra bugs in it.
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It’sestimated by GameDiscoverCothat over 60,000 copies ofEiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroeshave been purchased or redeemed on Steam, which would include both backers and purchasers. This would be in addition to console sales, where on PlayStation it can most effectively evoke the nostalgia of theSuikodenseries on the console that hosted the classic RPG series whichEiyuden Chroniclehomages. As for Switch, the lack of historical ties and a buggy port may hamper sales there, while Xbox hasEiyuden Chronicleon game pass.
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes' hasn’t taken theworld by storm likePalworldorHelldivers 2have, but it has done well for its publisher, and presumably its developer Rabbit and Bear Studios, who are going to be releasing DLC for it in the future. This will fulfill the promised story DLC that was unlocked as stretch goals during its successful Kickstarter campaign, and along with updates should provideEiyuden Chroniclewith a solid future, perhaps enough to make that sequel that the Studio has hinted at.
