The total number of worldwide shipments of the battle action “Kimetsu no Yaiba Hinokami Blood Futuna” that reproduces the animation has exceeded 1 million!
The cumulative worldwide shipment of “Kimetsu no Yaiba Hinokami Blood Futuna,” a competitive action game of “Kimetsu no Yaiba,” has exceeded 1 million units. This number is “the total number of packages shipped, including limited editions, and the number of downloads sold,” he said.
“Kimetsu no Yaiba Hinokami Blood Futuna” is the first home-use game of “Kimetsu no Yaiba” The genre is 3D battle action. This game is a game that you can enjoy in solo play mode where you can relive the story of “Kimetsu no Yaiba” and in Versus mode where you can play 2vs2 battles with familiar characters. In the review of IGN JAPAN, graphics and battles that completely reproduced the animation, solo play mode that picked up famous scenes, etc., were evaluated. On the other hand, the search part of the solo play and the problem of a few characters were pointed out, and the review score is 8 points.
According to the sales ranking announced by Famitsu (from October 11th to October 17th, 2021, in the first week of release), it seems that the PS4 / PS5 version sold 115,036 units in total. This game is a game sold on PS4 / PS5 / Xbox One / Xbox Series X / PC (Steam) and multi-platform and was released almost all over the world at the same time. It is unclear about the digestibility of the PS4 / PS5 package version in Japan and the number of units sold only for the DL version. Still, it seems that it can be inferred from the data that this work probably sold in English-speaking countries and Chinese-speaking countries.
According to SteamDB, an unofficial statistical site of Steam, the maximum number of simultaneous users of the PC version of this game was 7995. Looking at the number of reviews on Steam, we can see that there were 2127 reviews in English at the time of writing the article. Considering the user base, many people are probably enjoying the home video game console version, but the PC version is also likely to be selling quite well.
This work will be updated free of charge three times after its release. Kasane and two demons will be added as playable characters in the first update from the end of October to the beginning of November. As for the anime version, “TV Anime” Kimetsu no Yaiba “Infinite Train Edition” is currently being broadcast. This is an entirely new episode added to the movie version, reconstructed with new cuts and new BGM. The expected new work “Yukaku Hen” will be broadcast from December 5th. Although the original manga has been completed, the “Kimetsu no Yaiba” itself will become more exciting, and the game’s sales will increase.