We learned earlier this month that NieR: Automata surpassed one million in worldwide shipments and digital sales, and today the game is celebrates its 500,000 milestone for Japan and Asia.
Here’s the celebratory tweet from the game’s official Twitter account:
PlayStation®4版『NieR:Automata』アジア地域での発売を4/27に控え、SIE台北オフィスにて行われた発売直前イベントにて、日本&アジア累計出荷・DL販売本数の50万本突破確定が発表されました。たくさんのご支援ありがとうございます。 #NieR #ニーア pic.twitter.com/gPKADjtfhT
— NieR公式PRアカウント (@NieR_JPN) April 21, 2017
“With NieR: Automata’s releasing on April 27 for the Asia region, we announced during a pre-release event at SIE’s Taipei office that Japan & Asia’s total shipments and digital sales have surpassed 500,000. Thank you for all your support. #NieR #ニーア”
Square Enix producer Yosuke Saito also added:
PS4版だけで日本&アジア累計50万本超えは本当に嬉しいっす(´；ω；`)ありがとうございます… https://t.co/DfXLa7cRjF
— 齊藤陽介 Yosuke Saito (@SaitoYosuke_Z) April 21, 2017
”It makes me truly happy to see it surpass 500,000 in Japan & Asia for PS4 alone… (´；ω；`) thank you very much.”
As for Yoko Taro, he’s happy to see the game being sold at game shops in Taipei:
台湾台北市のゲームショップにて。 pic.twitter.com/qdl5qVpRoh
— NieR公式PRアカウント (@NieR_JPN) April 21, 2017
And in case you’re wondering, he also got our little message the other day:
Money. https://t.co/Y5akvygMLS
— yokotaro (@yokotaro) April 19, 2017
You can read more about that in our earlier report.
NieR: Automata is available on PlayStation 4 and PC.
