Octopath Traveler Crosses 1.5 Million Units In Sales Worldwide; Follow Up Console Game In Development

Octopath Traveler blazes a path for classic JRPGs.

Posted By | On 08th, Mar. 2019

Octopath Traveler

Octopath Traveler has been an absolute success for Square Enix and Acquire. The developers announced today on Twitter that the game has sold 1.5 million units worldwide since its release last Summer; this is up from the 1.08 million we knew it had done back in January, and in spite of the chronic and severe shortages that plagued availability for it for weeks.

Acquire, the developers of the game, also confirmed today that they are working on a console-based follow-up (although it’s unclear whether this follow up is going to be an Octopath sequel, or a brand new IP). That said, they also said that the game will take some time to develop, and apologized for the wait.

Octopath Traveler was a great, accomplished throwback to classic 16-bit turn based RPGs that nonetheless suffered from some issues. Hopefully, any follow up to it will see the developers take the feedback regarding repetition in Octopath into account, because if they do, their next game could be a legitimate classic. Octopath Traveler itself is available exclusively on the Nintendo Switch.


Keep On Reading!

Marvel’s Blade Could Be Cancelled as Xbox Considers Shutting Down Arkane Studios – Rumor

Marvel’s Blade Could Be Cancelled as Xbox Considers Shutting Down Arkane Studios – Rumor

Reportedly running over budget, Arkane Lyon's title was allegedly slated to launch in 2026 before being delaye...

IO Interactive’s Project Fantasy Faces Layoffs After Xbox Ends Partnership

IO Interactive’s Project Fantasy Faces Layoffs After Xbox Ends Partnership

The studio remains "100 percent committed" to the role-playing game, and that its "wonderful universe" would "...

SAND: Raiders of Sophie Early Access Review – As Rough As Sand

SAND: Raiders of Sophie Early Access Review – As Rough As Sand

New PvPvE extracion shooter SAND: Raiders of Sophie introduces its own twists to the formula. But how well doe...

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered Launches on August 11th for Nintendo Switch 2

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered Launches on August 11th for Nintendo Switch 2

Physical pre-orders for the 2025 remake are now live, and it appears to ship on a cartridge instead of utilisi...

Helldivers 2 Kicks Off Construction of Terminid Control System 2.0 in Latest Campaign Brief

Helldivers 2 Kicks Off Construction of Terminid Control System 2.0 in Latest Campaign Brief

This time around, Helldivers will be tasked with supporting the construction of massive walls in space to bloc...

1666: Amsterdam Was Originally Going to be Published by Xbox Before Funding Was Cut

1666: Amsterdam Was Originally Going to be Published by Xbox Before Funding Was Cut

Developer Panache Digital Games joins the likes of Romero Games as studios that had projects under development...