Nier: Automata Crosses 8 Million Sold for Its 7th Anniversary

PlatinumGames and Square Enix revealed that Nier: Automata has surpassed 8 million copies sold as of February 22, 2024. This includes both global shipments and digital copies. The game's official Japanese Twitter account celebrated the milestone as it approaches its 7th year anniversary. RELATED: Nier Automata's 2B Arrives in Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Today Nier: Automata 's popularity has resulted in many crossovers with other games, such as Fall Guys , Babylon's Fall and Gravity Rush 2 . The game's most notable main character, 2B, became a playable guest character in Soul Calibur VI and, most recently, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising . Nier: Automata was first released for PlayStation 4 and PC in 2017. It has since come to Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. The NieR:Automata Ver1.1a anime adaptation is available to stream on Crunchyroll, which describes the series like so: The distant future, 5012. The sudden aerial invasion of Earth by <Aliens> and their creations <Machine Lifeforms> led mankind to the brink of extinction. The surviving number of humans who took refuge on the moon to organize a counterattack using <android> soldiers to recapture Earth. However, the war reaches a stalemate as the <Machine Lifeforms> continue to multiply infinitely. In turn, humanity deploys a new unit of android soldiers as an ultimate weapon: YoRHa. Newly dispatched to Earth 2B joins 9S, the analyst currently stationed there, where amid their mission, they encounter a myriad of mysterious phenomena... This is the story of these lifeless <androids> and their endless fight for the sake of mankind. Source: Official Twitter

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