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Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon is off to a really strong start on Steam. Bandai Namco says that at least part of the game's success is thanks in part to none other than Elden Ring.
Over the weekend, Armored Core 6 topped the list of biggest sellers on Steam. The mech combat title by FromSoftware even briefly dethroned Baldur's Gate 3 as the top seller on Steam. In speaking with GI.biz, Bandai Namco Euroipe CEO Arnaud Muller said that FromSoftware has become "a guarantee of quality."
"This is an opportunity for us to truly widen the audience of the Armored Core games," Muller said. "My ambitions are not on par with Elden Ring, but our ambitions are way bigger than the previous Armored Core games.
"We really want to take this IP further in the relationship with FromSoftware. Thanks to Elden Ring, FromSoftware has become a seal, a guarantee of quality, and therefore people will see that the Metacritic of this game is great, [that] it's challenging but very rewarding, [and say] 'I wanna try that game'.
"This is a big step up in this franchise," Muller continued. "We are not going to be able to match Elden Ring numbers but we will way surpass what Armored Core previous games have done.​"
"We really want to take this IP further in the relationship with FromSoftware. Thanks to Elden Ring, FromSoftware has become a seal, a guarantee of quality, and therefore people will see that the Metacritic of this game is great, [that] it's challenging but very rewarding, [and say] 'I wanna try that game'.
"This is a big step up in this franchise," Muller continued. "We are not going to be able to match Elden Ring numbers but we will way surpass what Armored Core previous games have done.​"
Most of the streamers i've seen playing it have never heard of Armored Core before, which isn't quite as bad as seeing people play Baldur's Gate 3 who weren't even alive when 2 came out.