Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN SALES SURPASSED 3.5 MILLION"

Episode Date: June 17, 2025

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Now, of course, Elder Ring holds a special place in my heart. Because sometimes I be thinking to myself and then I hear... Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? Like, what is going on in the gaming community? And then I realized, as long as we have Elder Ring and from softwares behind it, I would be just all right. The reason I say that is because of course, you know, all jokes aside,

Notorious Mass Effect, the first time I ever put out gameplay on the video on the Spotify platform, as far as my 10-year under anchor, was back in 2021. So, of course, I had Eldon Ring as far as Mass Effect go. I had Elder Ring gameplay footage, which happened because I was a part of the ambassador program, in which we had exclusive access to video feature. And I ended up using it to play Eldon Ring on it. So that was a huge opportunity that I'm sincerely grateful for. And the reason why I bring that up is because from software is back again in the big year of 2025.

As Eldon Ring night rain is not only notoriously impacting the masses, but also is It's the 14th most play game on Steam currently. With the 24-hour peak of 118,000, of course, the concurrent player count as of right now is 62,975. So as far as people really clamoring for this game, the excitement, the anticipation was through the roof, and people father through and playing this game. As when you look at it individually, night rain is the, top 10 was number 10 specifically and top sellers so whenever i get into numbers and analytics especially on this show is basically just to compare consumption amongst the goats amongst the greats and the gaming and of course the music industry as when it comes to altering and the

quality level being top tier to the point where i always have to state just because you sell a lot does not mean you make top tier quality and just because you don't sell at all it doesn't mean It doesn't mean you make it absolute garbage. The two don't correlate. Well, ladies and gentlemen, for Eldon Ring, it correlates exactly as far as people post-2020 in the year of 2025 still being enamored by the gameplay mechanics of Elder Ring. As the top-tier quality is being respected by the masses with top-tier sales. As with this being directed by Junior is Shizaki.

I always, you know, I have trouble pronouncing it, but with conceptual input from Hidotaki, Miyazaki. And of course, everybody knows the overall elder ring story with millennia, with Radon, and with the consorts. And then, of course, Shadow of the Earth Tree built upon that foundation as far as the story they laid out in their original game. And now they're back again with Night Rain. Well, you're probably thinking to yourself, what's the difference? between elder ring shadow of the earth tree and night rain well i'm glad you asked night rain specifically is a three-player co-op primarily and there's no duo mode but you can go solo but it's very difficult so primarily they want you to play this game with three players right when it comes to this game

and the way that they actually have it uh put together you come come to realize that not only is the three player co-op mode essential because of a lot of those enemies you run into the game especially the bosses i mean agro it needs to be a term that you have in your lexicon if you want to be successful at this game if you do not know what agro means actually this is what we're going to do right now we're just going to type it in for the people because i want to give the actual uh webster definition of agro all right so So now you got to type in the gaming definition. They've been brought up agriculture.

So anyways, agro is a term used in gaming to describe the act of getting the attention of an NPC. It is associated with role-playing games in which there are no random battles, but instead the enemy monsters are visible on the field, period. agro is now more commonly used in gaming circles to refer to attacks on a player by hostile NPCs it is commonly spelled agro so that being said now that you know what agro means to give you my version of it when i say agro i basically mean somebody get the enemy's attention and somebody else attacks it from behind pause you guys see that's the problem anyways it's as the structure of elder ring night rain is three days there's day one night one day two night two

so it's like a hotel you feel me the final night lord boss is essential as far as building up your resources for as the map shrinks in a battle royale type of shrinkage with the circle mechanic right and then with the night fairs there's eight classes so you get the pick from night from eight classes There's the wielder, the guardian, the duchess, the recluse, the iron eye, the raider, the executioner, not executed, my fault, and then the summoner. So with that being said, the combat is very different from the base elder ring game. How different you might ask? It's essentially way faster. There's wall running, there's gliding via the spectral hawk.

And of course, when you sprint, you will find out expedited. Why I say this game is way faster than the base game. So anyways, with that being said, your inevitable downfall is going to happen in this game. You probably think it to yourself, well, how am I going to get up if I keep dying time and time again to the enemies because my health bar is not as large as it used to be? So when you go down, allies must damage you to revive.

solo requires rare items so as far as you going down essentially somebody is just going to have to hit you over and over and okay y'all get the point right so when it comes to you being down your your friend just has to attack you and it's going to work as a revive and then you're going to come back up so anyways inventory when it comes to the game there's max three weapons per hand each with passive buffs of course you have runes like everybody knows from the base game you have relics autostat upgrades based on class full reset per expedition expedition road like type of loop meaning that i was i mean i would say a battle like a battle royale type of loop or gameplay loop as you have to start over every time as far as getting your uh weapons and abilities and things of that nature so

of course the procedural aspect of this game makes it the most unique feature out of the base game of elder ring and of course shadow of the earth tree as when you come to the procedural aspect there's a lot of enemy places uh there's a lot of enemy placements structure randomization meteor impacts that changes the landscape every single time you jump into the battlefield so that keeps it fresh and new for people wanting to play this over and over. And when it comes to procedurally generated and playing this with your friends, I will compare it, obviously not the gameplay loop or the gameplay mechanics. But as far as the setting, I will compare it to Remnant 2 as far as how you will always be surprised which you run into on every single map because everything's procedurally generated. Somebody could find an enemy in a certain part of the map. Next game, somebody could go to that same part of the map and find a,

completely different enemies so that's what i mean by procedurally generated now as far as night rain it is technically a little on it's on the short side right the main story by itself is 10 to 15 hours full completion though with remembrance quest is 30 to 40 hours so you have to keep that in mind when it comes to night rain because of course a lot of people are going to be looking at this doc And they're going to be thinking to yourself. Well, they're going to be thinking to themselves. Well, is this worth my dollar? Right?

Because, of course, with this specific game, I forget how much it is. But actually, let's look at it right now. Because obviously, the base game, let me see how much the base game is running for right now. So the base game of Eldering is seemingly, I can't find it either. Okay. let's just look at it right now so how much is the base game of elder ring and then night rain i would assume it's not over 50 because the game's been out for a minute even though it's still phenomenal i think it should still charge the full price tag but you know i don't want consumers getting

mad at me unless you have a nintendo hey if you have a nintendo we're not talking about prices y'all y'all buy whatever so anyways um so it is $60 on steam on consoles is $60 as well um sales often drop it to $29.39 so be on the lookout for sales in the future obviously it's probably not on sale right now but when it comes to night rain night rain was $40 on steam and of course as far as PC or no as far as consoles being considered it is also $40 so safe to save from software thought to themselves let's take that off game pass expeditiously that's what you call a callback anyways so they definitely want to take your money but with the quality level that they're giving i believe this is one of the games that is justifiable in having their price tag what it is as far as the $40 for a night rain and of course when it comes to the base game the base game being and $60. So, um, oh, Night Rain actually doesn't require the base game of Eldering. So that's, that's good to know. So if you just want to go straight to Night Rain, which I don't know if you, you know, they did say this game still has the difficulty, um, that we all come to love about Eldon Ring. So if you play the game and you haven't played the base game, you're going to get demolished. It's not like, oh, I could just jump in and learn it. No, no. health bars lower a lot more like elderly players know this who play the game right you play the game

for quite some time you level up you have a long health bar feeling like you're a boss in in your like in the game you come against one random enemy it's not even the main boss you come up against an enemy hits you one time okay half your health bar gone hits you again okay now you're dead right only the potions keep you alive but the thing about the potions is you have to use a potion before it gets a zero and safe to say one or two attacks can get your health bar from full to completely empty so that means the potions are non-existent if you can't get uh acclimated with dodging and being able to time certain attacks so anyways reason why i say that is because your health bar is much smaller in night rain so if you're thinking you're going to go into it um just on a whim not ever playing

the base game i would advise you to play the base game first this is one of the things I would say a lot of people who jump into souls like it um hesitant about because they jump into the game thinking one thing not doing their due diligence which you know that's what platforms are this that's why platforms like this exist is to let you know you got to put in a little time in the gym if you want to shoot around and in uh actual NBA games right you learn to put some time in the gym before you hop in the NBA game and get completely demolished because it's going to And everybody gets demolished and souls like games is literally part for the course. You know, it's how you increase your gamer rep and also the muscle memory of being able to dodge you certain mechanics.

So that is taken all the way into Night Rain, which is why I say you should definitely play the base game before hopping in Night Rain. So anyways, when Night Rain came out, it was a phenomenal success, right? But of course, Outer Ring was a phenomenal success. I mean, when it came out, 2022, I had 30 million lifetime sales. So when it comes to that, and of course, my coverage of Eldering was before. Like I said, 2021 is when I first even, yeah, October 18, 2021 is when I first covered this game. Ladies and gentlemen, it's 2025. Talk about longevity, right?

Anyways, my fault. I had to pat myself on the back. All right. So when it come to this particular game, Elder Ring is phenomenal as far as an analytic metric. but you probably wonder about Night Rain, right? Outer Ring sold 2 million units day one. So 3.5 units in the first five days. It is currently still the 14th most played game on the Steam platform.

And of course, I already said it is top 10 in sales specifically for NightRain. So it's number 10 specifically as far as top sellers. So this game is doing and performing at a phenomenal rate to the point where when whenever from software wants to make another game people are going to be there and then some as far as them already putting things in and works as far as from software parent kodokawa confirming sony's playstation buyout intent because of course it's like in any sports league you ball out everybody doubted you you ball out put up numbers on billboard on on the leaderboards and then people double back and they be like hey can I sign you for this amount like nah what fat

Joe say yesterday's price is not today's price so when it comes to elder ring and uh you to approaching them or approaching codoka what to buy from software they basically told them yesterday's price is not today's price is which i cover uh more extensively in that segment but i basically unpack the actual number as far as uh they was throwing around if they really weren't like it was like hey you got to come off this bag if you want us and playstation you're like you know what we ain't really got it we ain't got it at all so i think they're just working on some television animation show but um let me see if i can find this yeah okay so anyways so uh kodoka will basically hit PlayStation with this oh that's great it's on mute that's fantastic that's exactly what i was

needing okay let's see if we can get this right quick Um, Kodokawa literally said... This price is not today's price. Mm. And that's because you're worth more. Mm. You deserve more. That's why yesterday's price is not today's price.

Wait, wait, hold on, hold on. Say that one more time for the people in the back. Today's price. And that's because you're worth... And so, you know, I always say yesterday's price is not today's price. It's not today? And that's because you're worth more. Oh.

Oh. You deserve more. That's why yesterday's price is not today's price. Oh, okay, okay. So that's why I needed him to break it down in such a notorious fashion because you already know Fat Joe is one the greatest in this game. Oh, oh, this is the main one. Now that the mute button to pop the, so the volumes back.

All right, let's get the original, the vocal inflection of him saying that. It's not today's price. Mm. This Godoka, one talking to PlayStation. PlayStation came trying to buy Kodoka well Yesterday's price Is not today's price Kodoka was like do you not know we got elder ring

Yesterday's price We got armored court Not today's price PlayStation may come off that bag If they're trying to acquire From software So anyways that's why I had to bring that up Because of course

Everybody was sleeping on From Software back in 2021 Fast forward to 2025 Everybody in their mama is trying to get in on the IP that from software created with Eldon Ring. So anyways, getting into some of the review roundups of this particular game as far as Eldon Ring Night Rain specifically, IGN, of course, gave this game a 7 out of 10, which is very interesting.

But they did say that it lacks, its lack of crossplay poor solo balance, which I talked about that. It's very difficult on solo. I would just advise you not to play the game solo. If you don't have any friends, well, for one, you know, there's definitely ways to get friends, you know, go to certain things.

that you are interested in, find like, you know, like-minded people, and, you know, come out your comfort zone a little bit and then make a friend, right? I know I just made it sound really simplistic,

but it's literally that simple. Anyways, so if you don't have friends, I wouldn't play this game at all. I'm not going to lie to you. The solo mode and night rank is beyond egregious as far as difficulty.

So they talked about that, and they also said, limited communication tools make it hard to achieve optimal conditions magnifying is flawed, its flaws but to be honest iG is one of the lower reviews of this game as far as a review roundup um game spot gave it a nine at a 10 basically said that the overall world depth um or the lack of open world death so that's the only critique but they basically praised it for being a

succession of elder rings uh franchise and then of course game rank gave it a nine out of 10 game informer gave it an 8 out of 10 Dextero gave it a 4 out of 5 which of course is the 8 out of 10 equivalent and they're all praising it because of it being a great addition to from software's portfolio so I forget they put out armored core in the midst of Eldon ring and shout out the earth tree just to show you all that it's not just Eldon ring it's not just some flute we can make a completely different genre and in armored core and still put out a hit right so from software really like that probably one of the greater developers in the gaming industry right now and when it comes to the review roundups you know besides i gene gave it the lowest score but it's seven at ten

but it's still not that bad but obviously when you see eight and nine at the tens across the board you look at igin with seven at ten but hey what's up with y'all so anyways um when it comes to that they are still working on a game they're taking in a lot of feedback as from software came out June, well, this month, they basically improved solo revive options, fixed vaulting bugs, matchmaking issues, enhanced the night lord boss tuning. And then they confirm upcoming updates such as duo expeditions. Yes, for that person out there that has one friend, but not two, they have a dual expedition mode just for you.

Shepard, just look at the state of gaming, like, what is going to? on from software looked at what was going on and it was like you know what he needs a duo expedition mode so in the future that's coming of course night lord boss upgrades um new d oc is slated for night rain and quarter four so late of this year i probably september october december one of those months but um basically later this year they're going to give a doc um for for night rain And of course with the battle real style map shrinking, you know, I think that adds a lot as far as overall uniqueness of this differentiating itself from Shadow of the Earth Tree in the base game of Elder Ring. Then, of course, the spectral hot gliding is actually something that sounds super fire because that wasn't in any of the renditions of Elder Ring before. So getting across the map, safe to say, it's very easy.

I mean, you're basically zooming across the map. But of course, you're going to have to be zooming across the map when the circle starts the stream. So anyways, that's basically it for night rain. At the end of the day, it's doing phenomenal. Like I said, when it came out day one, it sold 2 million units for day one. So 3.5 million units in the first five days. And if history says anything, especially with the 30 million lifetime sales of Eldon Ring, as far as dated, as far as that coming back out and as far as that initially coming out in 2022

and then having 30 million in lifetime sales, safe to say. Oh, and of course, you know, it's just just. accolades for days. And then of course, shout out of the Erd Tree D.O.C. Having 5 million copies in three days, safe to say that Night Rain, selling 2 million in day 1, 3.5 million

in the first five days showcases how from software definitely has one of the most successful video games in the Soulslike franchises of all time with Elder Ring. And with that being said, click my link to your in my bio. Let me know on one of my social media.

What do you think about Elden Ring, Night Rain, specifically? And of course, your three friends, make sure to share the uh send this review to them and tell them that we hopping in to elder ring because now you get to hop in with your two friends that are good at gaming mind you they have to be good at gaming but now you can finally say in elder ring where are we dropping boys