{"id":66501,"date":"2026-05-12T18:23:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=66501"},"modified":"2026-05-12T18:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:23:33","slug":"crimson-desert-has-made-over-178-million-developers-report-breakdown-between-pc-and-console-is-50-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/crimson-desert-has-made-over-178-million-developers-report-breakdown-between-pc-and-console-is-50-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Crimson Desert has made over $178 million, developers report.\u00a0Breakdown between PC and console is 50-50\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South Korean game developer Pearl Abyss&nbsp;has&nbsp;recorded its highest ever quarterly revenue thanks to&nbsp;<strong>Crimson Desert<\/strong>. According to the company\u2019s financial results&nbsp;for Q1&nbsp;(reported by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisgame.com\/articles\/423274?newsId=263&amp;categoryId=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ThisIsGame<\/a>),&nbsp;the open-world adventure game&nbsp;alone&nbsp;has earned&nbsp;266.5 billion won (around $178.92 million USD) in revenue since its release mid-March.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consequently, Pearl Abyss saw&nbsp;pretty crazy&nbsp;looking&nbsp;growth figures, with annual revenue up by 419.8% and operating profit rising by&nbsp;2,584.8% year-on-year.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A more detailed breakdown of Crimson Desert\u2019s performance reveals that&nbsp;overseas sales account for 94% of&nbsp;the title\u2019s&nbsp;revenue. Of this, North America and Europe accounted for 81%, driving the game\u2019s global success.&nbsp;As for platforms, the studio reports that the revenue breakdown between PC and consoles (PS5 and Xbox Series X\u2758S) is&nbsp;roughly&nbsp;fifty-fifty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CrimsonDesert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CrimsonDesert<\/a> has sold through over 5 million copies worldwide!<br>Thank you to every Greymane who has joined us on this journey, experienced the world of Pywel, and supported the game. Reaching this milestone would not have been possible without your support and we are truly\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xcdbCvHLSo\">pic.twitter.com\/xcdbCvHLSo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Crimson Desert (@CrimsonDesert_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrimsonDesert_\/status\/2044321076990337428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As of mid-April,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crimsondesert.pearlabyss.com\/en-us\/Main\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Crimson&nbsp;Desert<\/a>&nbsp;has sold 5 million units worldwide. The title is available for PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, Mac App Store), PS5 and Xbox Series X\u2758S.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pearl Abyss has shared revenue figures for Crimson Desert, including breakdowns by region and platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":66504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-66501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Crimson Desert has made over $178 million, developers report.\u00a0Breakdown between PC and console is 50-50\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pearl Abyss has shared revenue figures for Crimson Desert, including breakdowns by region and platform.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/crimson-desert-has-made-over-178-million-developers-report-breakdown-between-pc-and-console-is-50-50\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Crimson Desert has made over $178 million, developers report.\u00a0Breakdown between PC and console is 50-50\u00a0 - 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