Recently, Embark Studios' new game "ARC Raiders" has become a hit, not only giving the studio a good start, but also injecting new vitality into the escape shooter genre.Although official sales figures have not yet been announced, market analysis agency Alinea Analytics reported that the game sold 2.5 million copies across all platforms in the first week, which is higher than the 2.1 million copies estimated by other industry agencies based on the Steam platform.

It is estimated that the expected total revenue of the game within seven days of its launch has exceeded US$100 million.Platform data shows that PC players on the Steam platform contributed to the main sales, accounting for 69.2% (about 1.7 million copies); the PS5 version ranked second with 17.3% (over 400,000 copies); the Xbox Series X/S version accounted for 13.5% (over 300,000 copies).

It is worth noting that this sales performance was achieved a few days after the battle royale mode of the competing product "Battlefield 6" was launched.As a free battle royale shooting game, the latter has accumulated a lot of market popularity before its release."Battlefield 6", which was released at the same time, also performed strongly, with sales exceeding 7 million copies across all platforms within three days, and it is said that cumulative sales have exceeded 10 million copies.

Experts point out that the success of "ARC Raiders" is just the beginning.Although the "ten-year operation game" is known as an "industry legend" in the industry, the update roadmap recently announced by Embark Studios is considered feasible.Currently, the game has been recommended by many gaming media for its unique single-player experience design and highly immersive gameplay.