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Thick Thighs Save Lives · Tuesday at 4:16 PM

Developer Shift Up recently released its 2025 results report, delving into an overview of the company's finances, revenue, expenses, and more.

The report reiterates the established and continued success of Stellar Blade, reaching over three million sales across PC and PlayStation 5, as well as nearly 200,000 concurrent players on Steam, with 98% user reviews. Additionally, the title is ranked number one in Sony's PlayStation PC performance history when looking at peak concurrnnt users by over two times.

In the Q&A section, it's claimed that Stellar Blade is "hailed as the most successful platform expansion in AAA history." It became the fastest-selling Korean game on Steam, surpassing one million units sold in three days.

Lastly, Project Spirits, unveiled with new artwork in June 2025, remains in development and developer recruitment, with a post-2027 launch, including 2027 currently being targeted.

You can view the full report for financial report breakdowns and comments on Goddess of Victory: NIKKE. Thanks to Genki for sharing this news.

Stellar Blade Emphasizes Record-Breaking PC Performance, Project Spirit Targets Post-2027 Release

Stellar Blade highlights its ongoing dominance as Sony’s top PC launch, while Shift Up confirms Project Spirit is targeting a post-2027 release window.

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mèx · Tuesday at 4:24 PM

Well deserved, I had a lot of fun with the game.

If they release the sequel day one on PC, they are going to break even more records.

The Cockatrice · Tuesday at 4:26 PM

Sex keeps selling, who knew?

ecosse_011172 · Tuesday at 4:30 PM

The Cockatrice said:
Sex keeps selling, who knew?

I'm sure the buyers weren't only creepy weirdos drooling over video game robot titties.

ssringo · Tuesday at 4:31 PM

Dark Souls Gamer GIF by BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment

Get your big bucks from the gacha whales while producing a great single player game that doesn't need to extract every penny possible through microtransactions. And rewarding employees with nice bonuses along the way.

SILKYSMOOTH30FPS · Tuesday at 4:34 PM

Mediocre game, but i am surprised by the fact that they've never introduced mtx into this. I was pretty sure that within six months, they would because that's all mobile devs know.

The Cockatrice · Tuesday at 4:45 PM

ecosse_011172 said:
I'm sure the buyers weren't only creepy weirdos drooling over video game robot titties.

I enjoy robot titties now and then, but I don't obsess over them and I did purchase the game on Steam. I also did not like using the sexy skins, and just used the more covered/normal ones. I just couldnt take the story seriously while wearing a bikini rabbit dress with my ass out, not that the story was super great, it was decent.

Seomel · Tuesday at 5:22 PM

Cant wait for project witches. Going from scifi action to fantasy is cool. And also eventual stellar blade sequel

Dr.Morris79 · Tuesday at 5:28 PM

ecosse_011172 said:
I'm sure the buyers weren't only creepy weirdos drooling over video game robot titties.

Huh, speak for yourself!

Fake · Tuesday at 5:30 PM

Will be there next time too.

Gameplay Gods Bless · Tuesday at 5:30 PM

ecosse_011172 said:
I'm sure the buyers weren't only creepy weirdos drooling over video game robot titties.

Liking asses and titties as a male is very normal healthy behavior, nothing wrong with that.

spons · Tuesday at 5:31 PM

Not releasing on PC is a mistake, but who's going to tell Vanillaware?

Fake · Tuesday at 5:32 PM

Gameplay Gods Bless said:
Liking asses and titties as a male is very normal healthy behavior, nothing wrong with that.

Only men know that.

Senua · Tuesday at 5:33 PM

ecosse_011172 said:
I'm sure the buyers weren't only creepy weirdos drooling over video game robot titties.

Insulting 90% of gamers there

Hawk The Slayer · Tuesday at 5:46 PM

Well deserved, it's a great game and the sexy part is just a decent plus but secondary. The gameplay, setting and story setup is actually interesting with great monster design. I'm looking forward to the sequel because of what the first game sets up.

I don't mind Eve's personality as I thought it suits her and she does get better further in. I kinda like that video game characters don't try to act too emotional and deep. I don't like the acting in the more serious games anyway like the TLOU games as it'll too hallmark and trying too hard and just becomes boring. Resident Evil, Stellar Blade, Ratchet and Clank, No More Hero, Darksiders etc's range of character acting is what I prefer basically the game and fun like personality instead of trying way too hard to be deep which just makes it boring.

What I want from the sequel is better side quests and with certain characters back especially the one whose name starts with R.

ecosse_011172 · Tuesday at 5:53 PM

Gameplay Gods Bless said:
Liking asses and titties as a male is very normal healthy behavior, nothing wrong with that.

In real life, yes.

The Mad Draklor · Tuesday at 6:01 PM

Gameplay Gods Bless said:
Liking asses and titties as a male is very normal healthy behavior, nothing wrong with that.

It's much better than playing a character that looks like the average Tea app user, that's for sure.

Fake · Tuesday at 6:54 PM

ecosse_011172 said:
In real life, yes.

You came to a gaming thread to talk about real life.

Why even bother.

BossLackey · Tuesday at 6:57 PM

spons said:
Not releasing on PC is a mistake, but who's going to tell Vanillaware?

They're afraid of people finding out the secret to their proprietary sprite animation system with a PC release.

Which is kinda stupid because that's not why Vanillaware is great but

analog_future · Tuesday at 7:00 PM

ecosse_011172 said:
I'm sure the buyers weren't only creepy weirdos drooling over video game robot titties.

I found the oversexualization stuff pretty cringey but loved the game overall, so I guess I'm one of the outliers.

ecosse_011172 · Tuesday at 7:06 PM

Senua said:
Insulting 90% of gamers there

I applaud your generosity.

analog_future said:
I found the oversexualization stuff pretty cringey but loved the game overall, so I guess I'm one of the outliers.

ecosse_011172 · Tuesday at 7:12 PM

analog_future said:
I found the oversexualization stuff pretty cringey but loved the game overall, so I guess I'm one of the outliers.

You are me, I only played the demo but will get the game

YeulEmeralda · Tuesday at 7:56 PM

I hope they keep making these games forever just to annoy some folks.

Fake · Tuesday at 9:50 PM

YeulEmeralda said:
I hope they keep making these games forever just to annoy some folks.

They are already annoying someone here.

Angry_Megalodon · Tuesday at 10:08 PM

Shift Up should try to buy the Drakengard/Nier IPs and get Yoko Taro and his gang. Considering the absolute mismanagement of Square Enix, all parties would benefit.

As a Destiny Child (the game) widow, I'm curious to learn if Project Spirits will be a sequel of sorts.

Let's see what they do with SB2, because they made a mistake in choosing which of the girls was the MC. Raven was the only character with a dramatic arc, so she should have been the protagonist. I hope they amend that mistake in the next one.

ecosse_011172 · Tuesday at 10:31 PM

The Mad Draklor said:
It's much better than playing a character that looks like the average Tea app user, that's for sure.

And you'd know because…..?

Durin · Tuesday at 10:35 PM

spons said:
Not releasing on PC is a mistake, but who's going to tell Vanillaware?

They're the last remaining Japanese dev I care about porting their stuff over. At least their games emulate well though.

Hawk The Slayer · Tuesday at 10:39 PM

Angry_Megalodon said:
Shift Up should try to buy the Drakengard/Nier IPs and get Yoko Taro and his gang. Considering the absolute mismanagement of Square Enix, all parties would benefit.

As a Destiny Child (the game) widow, I'm curious to learn if Project Spirits will be a sequel of sorts.

Let's see what they do with SB2, because they made a mistake in choosing which of the girls was the MC. Raven was the only character with a dramatic arc, so she should have been the protagonist. I hope they amend that mistake in the next one.

Raven would be my pick too, she has the most interesting personality out of Eve and Tachy. I think if Raven becomes the main in Stellar Blade 2, she'll have some elements with Fury from Darksiders 3.

anyasok · Tuesday at 11:16 PM

GOATED game

mckmas8808 · Tuesday at 11:30 PM

What happened to a Stellar Blade 2?

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