Earth Defense Force 5 Has Sold Over 1 Million Units Worldwide

D3 Publisher announced that it had sold over 1 million units of Earth Defense Force 5 worldwide. This number combines the number of units sold on both PlayStation 4 and PC. The company also added that over 500,000 of the units were sold in Japan. This means that the rest of the world contributed the other half to the whole tally.

EDF 5 came out first for PlayStation 4 in Japan in December 2017, and it reached PC via Steam in July 2019. In total, it took over four-and-a-half years for the game to reach this milestone.

The million sales milestone announcement for EDF 5 comes just as D3 Publisher is preparing the game’s sequel. The company will release Earth Defense Force 6 for PlayStation 5 and 4 in Japan on August 25, 2022. The fifth mainline entry depicted a massive alien invasion of Earth and how the eponymous force mobilized for the defense war. The sequel will take place three years after those events.

Earth Defense Force 5 is available worldwide on PlayStation 4 and PC.