Elite Dangerous has Sold 1.4M Copies

The original Elite was one of the most successful computer games of the 8-bit era. Although official sales figures were not always published back in the 80s, estimates put the sales at a total of between 600,000 and 1 million copies. It's won countless awards and is generally considered as one of the finest video games of all times. It's spawned three sequels, none of which had been quite as successful as the original until now. 

Elite Dangerous launched for PC in December 2014 following a successful crowdfunding campaign. Mac and Xbox One releases followed in May and October of 2015, and regular gameplay updates were released throughout the year. By the end of 2015, Frontier report that 1.4 million copies had been sold, making it the most successful game in the franchise in terms of pure sales numbers. 

Creator of the original games and Frontier CEO David Braben enthused:

"We have an amazing player community. The average play time among our 1.4 million players is 60 hours – that’s a massive 84 million player hours and counting.

With the community’s feedback, we’re constantly making Elite Dangerous better than ever. We have incredible long-term ambition and we will continue to deliver on those ambitions. We will detail more exciting developments for Horizons very soon."

The juggernaut space-sim isn't stopping there either. It is heading into its second year with the Elite Dangerous: Horizons season pass granting access to major gameplay expansions including Planetary Landings, ship-launched fighters, cooperative play and more throughout 2016.