Stellar Blade was a hit on the PS5 because it was supposedly treated like a live service game

Stellar Blade was a real success on the PlayStation 5. This was also because the game was treated like a “live-service game” – at least that’s what is said.

For Shift Up, Stellar Blade was quite a big success – and that, even though the action game with the pretty protagonist was only released on the PlayStation 5. A release on PC is still pending and is expected to bring even more attention and a large player base.

What has Stellar Blade achieved? In the report by Shift Up, they go into detail about Stellar Blade and the success it has had. Together with NIKKE, it has brought the company quite a strong year.

Some of the achievements of Stellar Blade that Shift Up presents:

• The game maintained a rating of 9.2 / 10 on Metacritic.
• On PlayStation, the rating remains stable at 4.8 / 5.
• It was number 1 in pre-orders in 62 countries.
• After the release, it was number 1 in sales in various markets such as the United States or Japan.

In addition, Shift Up clarifies that they treated Stellar Blade like a “live-service game”. There were new boss challenges, new skins and costumes, and also a collaboration with NieR: Automata (via X).

Is Stellar Blade a live-service game? No, it is not. Stellar Blade is primarily a single-player game with a strong focus on action. Even though there were patches and DLCs, these were all relatively small in scope and mainly brought a few convenience features, such as the photo mode.

While there were new contents, they brought relatively little “new gameplay time” – the number of activities in the game and the sheer amount of content hardly increased.

However, the updates definitely helped to keep Stellar Blade in the news and thus relevant. Every time there was a controversy about a new outfit or another innovation through a patch, the game was talked about again – and it surely convinced some players to buy Stellar Blade now.

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What’s next for Stellar Blade? Even though Stellar Blade has performed really well on the PS5, more is expected from the game. The PC release is expected to significantly surpass sales on the PlayStation. By the end of 2025, you should be able to control Eve on the PC in battles against all sorts of strange creatures – or enjoy her revealing outfits. However, there is no specific date yet.
We also played Stellar Blade and came to the conclusion: The game is more than just Eve’s pretty curves