Black Desert MMO Sells 400K Copies in One Month

Avatar created by Connie Sec in Black Desert's Character Creator

NWN readers aren't the only folks interested in Black Desert, the Korean-made MMO with impressive avatar customization capabilities. VentureBeat reports:

Korean publisher Daum Games has sold more than 400,000 copies of its Black Desert Online MMO role-playing game after only a month on the market in Europe and North America. The developer brought the fantasy game to the West in March at $30, $50, and $100 pricing tiers, and it has instantly clicked with a large audience. Daum thinks the game will likely even keep growing its momentum moving forward, which is proof that the MMO market can support more than World of Warcraft and an endless pile of free-to-play competitors.

I know many NWNers installed the free avatar customizer -- has anyone gone ahead and grabbed the whole thing? Here's some stunning in-world footage in case you're on the fence:

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[Iggy]

Connie is a great photographer, but what does she have to do with this venture?

[Wagner James Au]

She shot that in Black Desert. I'm obscure like that sometimes.

[JohnC]

What always kills me about these Character creator systems in these games is that you spend ages creating a great looking character, then you only get to see is the back of a tiny representative at a great distance for almost the whole of a game, as you run around at great speeds endlessly killing everything in sight. At least SL understands the narcissistic tendencies of it's clients and allows them to spend inordinate amounts of time panning around looking at themselves and what they have created.

[Connie Arida]

I would argue SL invented the selfie :)