Beat Saber Crosses Impressive Sales Milestone

For many, Beat Saber was one of the strongest pulls beckoning fans into the world of VR, as the visuals of swinging around lightsaber like blades to the beat of incredible music is such an enticing prospect. Despite being over two years old now, it seems that the game is showing no signs of slowing down, as Beat Games just announced it has achieved an impressive sales milestone.

Beat Saber released on May 1st of 2018, meaning it will be celebrating its third anniversary this year. Over the course of around two and a half years since then, many songs have been added and fans are still loving what the unique title has to offer. In a celebratory tweet, developer Beat Games revealed that Beat Saber has sold over 4 million copies since launch, including over 40 million songs through paid song packs.

This milestone is obviously huge, but Beat Games reassures fans by telling them more is on the way. Whether this will take the form of more song packs for Beat Saber, additional content in another way, or potentially even a sequel remains unclear, but fans of Beat Saber can rest easy knowing that the game is still growing and will continue to be supported.

Fans of the game seem to fall into two camps, with half of them congratulating developers on this momentous achievement and the other half taking it as an opportunity to learn more about the game's future. One of the most highly requested features right now is a patch to fix Beat Saber multiplayer on the PSVR platform, and following this big announcement something like that may come soon.

Before Half-Life: Alyx created a new boom for VR headsets, Beat Saber drew in a devoted audience. Since its release in 2019, developer Beat Games Studio has continued adding songs from popular culture to its game. While Beat Saber's addictive gameplay and song library is impressive on its own, the game is about to drop another massive update next week.

A recent tweet to the official Beat Saber Twitter account announced that the virtual reality game will be releasing 46 new beatmaps. Beat Games Studio is spreading the new maps across 18 songs, abd will also debut 10 new 360° levels with 90° variants. The tweet also confirmed 26 new One Saber levels.

An additional blog post on the Oculus website gave a full list of songs and maps organized by difficulty level from Hard to Expert+. Beat Games Studio also gave excited players more information in the comments, confirming that the update will be available on all platforms. While most fans are excited about the new update, one Twitter user noted that it was likely only free since the songs were already available.

Fans should enjoy the new challenges that this update presents. Although Facebook acquired Beat Games Studio, it is clear that the developer is still highly supportive of its players beyond the Oculus headsets.

While it may not be Half-Life 3, Half-Life: Alyx is another groundbreaking addition in a franchise already filled with groundbreaking games. Not only did the game show that virtual reality can be a solid platform for great AAA games, but it managed to be one of the top Steam releases for March 2020.