{"id":135696,"date":"2026-01-16T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-196317"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:45:00","slug":"the-marvellous-ace-combat-7-has-sold-7-million-copies-in-7-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/16\/the-marvellous-ace-combat-7-has-sold-7-million-copies-in-7-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The Marvellous ‘Ace Combat 7’ Has Sold 7 Million Copies In 7 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bandai Namco has announced that Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown<\/a> has now surpassed 7 million copies sold.<\/p>\n

Originally launched in January 2019, this coincidentally means that it’s sold 7 million in 7 years \u2013 how remarkable! The game saw a release on the Switch in 2024, which boosted its sales quite nicely; in January last year, Bandai Namco confirmed the game had sold 6 million units, meaning its added another million on top of that over the following 12 months.<\/p>\n

Overall, the series has now reached an astonishing 21 million units sold, which means that Ace Combat 7 now accounts for a third of all sales. A sequel, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve<\/a>, is in development for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, but there’s currently no confirmation of any Nintendo hardware.<\/p>\n

Honestly though, given how well Ace Combat 7 holds up on the Switch, we wouldn’t be surprised to see the eighth mainline entry wind up on the Switch 2 at some point.<\/p>\n

In our 9\/10 review for Skies Unknown, we called it “the absolute pinnacle of the series” and “the most comprehensive portable experience ever delivered by Project Aces”.<\/p>\n

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