10 Million Species Discovered in No Man’s Sky on PS4
Sean Murray and Hello Games have certainly pinned everything they’ve got on the success of No Man’s Sky but even they didn’t expect the amount of success the game has seen only a few days after release on the PS4. Within the first 24 hours of the game being released, there was an actual crossing of paths between two players. It was minorly glitched in that they couldn’t actually see each other but it happened. The likelihood of this is so minute that Murray was just as surprised as the rest of us.
Murray took to Twitter yesterday morning (really early morning, like midnight) to express his surprise and delight at the day’s events.
Two players finding each other on a stream in the first day – that has blown my mind
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) August 10, 2016
We added a ‘scan for other players’ in the Galactic Map to try to encourage this happening. We wanted it to happen – but the first day?
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) August 10, 2016
We want people to be aware they are in a shared universe. We added online features, and some Easter Eggs to create cool moments
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) August 10, 2016
We hope to see those happening… but too many of you are playing right now. More than we could have predicted
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) August 10, 2016
It is a testament to how amazing our network coders are that Discoveries are still working at all.
— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) August 10, 2016
For instance over night we hit 10 million species discovered in NMS… that’s more than has been discovered on earth.
WHAT IS GOING ON!!!— Sean Murray (@NoMansSky) August 10, 2016
That last tweet really is something and shows just how popular No Man’s Sky is right out of the gate. A number of COG staff members have picked up the game and the universal love is certainly there. We can’t wait to see what lies in store for us as we get further into the NMS universe. Keep an eye out for our review in a few days. For now, you can take a look at our early impressions of the first few hours.