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=== Sales ===
=== Sales ===
The game had sold around 1.7 million units by the end of May 2016.<ref>http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail/FDEV/12881582.html</ref> By the end of December 2016 a total of over 2.1 million paid franchise units of Elite: Dangerous had been sold.<ref>[http://uk.advfn.com/stock-market/london/frontier-dev-FDEV/share-news/Frontier-Developments-PLC-Trading-Update/73616476 Frontier Developments PLC Trading Update]
''Elite Dangerous'' sold around 1.7 million franchise units by the end of May 2016. The term "franchise units" combined all sales of the ''Elite Dangerous'' base game and the ''Elite Dangerous: Horizons'' expansion.<ref>http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail/FDEV/12881582.html</ref>
</ref> On 31 December 2017 cumulative sales of Elite Dangerous had exceeded 3.25 million franchise units.<ref>[https://www.investegate.co.uk/frontier-dev-plc/rns/interim-results/201802060700029348D/ Frontier Dev PLC (FDEV) - 06 February 2018]
 
</ref> As of 15 January 2019, cumulative sales of Elite Dangerous exceeded 4.3 million franchise units. That's 3 million base game units.<ref>[https://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail/FDEV/13934373.html Frontier Developments plc - Notice of Results and Trading update]
By the end of December 2016, this rose to over 2.1 million franchise units.<ref>[http://uk.advfn.com/stock-market/london/frontier-dev-FDEV/share-news/Frontier-Developments-PLC-Trading-Update/73616476 Frontier Developments PLC Trading Update]</ref>
</ref> On 31 May 2020, the ED base game sold units was 3.5 million.<ref name=":3">[https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/FDEV/annual-results/14679378 Frontier's Annual Financial Results for FY20 - Elite Dangerous hit its highest player numbers this year, and 3.5m basegame copies sold]</ref>
 
By December 31, 2017, cumulative sales of the game had exceeded 3.25 million franchise units.<ref>[https://www.investegate.co.uk/frontier-dev-plc/rns/interim-results/201802060700029348D/ Frontier Dev PLC (FDEV) - 06 February 2018]</ref>
 
By January 15, 2019, cumulative sales of the game exceeded 4.3 million franchise units. Of these, the base game alone accounted for 3 million units.<ref>[https://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail/FDEV/13934373.html Frontier Developments PLC - Notice of Results and Trading update]</ref>
 
By May 31, 2020, the ''Elite Dangerous'' base game had sold over 3.5 million units.<ref name=":3">[https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/FDEV/annual-results/14679378 Frontier's Annual Financial Results for FY20 - Elite Dangerous hit its highest player numbers this year, and 3.5m basegame copies sold]</ref>
 
By January 13, 2021, the ''Elite Dangerous'' base game had sold over 4 million units. A further 8 million base game units were claimed for free on the Epic Games Store during a giveaway week in November 2020.<ref>[https://www.londonstockexchange.com/news-article/FDEV/trading-statement/14824350 Frontier Developments PLC - Trading Statement - 13 January 2021]</ref>


=== Revenue ===
=== Revenue ===