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</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> 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] | </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] | ||
</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> | ||
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=== Steam concurrent players === | === Steam concurrent players === | ||
The table below lists the 10 highest records for concurrent ''Elite Dangerous'' players on the Steam platform according to Steam Database.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/selite-dangerous-steam-just-set-a-new-4-year-record-for-concurrent-cmdrs-the-highest-since-nov-2015s-ath.541687/ SElite Dangerous (Steam) just set a new 4½ year record for concurrent CMDRs - the highest since Nov 2015's ATH]</ref> | The table below lists the 10 highest records for concurrent ''Elite Dangerous'' players on the Steam platform according to Steam Database.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/selite-dangerous-steam-just-set-a-new-4-year-record-for-concurrent-cmdrs-the-highest-since-nov-2015s-ath.541687/ SElite Dangerous (Steam) just set a new 4½ year record for concurrent CMDRs - the highest since Nov 2015's ATH]</ref> | ||
Since the early access launch in December 2013 and full release in December 2014, ED has hit its highest player numbers in 2020 (seventh year), helped by the launch of [[Fleet Carriers Update|Fleet Carriers]] and the announcement of the major forthcoming update [[Elite Dangerous: Odyssey]].<ref name=":3" /> | |||
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