Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25467429-20160224165841/@comment-1824272-20160225085702

Ace Combat Infinity hit the 3 million download milestone in November or December, 2015. The 3 million credit drop was already going on back then.

"3 million is a hefty number all its own, but relative to past AC games, it's not particularly great"

I'd like to know what fantasy you're living in. 3,000,000 people. And growing. No Ace Combat game before Infinity ever had 3 million people playing. Most of them barely hit 2 million. Check the Ace Combat page for evidence.

It's not so much monetary success that this proves. It's interest. This proves that a huge number of people are legitimately interested in Ace Combat. And that was the most important thing to bring out Ace Combat 7. And they did. It doesn't mean much beyond that, besides introducing a great many people to the series for the first time, which is always a really good thing.