Digital Foundry Boosts Crimson Desert Sales as PC Gamers Rush to Pre-Order
The highly anticipated game Crimson Desert is set to launch tomorrow, with critical reception still uncertain. Various leaks are circulating online, ranging from praise to criticism of specific game design elements and the world.
Despite this uncertainty, the game is already demonstrating impressive commercial success. For several days, Crimson Desert has confidently surpassed many paid projects in the Steam revenue charts, driven by a high volume of digital pre-orders. Only Counter-Strike 2 remains ahead, a situation that could change in the near future.
Digital Foundry's coverage significantly contributed to the increased interest, with their experts highly commending the PC version's graphical quality. They noted that the best visual experience is achievable only when ray reconstruction technology is enabled, though this feature demands substantial hardware resources. According to Digital Foundry, only owners of GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 Ti graphics cards will be able to comfortably utilize it, while other players, including PS5 Pro users, will encounter a simpler graphical presentation.
A Digital Foundry editor emphasized:
"The difference in graphics after enabling ray reconstruction is so huge that I couldn't believe it."
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