Bandai Namco’s Ace Fight 8 has bought a couple of million copies after little over every week on sale.
That marks Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve because the fastest-selling sport within the collection, and the second-best-reviewed sport within the collection based on evaluation aggregates, being narrowly overwhelmed by Ace Fight 4: Shattered Skies.
The sport presently sits at a “Typically Favorable” rating of 87 on Metacritic.
“Ace Fight 8 has surpassed 1 million copies worldwide sooner than another title within the collection,” reads a put up on the Bandai Namco social accounts. “Thanks to all of the ace pilots all over the world on your help in reaching record-breaking heights!”
That’s not due to a scarcity of competitors, based on model director Kazutoki Kono, who spoke with VGC earlier in 2026.
“Trying on the present market as of 2026, should you forged your eyes to not solely mainstream however impartial sectors as effectively, there are extra video games within the flight shooter style than individuals might imagine,” he advised VGC.
“However what Ace Fight has, and the others don’t, is the accrued capital that has been acquired during the last 30 years, whether or not it’s storytelling or the information and the depth and breadth of plane obtainable — that is one thing that may be very laborious to duplicate.
“Moreover, if you take a look at different flight shooter genres, a number of them simply have you ever fly after which go into dogfights. Whereas for the Ace Fight franchise, it’s a hero-making expertise that the participant will go on to by overcoming challenges to in the end grow to be the ace pilot. So there may be this very clear goal that basically makes it utterly totally different for the gamers.”
Ace Fight 8: Wings of Theve is on the market now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.