D3Publisher launched Earth Defense Force 5 in Japan in December 2018, and then released the game digitally on PS4 in the West in December 2018.
D3Publisher announced on Friday that its Earth Defense Force 6 game has sold 300,000 copies in its first nine days of release (this number includes physical shipments and digital sales).
The game’s story takes place three years after the Earth Defense Force 5 game.
The game launched in Japan for PS4 and PS5 on August 25.