近日，知名遊戲技術分析機構Digital Foundry透露，對《赤血沙漠》的玩家期待值判斷存在顯著偏差，遊戲的實際熱度遠超團隊預期，相關影片的播放數據甚至大幅超越了《惡靈古堡9：安魂曲》等同期熱門內容。
Digital Foundry had no idea the level of expectation for Crimson Desert was that high: "The level of expectation and excitement for the game is something I haven't seen for a long, long time. Last week we put out 3 really good Resident Evil Requiem videos, all of which did really, really well for us. The very next day, Alex put out his video on Crimson Desert and in terms of view counts and excitement level, it was basically like a 2x multiplier on the best of what we'd done with RE Requiem. I knew it was going to be hot, right? But I had no idea the level of expectation for this game was that high."
Digital Foundry表示，團隊完全沒料到《赤血沙漠》的玩家期待值會達到「如此驚人的高度」，這種熱度是他們「長久以來都未曾見過的」。作為對比，該機構上周發布了多條《惡靈古堡9：安魂曲》的優質影片，每條播放表現均十分出色。然而，隨後發布的《赤血沙漠》相關影片，播放量與討論熱度幾乎是《惡靈古堡9》最佳單條影片的兩倍。
團隊坦言，此前雖預計《赤血沙漠》會成為熱門，但玩家所展現出的期待強度仍大大超出了他們的預測。這一數據也從側面印證了這款開放世界大作在發售前所積累的空前市場關注度。
