Recently, Bandai Namco announced that global sales of Ace Combat 8: Wings of Hiv have surpassed 1 million copies,becoming the fastest title in the Ace Combat series history to reach this milestone. The game was officially released on October 2, with this achievement announced approximately one week after launch.
Players who purchased the Deluxe Edition could start playing from September 29. To thank players, the official series website offered a commemorative wallpaper featuring the character Tasha and stated that updates would continue in the future.
On the PC version, the game recorded a peak concurrent player count of 37,214 on October 2. In Steam's weekly top sellers list for September 29 to October 6, published on October 6, the title ranked third overall and first among paid games.
During the Early Access phase, crash reports were observed in some PC environments. The game's user reviews initially stood at "Mostly Positive" before rising to "Very Positive"; as of October 9, the positive rating was 81%.