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Investor Who Risked It All on ‘Wukong’ Scores Another Sales Win

Black Myth: Wukong has sold 18 million copies in two weeks — one of the fastest starts the global gaming industry has seen. That record pace has in turn minted millions for its earliest and biggest investor.

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Black Myth: Wukong has sold 18 million copies in two weeks — one of the fastest starts the global gaming industry has seen. That record pace has in turn minted millions for its earliest and biggest investor.

Wukong was a leap of faith for Daniel Wu, whose little-known Hero Games is the biggest external shareholder in creator Game Science. His startup stuck with its partner through years of flops and contributed a large chunk of the blockbuster title's $70 million budget over six years of development, an unheard-of undertaking for a Chinese project.

It paid off big time. The action game based on the legend of the Monkey King has outsold industry icons such as Elden Ring and Zelda, at least in its initial spurt. It can reach 30 million sales over its lifetime, augmented with an expansion to come, Wu told Bloomberg News.

 

[Elfstar]

Sad it doesn't run very well on console.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[peish]

China!

 

[PeteBull]

That is what happens when quality of the product takes priority.

 

[Fabieter]

China market is super strong in everything.

 

[DenchDeckard]

That is what happens when quality of the product takes priority.

on PC

 

[violence]

It's basically gone Super Saiyan

 

[StereoVsn]

If only Tim Epic could have made it an EGS exclusive!

Randy "USB Porn" Pitchford would have approved!

 

[Mownoc]

The best selling game of 2023, Hogwarts Legacy, sold 15m in it's first 3 months. This has sold 18m in 2 weeks. Absolute monster.

 

[T_T]

Crazy numbers. And it's not just China. It's been sitting in the European PSN top sellers since launch

 

[Evil Calvin]

17 million sales in China

 

[Saber]

East winning is a good thing in my book. Well done.

 

[DragonNCM]

Yeah but is still 18 mil sold

 

[Hookshot]

I don't think China is quite so bad that if you don't buy it your kids get taken away but it probably helps your social credit score some how.

 

[ArtHands]

Lots of money for the publisher (and Valve) there

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[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

17 million sales in China

 

[kruis]

His startup stuck with its partner through years of flops and contributed a large chunk of the blockbuster title's $70 million budget over six years of development

Western publishers are probably looking at this sentence and wondering how soon they can start their own studios in China.

 

[Fabieter]

Didn't the last report say like 80% is coming from China. So 17m isn't accurate but it's close.

 

[Represent.]

Well deserved.

These guys absolutely shit on other developers in the same genre with their first fucking game. I cant wait to see where this studio goes next. They are officially on the map. so much potential to be the next major studio

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Didn't the last report say like 80% is coming from China. So 17m isn't accurate but it's close.

So his 1M figure is not accurate then. Got it.

 

[Fabieter]

So his 1M figure is not accurate then. Got it.

No prob. like 13m to 14m coming from china

 

[Boss Mog]

Sad it doesn't run very well on console.

PS5 Pro is coming out soon though.

 

[PeteBull]

It's basically gone Super Saiyan

 

[Chad Warden]

I'm convinced the CCP has 'asked' it's citizens to buy this game. No single player game dark souls clone etc sells this well, this fast regardless of quality.

 

[spartan30gr]

 

[Tunned]

Impressive! I will buy a copy down the line, I'm sure the game will have some legs.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

No prob. like 13m to 14m coming from china

No worries. His 17M sales figure in China meant it only sold 1M in the rest of the world which is an obvious silly thing to say. The sales figures are probably like you've suggested (around 4M in ROTW and 14M in China).

 

[Throttle]

Sad it doesn't run very well on console.

Not that bad. The 60fps mode with frame generation only adds 16% of extra lag, as measured by NX Gamer. You can feel it when changing modes, but it's not even close to the laggiest games on console. It looks smooth, rare drops under 60, and reasonably responsive.

 

[Portugeezer]

17 million sales in China

At this point, I'm sure big publishers wouldn't give a shit if they could get 95% sales from just China.

 

[Fabieter]

Not that bad. The 60fps mode with frame generation only adds 16% of extra lag, as measured by NX Gamer. You can feel it when changing modes, but it's not even close to the laggiest games on console. It looks smooth, rare drops under 60, and reasonably responsive.

I also think it's has one of the better 30 fps modes tho. It's not technically perfect on consoles but far from a super bad optimized game.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

It is basically like 1% of chinese population bought the game

 

[Throttle]

I also think it's has one of the better 30 fps modes tho. It's not technically perfect on consoles but far from a super bad optimized game.

I'm playing on PS5 with a fast PC monitor and to me the 30 fps mode seems very responsive, considering the low frame rate, but not smooth without a proper cap to 30, so I don't use it. That reasonable imput lag translates to the 60 fps mode with frame gen felling sufficiently responsive and smooth.

 

[TheGodfather07]

What in the actual fuck? 18m already? I cant think of many other games that sold so fast.

 

[Exentryk]

This is only the beginning.

 

[DR3AM]

Could have been 18.1 million if it was on the Xbox.

 

[HRK69]

 

[TintoConCasera]

I'm convinced the CCP has 'asked' it's citizens to buy this game. No single player game dark souls clone etc sells this well, this fast regardless of quality.

Game would have sold much, much more if that were the case.

The game is based in the most famous chinese piece of literature, so it's no mystery why it's selling so much over there.

 

[Fake]

Imagine Sony reading this after Concord.

 

[dezzy8]

I'm convinced the CCP has 'asked' it's citizens to buy this game. No single player game dark souls clone etc sells this well, this fast regardless of quality.

Positive social credit if they buy.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

Imagine Sony reading this after Concord.

Not sure I see the correlation.

 

[Fake]

Not sure I see the correlation.

One sell consoles, the other don't.
lol

 

[HeWhoWalks]

One sell consoles, the other don't.
lol

Tell us, was Concord supposed to be some Earth-shattering system seller or did be it have "crap" written all over it from the beginning?

We're not talking about Starfield here.

Besides, Wukong is selling PlayStations in an untapped territory. I imagine Sony is quite happy.

 

[Fabieter]

I'm playing on PS5 with a fast PC monitor and to me the 30 fps mode seems very responsive, considering the low frame rate, but not smooth without a proper cap to 30, so I don't use it. That reasonable imput lag translates to the 60 fps mode with frame gen felling sufficiently responsive and smooth.

Yea its not perfect by any means but I have seen way worse on consoles.

 

[Fake]

Tell us, was Concord supposed to be some Earth-shattering system seller or did be it have "crap" written all over it from the beginning?

We're not talking about Starfield here.

Ask Sony what Concord should be. 8 years and we haven't figure out.

Why a game so mediocre take so much years to make and release with so much poor content while the other take half the time and is in fact helping Sony selling PS5?

I guess you are not seeing the point here.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

Ask Sony what Concord should be. 8 years and we haven't figure out.

Why a game so mediocre take so much years to make and release with so much poor content while the other take half the time and is in fact helping Sony selling PS5?

I guess you are not seeing the point here.

Nope, not seeing your point. This thread is about Wukong, yet, you're off on a drunken tirade about Concord.

 

[Fake]

Nope, not seeing your point. This thread is about Wukong, yet, you're off on a drunken tirade about Concord.

You just get my joke to heart dude lmao.

 

[Fabieter]

Ask Sony what Concord should be. 8 years and we haven't figure out.

Why a game so mediocre take so much years to make and release with so much poor content while the other take half the time and is in fact helping Sony selling PS5?

I guess you are not seeing the point here.

Not every game can be a winner tho.

 

[Fake]

Not every game can be a winner tho.

Agree. The problem is the time they are spending to figure that out.

 

[geary]

AAA game sells very well in RotW and less in China: Best game ever...
Wukong: sells very well in China and less in RotW: CCP is at fault...

Do you see the logic here?