Black myth: Wukong has broken all time concurrent player number record for a single-player game on Steam

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#BlackMythWukong has broken all time concurrent player number record for a single-player game on Steam​
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It hasn't yet, but will shortly.

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CyberPunk about to be dethroned.

edit: Officially dethroned. It's only like 10am in China too. Think this breaks 1.5mil? 2?

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That's kind of crazy but I attribute a part of it to players being fed up with all the forced woke garbage in games, sticking up their middle finger and saying "THIS is the kind of stuff we want". I look forward to digging in on PS5 after work 👌
 
And remember, it's currently working hours in China and other East Asian countries (11 AM in China). Wait until the evening; I believe the numbers could double by then.
 
I'd be interested to see the east/west split. While it's had some hype in the west, nothing suggested these numbers, the chinese market must be huge.
 
Is steam banned in china? If no, you got your answer/numbers

I got nothing against chinese pride, it is what it is. Their first "AAA" game

Game science is supposedly making a black myth cinematic universe
 
James Sawyer Ford said:
What the fuck?

How is this game so popular?

I guess the Chinese market is much bigger than I expected? Wonder what the regional split is
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It's the first proper AAA release from China, so I think the country is hard carrying it. I bet the split is something like 70% China, and 30% rest of the world.
 
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Strategize said:
I'd be interested to see the east/west split. While it's had some hype in the west, nothing suggested these numbers, the chinese market must be huge.
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It's the first global AAA game release by a Chinese developer based on the most popular IP in China, so the reaction is expected.
 
Gaiff said:
It's the first proper AAA release from China, so I think the country is hard carrying it. I bet the split is something like 70% China, and 30% rest of the world.
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Sun Wu Kong popularity in East Asia and SE Asia might contribute too
 
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nial said:
"hurr durr, why isn't the rest of the world chronically online like us!?"
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It's not enough that entire AAA budgets have to be sacrificed on the altar to pander to resetera crowd like Concord. Every game and every consumer must past their purity test and the whole industry must revolve around their fringe politics. The sense of entitlement is unreal. Thankfully we can see the market rejecting their nonsense in realtime.
 
Honestly, even though this is almost exclusively due to china (the fact that its midnight here and only 6am in europe pretty much confirms this is all from the china release), I have to give credit where credit is due.

A few things:
- One of the few china/south korean vaporware games that actually released
- One of the few next gen games that actually didnt get a major downgrade
- One of the few games from an indie/first time studio that delivered an epic AAA game with insane setpieces and boss battles. SSM take note.
- Old school single player when other major studios are/were chasing gaas trash. ND should take note.
- A truly great action game with next gen graphics proving you can have both graphics and gameplay. something hellblade devs forgot.

Looks like Crimson Desert by Pearl Abyss will be releasing soon. Maybe its time to move on from western devs who have disappointed over and over again as they chase cross gen, gaas, and insanely woke stories with millennial dads, spoiled gen z kids, and lesbian girl boss leads. Crimson desert looks even more insane in terms of scale and ambition. Both are something I wanted out GOW.

This game might still flop in the west but i hope it succeeds for the reasons above. Good to see devs get rewarded for making games players actually want to play.
 
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nial said:
"hurr durr, why isn't the rest of the world chronically online like us!?"
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That's the biggest "REEE" I've ever seen screeched.

No, we don't. Game is good, great, lots of fun to play, I'm not interested in what you're that upset by that probably less than 2% of people even know about.
 
James Sawyer Ford said:
What the fuck?

How is this game so popular?

I guess the Chinese market is much bigger than I expected? Wonder what the regional split is
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It might not just be the Chinese market. 'Journey to the West' is popular in other countries too - eg. Dragon Ball is loosely based off of it as is Black Myth Wukong. It may not have as much cultural impact in North America and Europe, for example, but the same can't be said for many other places in the world.
 
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Woah REEEE is in virtue signalling overdrive right now.

"so the best selling game of 2023 and probably 2024 can both go in the trash."

Hahahaha. Not having much success with your whining eh?
 
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SlimySnake said:
Honestly, even though this is almost exclusively due to china (the fact that its midnight here and only 6am in europe pretty much confirms this is all from the china release), I have to give credit where credit is due.

A few things:
- One of the few china/south korean vaporware games that actually released
- One of the few next gen games that actually didnt get a major downgrade
- One of the few games from an indie/first time studio that delivered an epic AAA game with insane setpieces and boss battles. SSM take note.
- Old school single player when other major studios are/were chasing gaas trash. ND should take note.
- A truly great action game with next gen graphics proving you can have both graphics and gameplay. something hellblade devs forgot.

Looks like Crimson Desert by Pearl Abyss will be releasing soon. Maybe its time to move on from western devs who have disappointed over and over again as they chase cross gen, gaas, and insanely woke stories with millennial dads, spoiled gen z kids, and lesbian girl boss leads. Crimson desert looks even more insane in terms of scale and ambition. Both are something I wanted out GOW.
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Or maybe it's time to make more games with monkeys. How about a macaque next?
 
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