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[Lunatic_Gamer]

Game Science’s first AAA production has already made nearly $1 billion.

The RPG has now apparently earned $879 million in gross revenue on Steam alone, with an astounding average playtime of 31.9 hours at the time of reporting.

It has also managed to maintain active player counts in hundreds of thousands at any given moment. The report estimates around 18 million total sales, so an official sales update could follow soon enough.

According to SteamDB statistics, the all-time high active player count reached 2.4 million 14 days ago. Regardless, the 24-hour active player counts have consistently hit over a million, with the highest figures being observed during the weekends.

Additionally, more data shared on X reveals that China currently accounts for 76% of Black Myth: Wukong sales, which stood at more than 80% when the entry launched.

Black Myth: Wukong Reportedly Earned Almost $1 Billion Revenue Already

Black Myth: Wukong has enjoyed a highly positive reception by the community, allegedly earning over $879 million in revenue on Steam alone.

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[Hrk69]

Take note Sony and Microsoft

 

[bitbydeath]

Yet people try to justify the insane prices of games.

 

[Reaseru]

The guy who said no to "modern audiences":

 

[semiconscious]

herman hulst: 'i think it’s massively important that playstation studios develops games in various genres and the chinese monkey warrior market is really important for us to focus on...'

 

[TintoConCasera]

Cool, the game is pretty fun and I can't wait to see what those devs came up with for their next game.

 

[Fortress of Regrets]

I finished the game and it is quite spectacular. Probably the greatest artistic achievement in gaming, as far as visuals go. But everything else is also wonderful to engage with, from the combat to the story, music and the animated movies after each chapter - not to mention the overall game design which isn't perfect, but still extremely well done. There's so much to love in this epic, wholesome package.

 

[Mownoc]

Yet people try to justify the insane prices of games.

I don't think judging the finances of the whole industry based on possibly the 3rd fastest selling game of all time is a good idea.

 

[Hookshot]

What's that in Yuan?

 

[RoadHazard]

Revenue is not profit. But yeah, pretty good.

 

[bitbydeath]

I don't think judging the finances of the whole industry based on possibly the 3rd fastest selling game of all time is a good idea.

1 billion is certainly on the extreme side. Most devs wouldn’t even need to make a quarter of that to become rich.

 

[DeaconOfTheDank]

Good, I'm always happy to see devs being rewarded for producing a quality product.

 

[Robot Carnival]

What's that in Yuan?

multiply it by 7 (roughly).

 

[Bernardougf]

People like good linear single player no woke bullshit games... who would've thought??? Its just madness.

 

[SkylineRKR]

Bubut GaaS

 

[Fafalada]

Bubut GaaS

As long as we're quoting outliers - Genshin Impact made 400M in 2 months (a bit behind - but IIRC this was mobile only, and for a F2P - it was incredibly fast either way) - and then reached 3.8B 24 months in - and it's not even close to done printing money today.
Sure - it's considered the fastest revenue generator ever - but - so is BMW in its respective category.

 

[Represent.]

Well deserved. Best character action game of the gen by far

 

[Rudius]

Deserves every penny. Best game I played on PS5.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Up to chapter 6. Honestly I think I event to do NG+. Very surprising game. They lowballed the marketing of it and the scale of it all.

 

[Trelane]

If you want more Journey to the West / Monkey action, check out Saiyuki: Journey West. I picked it up on my PSVita as a PSOne classic.

 

[Exentryk]

They deserve it all and more. Amazing game.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

That’s a lot of tea from China…

 

[DragonNCM]

The new Elden Ring is born