Black Myth: Wukong has been the biggest surprise of the year, having had an incredibly successful start for a single-player game, with a peak online of over 2.4 million concurrent players on Steam. This is the second result in the history of Steam, only PUBG: Battlegrounds had more with a peak online of 3.26 million concurrent players. In the first three days, the game sold 10 million copies. Now, new data has emerged regarding the success of the game. Bloomberg took interview the head of Hero Games, which acted as the publishing partner of Game Science, the authors of Black Myth: Wukong. And during the conversation, the current figure of 18 million copies sold was announced.
Black Myth: Wukong took over six years to develop. It cost $70 million, with Hero Games contributing a significant portion of the budget. The game has already earned over $700 million (some analysts estimate the figure to be over $800 million). Before this success, both companies were on the verge of bankruptcy, as previous joint projects had failed. Overall, the companies hope to sell up to 30 million copies of Black Myth: Wukong. They also hope that the game’s success will encourage other companies to create games based on Chinese culture and history.
Earlier, there was information on the Internet that analysts estimate the share of Chinese buyers at 76%. The United States was in second place in terms of the number of buyers.
The game is currently available on PC and Sony PlayStation 5 platforms. The release of the game has significantly increased PlayStation 5 sales in China. There are no official comments regarding the delay of the Xbox Series console version yet. But there are rumors about a possible agreement with Sony and problems with optimization for the Xbox Series platform.
