Recreation Science revealed right this moment that its just lately launched Soulslike RPG Black Delusion: Wukong has offered 10 million models throughout all platforms. For context, the sport launched three days in the past on August 20. The sport additionally boasts one in all Steam’s highest concurrent participant counts of all time, and, based on some reviews, it’s even driving excessive gross sales of PlayStation 5 consoles in China.
Niko Companions analyst Daniel Ahmad stated in a put up on X: “This makes [Black Myth: Wukong] one of many quickest promoting video games of all time, surpassing Elden Ring and Hogwarts Legacy in the identical timeframe.” He elaborated in a weblog put up that the sport is promoting significantly properly in China, thanks partially to the accessibility of Steam as a platform and in addition the sport’s material: “The sport … attracts closely from Chinese language mythology and relies on the basic novel Journey to the West, that includes Solar Wukong, or ‘The Monkey King,’ as its protagonist. The high-end graphics, transformational (actually) gameplay, and cultural connection resonated strongly with Chinese language avid gamers…”
The sport’s success can also be measured in participant rely — its at present the most-played single-player title in Steam’s historical past, based on SteamDB, and is second in most-played ever solely to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Advisor Daniel Camillo stated in an X put up that PS5 gross sales are extraordinarily excessive in China’s largest electronics market thanks largely to Wukong. Niko Companions’ CEO Lisa Cosmas Hanson additionally confirmed in an interview with Bloomberg that Wukong is pushing excessive console gross sales on Alibaba.
The title has not been with out its issues, nonetheless. Recreation Science has come underneath scrutiny for its founders’ earlier sexist remarks — to which the studio responded “No remark,” when requested by PC Gamer. A number of avid gamers additionally report Wukong has efficiency points, for which Recreation Science apologized in a put up on the sport’s Steam web page. Nevertheless, none of this appears to have lower into the sport’s gross sales.
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Ahmad famous in his weblog put up: “In conclusion, Black Delusion: Wukong is greater than only a one-off success story, it represents the rising capabilities and ambitions of Chinese language sport improvement studios and their skill to compete on the worldwide stage.”