11mo ago

Black Myth: Wukong is already one of the fastest-selling games of all time, moving almost as many units in one week as Elden Ring and Cyberpunk did in their first months

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11mo ago

Black Myth: Wukong is already one of the fastest-selling games of all time, moving almost as many units in one week as Elden Ring and Cyberpunk did in their first months

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This seems to be mostly driven by Chinese gamers wanting to play it for the Chinese mythology theme; I wonder if we'll see a huge influx of other Chinese mythology related games in the coming months, trying to capitalize on this.
- Sun Wukong is not any Chinese mythology, he's hugely popular. This is like Star War or Lord of the Ring getting the first AAA game ever.
  
  Kinda diff. It's just an influential Chinese story - well known in the country.
  The Sun Wukong (Chinese: 孫悟空, pronounced [swə́n ûkʰʊ́ŋ]) is a literary and religious figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West.[1]
  
  I'm not knowledgeable enough about Chinese mythology (popular or not) to be able to comment on that, but it does seem to be very under-explored as a genre; it's neat that it's getting a spotlight. I don't have strong feelings one way or the other about the game personally, but it's always cool to see a studio try something new - even if it's only new in theming - and be successful with it. I'd much rather Wukong be wildly successful than another Call of Duty game or whatever.
  
  Sun Wukong is already in Warframe, a game with 50 million players.
  
  Judging by your incredibly broken English, you may be biased.
  
  "Star War", "Lord of the Ring"
  Seriously?
  Also your first sentence makes no sense. I think you tried to say "Sun Wykong is not just any random Chinese mythology, it's a hugely popular one."
- This seems to be mostly driven by Chinese gamers wanting to play it for the Chinese mythology theme
  Shit, I'm not even Chinese and I jump any time I see a game with Chinese mythology. Anyone got anything good, tell me! I used to be a huge 9dragons fan. Never got into Jade Empire, maybe I should give that another shot?
  I wonder if we’ll see a huge influx of other Chinese mythology related games in the coming months, trying to capitalize on this.
  If it's within the coming months, they either had to be in development long ago or they're dogshit.
  But maybe some upcoming games will be announced with similar themes.
  
  9Dragons now that is a throwback
Cool, what are the numbers without China? Chinese gamers are so numerous that they will 100% shift the sales data of a game from failure to success just by themselves, and this game was 100% intended for that demographic.
- You can find that information easily. Steam reviews are by region.
  
  What about steam player count? I think that's the number people are curious about more than reviews.
- Why would it matter then?
  
  China has a larger gaming population than many countries have citizens. It's one of the reasons a bunch of western devs are trying to cater to that market more, and kowtowing to Chinese government to include their propaganda or exclude reality in the process. The games Chinese gamers choose to really get behind are rarely the same as the rest of the world. So when trying to compare sales numbers, it's like having a gorilla sitting on the scale.
  Technically yeah it's selling a ton of copies, no one is arguing otherwise, but you also can't really compare sales directly to other western games without removing those sales figures because they're an outlier.
  
  Cause if it appeals to just one demographic, I’m not gonna play it cause I’m not in said demographic.
Its a Chinese market game...
- Yeah, but is it good?
  I recently tried "My Time at Portia" which I recall had similar issues around being developed by a Chinese company. Even though it has a lot of really good reviews, the game is janky and okay at best. All the comments for Black Myth are calling out politics, but I want to know is it actually any good.
- Why does that matter in this context?
  
  Cause China has over a billion inhabitants and this game is literally about Chinese folklore, also most games are banned in China this isn't
So I go to right wing online spaces (I want to keep a close eye on fascism) and they are praising this game and treating it like a win over “the radical left”.
Apparently, cause it doesn’t have diversity and it’s selling that means that they were right about “woke” stuff.
And here I am just looking at it thinking…
Huh, I’m glad there is a good new game, wish it was my genre instead of another dark souls clone.
I don’t understand the downvotes on this post though, do lemmy users think it’s a controversial game or is it cause its all Chinese players and thereby the headline is a little misleading?
Turns out China is a massive market and economy.

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