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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 (www.pcgamer.com)
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Black Myth: Wukong's first week of sales numbers are in, and they firmly inhabit "Don't take a big sip of coffee before you look at them" territory. 10 million units sold, which, as industry analyst Daniel Ahmad pointed out on X, "The Everything App," is a record-breaking performance that leaves some of the biggest releases of the past few years in the dust.

For perspective, here are some comparative numbers:

  • Hogwarts Legacy: 15 million in three months
  • Elden Ring: 13 million in one month
  • Cyberpunk 2077: 13.7 million in one month
  • Baldur's Gate 3: 20+ million in five months
  • Helldivers 2: 12 million in three months

The only game that comes close is Palworld's 19 million players in two weeks, a mark that Black Myth: Wukong seems on track to surpass. It's a sales figure that lines up with Wukong having leapfrogged the competition to be the #2 most-played game in Steam's history by concurrent players. Before that, it was also the most wishlisted game on the platform after The Day Before met its ignominious end.

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pokemon with guns thing made it go viral and so people tried it. It got a LOT of free advertising. Apparently it is also a good game in and of itself too, I've never played it, but the impression I get is that while it's a bit rough around the edges it does accomplish some neat stuff that isn't in other games the same way

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Apparently it is also a good game in and of itself too

Who lied to you?

[–] zkrzsz@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

93% positive on Steam speaks for itself. Have you played it?

Aside from the game, the memes spawned from it are pretty good.

It's just a daydream of a cat.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

93% positive on Steam speaks for itself

Imagine trusting the opinions of g*mers

Have you played it?

I played it on gamepass day 1 with some friends. It's a bad survival game and a bad monster catching game.

[–] zkrzsz@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Imagine trusting the opinions of g*mers

I trust the data, the number, there's a reason the game has such good number of people playing it despite being early access.

I played it on gamepass day 1 with some friends. It's a bad survival game and a bad monster catching game.

Agree to disagree then, I also don't like some popular games, but i can see the appeal for those who like it. Like some games are good for some age group, after that not so much, MMORPG for example.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

Like...about this game or in general?