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All-time record for Black Myth: Wukong

All-time record for Black Myth: Wukong

Arrowhead’s Helldivers 2 sold 12 million copies in its first 12 weeks, becoming PlayStation Studios’ fastest-selling game ever.

Action RPG game, Which is inspired by The classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, Issued on August 20, 2011With PC and PlayStation 5.
On August 23Game Science announced that Black Legend: Wukong has already surpassed 10 million player sales, with three million players across all platforms.
She tweeted: “Thank you to all the players around the world for your support and love.” Game science“Have a great gaming weekend!”

To understand the sales success of Black Myth: Wukong, Arrowhead’s Helldivers 2 sold 12 million copies in its first 12 weeks, becoming the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game ever.
In reality, Black Myth: Wukong is one of the fastest-selling video games of all time, overcome them Ring of Fire and Hogwarts Legacy In the same time frame
It sold well until you arrived.e Pokémon Crimson and Violet, Volumewhich they sold together 10 million copies in three days, making it the fastest-selling Nintendo game ever.
in steam, Black Legend: Wukong breaks multiple concurrent player records.
that it The most popular single-player game ever on Valve’s platform, In front of RCD Project Cyberpunk 2077 and The second most popular game of any genre on Steam, now behind only Battle Royale PUBG.A.
The title remains the best-selling game on Steam, andPlayer numbers are expected to grow even more as we approach the game’s first weekend. (Sony doesn’t release PlayStation player numbers.)

Black Legend: Wukong is clearly a huge hit around the world, but it’s also It is especially popular in China, where it has now become mainstream.
Based on Steam competitors, The majority of the game’s players are in China, but there is still a large audience for Black Myth: Wukong in the West.
In a blog post, Daniel Ahmed, Director of Research and Communications at Niko Partners, noted that Wukong’s sales success “It represents the growing potential and ambitions of Chinese game development studios and their ability to compete on the global stage.».
Since Game Science said that Black Myth: Wukong has reached three million concurrent players across all platforms, we can infer a Steam/PS5 split.

theThe current number of concurrent users is 2,415,714, for example.groove meaning the corresponding number On PS5 it’s around 600,000.
Ahmed tweeted that Steam “is the best platform by far because of the large Chinese player base (most of whom play on PC).”
The Xbox Series X and S were supposed to launch alongside the other versions, but were delayed without a new release date. At the time, Game Science cited Xbox optimization as the reason for the delay.
“We are currently optimizing the Xbox Series X|S version to meet our quality standards, so it will not be released at the same time as other platforms,” the developer said. “We apologize for the delay and aim to reduce the wait for Xbox users. We will announce a release date once our quality standards are met.”

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Microsoft issued a statement of its own — one it still refers to today — implying that there was some sort of deal between Game Science and Sony.
“We are excited to launch Black Myth Wukong on Xbox Series X|S and are working with Game Science to bring the game to our platforms.” A Microsoft spokesperson said.
“We cannot comment on deals our partners have with other platform owners, but we remain We’re focused on making Xbox the best platform for gamers, and great games are at the heart of that.”

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