Unprecedented official sales of Black Myth: Wukong in just 3 days!

Like a siphon of the gaming industry passing by. Black Legend: Wukong It’s swept everything in its path in the first 24 hours of its release. It’s broken an unimaginable Steam player record with over 2.23 million players, and it’s also smashed PS5 consoles on store shelves in China — where its handheld game is coming from. game sciences-And now we officially know about the amazing sales it was making.

According to the official announcement made by Game Science on the X platform, Black Legend: Wukong has surpassed 10 million copies sold across all platforms. Released so far, PlayStation 5 and PC. Same thing. The clock counts 3 million concurrent players. On the mentioned platforms, until August 23 at 9:00 PM Beijing Time, Game Science stated in its post.

In its humble message to the gaming community, the company thanks everyone for their love and support and wishes a happy gaming weekend to everyone who is enjoying or will enjoy the soul-like Black Myth experience. The question now is where the “ball” will stop for Black Myth with its path being frantically deleted and the odds of it not ending… with fireworks.

Check out the game studio’s post:

Black Myth: Wukong has sold 10 million copies across all platforms.
(Data as of 21:00 Beijing Time, August 23, 2024)

Thank you to all the players around the world for your support and love.
Have a fun gaming weekend!#BlackLegendWukong pic.twitter.com/mp3mk9JxrX

— Black Myth: Wukong (@BlackMythGame) August 23, 2024

To put it another way, with some rough calculations, 10 million sales of a Chinese Souls-like title, Let’s say this generated $600 million in revenue. For Game Science cabinets.

#BlackLegendWukong 10 million copies sold in just 3 days.

~$600M in revenue 💰 pic.twitter.com/F5LcdGE0tu

— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) August 23, 2024

If you need a refresher, Black Myth: Wukong is an RPG with roots in Chinese mythology. Its story is specifically based on Journey to the West, one of the Four Great Novels of Chinese literature. In Black Myth, players will take on the role of a monkey based on Sun Wukong. The plot revolves around a “destined person” who faces many challenges to uncover the dark truth hidden beneath the veil of a glorious legend from the past.

Black Myth: Wukong will be released on August 20 on PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. An Xbox Series X|S version is also in the works but does not currently have a release date.