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

KoboldCoterie , 5 hours ago

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.

Melt , 4 hours ago

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.

KoboldCoterie , 4 hours ago

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.

M137 , 3 hours ago

“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.”

Hello_there , 2 hours ago

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_hate_nazis , 4 hours ago

Its a Chinese market game…

halcyoncmdr , 2 hours ago

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.