In the fastest opening sale in the history of the industry, 10 million copies of the Chinese-made video game “Black Myth: Wukong” were sold in just 83 hours.
The developer, Game Science, announced on the “X” platform that the game, supported by Tencent Holdings, had achieved this historic number by Friday night, Beijing time, after its launch on Tuesday , according to Bloomberg News Group, yesterday.
The peak number of concurrent users, which measures the number of people playing at the same time around the world, reached three million across the PC and PlayStation platforms.
The game is priced at $38 in mainland China and Hong Kong, compared to $60 in the United States, and is moving strongly towards the local market, and historic Chinese temples appear in the game
Daniel Ahmar, an analyst at Nikko Partners, said that “Wukong” has been profitable since its first day, and earned more than $450 million in total revenue over the first three days since launched.
