Black Myth: Wukong sells 10m copies in just three days

Black
Myth:
Wukong
isn’t
just
aping
the
massive
success
of
some
of
the
biggest
games
out
there,
it’s
smashing
them
as
developer
Game
Science
has
announced
10m
sales
in
just
three
days.

This
mammoth
sales
figure
means
Black
Myth:
Wukong
is
actually
one
of
the
biggest
videogame
launches
in
history.

According
to
Niko
Partners
analyst
Daniel
Ahmad,
10m
is
enough
to
surpass
Elden
Ring
and
Hogwarts
Legacy
in
the
same
timeframe.
By
the
beginning
of
this
year,
Elden
Ring
had
managed
to
sell
a
mind-blowing
24m
copies,

while
Hogwarts
Legacy
had
sold
22m
the
last
time
we
heard.

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

Thanks
to
all
players
worldwide
for
your
support
and
love.
Have
a
great
gaming
weekend!#BlackMythWukong

pic.twitter.com/mp3mk9JxrX

—
Black
Myth:
Wukong
(@BlackMythGame)

August
23,
2024

How
many
of
those
sales
are
coming
from
China
is
difficult
to
judge.
We
do
know
it
was
the
most
viewed
game
on
Chinese
livestreaming
sites
on
its
launch
day.

Videogame
Insights
estimates
that
80%
of
the
game’s
sales
have
come
from
China,
so
in
this
case
that
would
be
around
8m
copies,
with
2m
coming
from
the
rest
of
the
globe.

Black
Myth:
Wukong

also
managed
to
claim
2nd
place
on
Steam’s
most
played
games
ever,
as
judged
by
peak
concurrent
players.
It
managed
to
hit
a
staggering
2,415,714
players
yesterday,
its
highest
number
to
date.
The
highest
peaks
tend
to
occur
at
around
2PM
UTC,
which
is
unusual
as
most
games
typically
see
the
most
players
in
the
evening.
2pm
UTC,
though,
would
be
around
10pm
in
Beijing,
China.

The
game
has
been
so
successful
in
China
that
sales
of
the
PlayStation
5
have
reportedly
doubled.
That’s
impressive
because
consoles
typically
don’t
do
great
in
China.

In
fact,
we
can
actually
do
a
fair
bit
of
interesting
speculation
about
the
PS5.
According
to
Game
Science’s
Twitter
post,
Black
Myth
achieved
a
peak
concurrent
player
count
of
3m
across
all
platforms,
and
since
we
know
what
the
PC
count
was,
we
can
estimate
that
that
PC
sales
have
vastly
outshone
console.
If
we
take
the
Steam
numbers
and
subtract
those
from
3m,
we
approximately
600,000
PS5
players.

I’m
currently
playing
the
game
right
now
and
intend
on
reviewing
it
as
soon
as
possible.
I
admit,
I
don’t
think
it’s
as
good
as
the
sales
numbers
would
suggest,
but
I’m
still
having
fun
with
it
and
I’m
aiming
to
get
the
Platinum
trophy,
if
I
can.