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[FoxMcChief]

Very nice. Remind me not to fuck with China.

 

[EMR]

Hope this cunt can't find a psychologist these days and goes mad in his small box.

Black Myth with 2.2 Million players:

 

[Loomy]

You still don't understand this is a fight between normal people that just want good games, and a vocal minority.
And we, the normal players, just won another battle.

You're both vocal minorities. Then there's the majority of gamers who simply do not care.

Who cares if this isn't selling because of it being anti woke, what matters is these games prove the woke journalist have no power.

Journalists/bloggers/influencers haven't had power to determine whether a game sells or not for a long time now. Gaming websites and magazines are shutting down left and right because most people don't care. They just want to play games.

Do you see much cool shit going on in woke games?

Now think if the two are related.

People accused Spider-Man 2 of being woke. That game is filled with cool shit.

 

[Tomi]

Loool
2,2 million
This will hit over 3 million on the weekend
What the hell is happening, we have GIGA HIT GUYS!!!
Over 94% positive, this is just fucccing insane

 

[FoxMcChief]

And so begins the era of Chinese dominance in videogames.

Couldn’t be any worse than what’s been happening the last few years.

 

[SonicVolcano]

Overwhelmingly positive.

Well-deserved.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

I'm going to learn mandarin to prepare for the future

 

[elbourreau]

"THIS is the kind of stuff we want"

Feels like Palworld again. Wonder if it will have a 99% player drop in 2 months.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

This is just an estimate and not official sales numbers, but apparently the game has "sold over 3 million copies on Steam, as well as on the Wegame, Epic, and PS platforms, for a total of more over 4.5 million copies and more than 1.5 billion yuan".

《黑神话：悟空》全平台销量超450万份 销售额超15亿元

《黑神话：悟空》全平台销量超450万份 销售额超15亿元

www.cls.cn

 

[winjer]

You're both vocal minorities. Then there's the majority of gamers who simply do not care.

You really don't understand that the vast majority of gamers do not want politics in their games.
And we are a part of those gamers that just want good games. Not propaganda from either side.

 

[Dusktildawn48]

This is just an estimate and not official sales numbers, but apparently the game has "sold over 3 million copies on Steam, as well as on the Wegame, Epic, and PS platforms, for a total of more over 4.5 million copies and more than 1.5 billion yuan".

《黑神话：悟空》全平台销量超450万份 销售额超15亿元

《黑神话：悟空》全平台销量超450万份 销售额超15亿元

www.cls.cn

It's definitely sold more than 3 million in steam.

 

[Loomy]

"THIS is the kind of stuff we want"

Feels like Palworld again. Wonder if it will have a 99% player drop in 2 months.

It's a single player game with a definite ending. It will definitely drop, and it will be okay when it does.

 

[MayauMiao]

Its nice to know media like Gamespot, IGN, Screenrant, attempt at trying to destroy the game are failing to convinced gamers to boycott it.

 

[Schmendrick]

I seriously must`ve lived under a rock because this game didn`t seem to me to have a hype anywhere near the scale necessary for these kinds of numbers.
And judging from the stats it`s not only china driving this.

Oh well, just for seeing the sad puppy eyes in the pink haired crowd I`m completely on board with this.

 

[FunkMiller]

Well, I bought it.

I hope the CCP enjoys my personal data.

 

[Ammogeddon]

People accused Spider-Man 2 of being woke. That game is filled with cool shit.

People weren’t accusing Spider-Man 2 of being woke, it was woke. The web slinging shenanigans was great for a time but the game got to the point of being obnoxious for me and I ended up putting it down.

 

[tommib]

Lmao the first few posts in the reset OT sure are something.

They love to control their narratives with their first post moral lessons. And then they guide the discourse around the POST ALERTS OF MORAL SUPERIORITY.

They’re pathetic.

 

[FoxMcChief]

I think this game is experiencing the perfect sales storm. And congrats to them.

I just wonder how Concord will do now.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

You really don't understand that the vast majority of gamers do not want politics in their games.
And we are a part of those gamers that just want good games. Not propaganda from either side.

Amen

I don't want any type of agenda forced upon me

In fact I play games to get away from that crap

 

[Polygonal_Sprite]

You're both vocal minorities. Then there's the majority of gamers who simply do not care.


Journalists/bloggers/influencers haven't had power to determine whether a game sells or not for a long time now. Gaming websites and magazines are shutting down left and right because most people don't care. They just want to play games.


People accused Spider-Man 2 of being woke. That game is filled with cool shit.

SM2? Because there’s a side quest where you help two teen boys go on a date? That’s just the reality of life for this generation.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Starfield : "It just works flops"

 

[FunkMiller]

I just wonder how Concord will do now.

OH MY FUCK, THAT'S OUT TODAY.

 

[Luipadre]

OH MY FUCK, THAT'S OUT TODAY.

ikr. Nobody knows, maybe its for the better

 

[AtomicStarving]

10 people ain't happy for sure

 

[FoxMcChief]

ikr. Nobody knows, maybe its for the better

Not even Reeeee is talking about it, lol

 

[FoxMcChief]

Amen

I don't want any type of agenda forced upon me

In fact I play games to get away from that crap

 

[Sanepar]

Resetera is crying.

 

[adamsapple]

OH MY FUCK, THAT'S OUT TODAY.

Wait, seriously? Today is the games release date?

sheeeaaaaaaat, lol.

 

[Dusktildawn48]

Wait, seriously? Today is the games release date?

sheeeaaaaaaat, lol.

For the deluxe edition yeah. Probably peak at like 500 players

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Dustborn just dropped and already took a bite out of Wukong’s player base.

 

[Dusktildawn48]

Dustborn just dropped and already took a bite out of Wukong’s player base.

Hey man that's probably twice as much as they were expecting!

 

[Buggy Loop]

"THIS is the kind of stuff we want"

Feels like Palworld again. Wonder if it will have a 99% player drop in 2 months.

Peoples finish single player games???

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Peoples finish single player games???

Its why I don't believe Sony and MS will stop chasing the GAAS, recurring players year round

 

[Sentenza]

They love to control their narratives with their first post moral lessons. And then they guide the discourse around the POST ALERTS OF MORAL SUPERIORITY.

They’re pathetic.

The funniest part to me is that when this STILL doesn't work they get insanely passive-aggressive toward the users who ignore them and keep celebrating the games they are trying to smear.

"W-what? People are talking about how cool this is and ignoring our 'head-up' on muh-soggy-knee? We better start banning these sneaky fuckers with some pretext".

 

[BennyBlanco]

 

[PeteBull]

I think this game is experiencing the perfect sales storm. And congrats to them.

I just wonder how Concord will do now.

Maybe somewhere akin to bleeding edge, maybe bit better but not by much, we will know in few days

 

[Guilty_AI]

Its why I don't believe Sony and MS will stop chasing the GAAS, recurring players year round

i'd argue it's harder to keep the attention of players towards the same game year after year. You need to strike this weird balance between familiar enough to be a comfort zone and fresh enough that they don't grow bored of the game, all while making sure they keep spending money.

 

[Bartski]

I’m sure it would do a double of that with proper gaas keeping up with the times right?

 

[Sentenza]

You really don't understand that the vast majority of gamers do not want politics in their games.
And we are a part of those gamers that just want good games. Not propaganda from either side.

These morons will tell you that you are stupid and you don't get that most game stories have some "politics" in them.

Which proves once again that they JUST DON'T GET IT.
Virtually no one really gets angry with a particular story bit having a political framing or a political undertone (i.e. half of Metal Gear Solid is about politics and conspiracies).

The issue is that no one wants to feels like they are being preached on.
"This story has a political theme" and "This story will take the high moral high ground and tell you what you need to think about a particular political theme" are two VERY different things to be subjected to.

 

[Terenty]

Dustborn just dropped and already took a bite out of Wukong’s player base.

It's only a weekday, wait for the weekend to see the real number!

 

[twilo99]

This whole drama reminds of the Hogwarts Legacy situation but they never learn

 

[twilo99]

BTW It's going to be fun to compare the CCU stats for Concord and Wukong this evening. Sony has been promoting the hell out of Concord, all for nothing.

Bad timing..

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

It beat Palword as well. This is probably the game's peak for today since CCU is now slowly dropping.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Imagine if this dropped on a Friday and had that weekend crowd, at launch.

 

[Alebrije]

It's healthy for industry a single player Game gets those numbers.

 

[twilo99]

It's healthy for industry a single player Game gets those numbers.

Only if the developers understand why this game is successful and do something about their own projects..

 

[FoxMcChief]

Only if the developers understand why this game is successful and do something about their own projects..

 

[Draugoth]

Looks like it's going to settle at 2.2 million

 

[Guilty_AI]

Looks like it's going to settle at 2.2 million

wait for the weekend

 

[Draugoth]

wait for the weekend

Most people that finish before weekend.

If it released on the weekend it would likely be 4m.