Black Delusion: Wukong gross sales have reached a frankly insane milestone simply three days after the sport’s launch, developer and writer GameScience has introduced.
Per a put up on the sport’s official X (previously Twitter) account, Black Delusion: Wukong has offered 10 million copies since launch. As a reminder, the sport was launched on August twentieth, which was simply three days in the past.
GameScience thanks gamers for his or her “assist and love” for the sport, wishing everybody a “nice gaming weekend” within the put up. The developer additionally contains some paintings of the participant character clutching his therapeutic gourd.
Not solely has the sport reached 10 million gross sales, nevertheless it’s additionally managed to attain a complete of three million concurrent gamers throughout each platforms on which it is at present obtainable (PC and PlayStation 5, in case you are questioning).
It is truthful to say the rise of Black Delusion: Wukong has been meteoric, to say the least. Since being introduced again in 2020, hype for the sport has constructed and constructed, leading to Wukong being the most-wishlisted recreation on Steam previous to its launch.
After its launch, the sport rapidly started to climb the Steam charts, topping the 24-hour concurrent participant rely checklist inside only a handful of hours. Additional success appeared inevitable, and, certainly, so it has confirmed.
The rapidity of Wukong‘s rise can, it appears, largely be attributed to Chinese language gamers. As this (paywalled) article from GameDiscoverCo factors out, round 88% of the sport’s participant base relies in China, and 94% of Wukong‘s Steam opinions are in simplified Chinese language.
On condition that Black Delusion: Wukong‘s developer is Chinese language, it maybe stands to cause that almost all of the sport’s gamers can be within the studio’s native nation. Nonetheless, it demonstrates the facility of China as a demographic on the subject of gaming.
Black Delusion: Wukong is obtainable proper now on PC and PlayStation 5, with an Xbox Sequence X|S model deliberate for later down the road. You’ll be able to learn my overview right here if you wish to know why I feel it deserves its immense success.