Simon Carless: 3 million people have played Black Myth: Wukong on PlayStation 5
One of the most successful releases of the year, Black Myth: Wukong, attracted a large audience on Sony consoles. Gaming expert Simon Carless, citing data from GameDiscoverCo, reported that as of today, PlayStation 5 owners have purchased the action RPG 3 million times.
Black Myth: Wukong
Two-thirds of the players who purchased the PlayStation 5 version of Black Myth: Wukong are from China. Carless notes that only a few games for this console have a higher proportion of Chinese gamers. One of them is Genshin Impact.
How big is Black Myth: Wukong on PlayStation 5 in China? @GameDiscoverCo estimates that ~2 million of the 3 million PS5 players of the game are located in China. (Genshin Impact is one of the only PS5 titles with more Chinese players.) pic.twitter.com/X4RathitCw
— Simon Carless (@simoncarless) August 28, 2024
Earlier, Bloomberg reported that the PlayStation 5 became the best-selling consumer electronics product on the Chinese platform Alibaba in the week leading up to the release of Black Myth: Wukong. It is assumed that the console was sold out specifically because of the game. This is quite a rare situation for China, considering the popularity of free-to-play mobile and PC games in the country.
Carless did not disclose current sales numbers for Black Myth: Wukong on Steam. According to VG Insights, sales might reach 16 million copies. Gamalytic reports a slightly lower figure—15.5 million copies.
The developers of Black Myth: Wukong mentioned last week that the game sold a total of 10 million copies in three days.
