AAA Chinese game, not surprising that it would be so popular but a majority must be Chinese player as it didn’t get that much coverage in the rest of the world as far as I understand from everyone’s reaction…
Black Myth: Wukong launches to almost 1.5 million concurrent players
Submitted 8 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2358720/Black_Myth_Wukong/
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Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
PunchingWood@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Not sure why people downvote you, but most must be. Because I checked the player count this morning in Europe and it was also at 1,5 million. The only ones that play games in early hours of Europe are a majority in Asia, more specifically China. This has also been my experience with online matchmaking in early hours of the day, it’s 9 out of 10 chance I got matched with either Chinese or Koreans during those hours.
Stern@lemmy.world 8 months ago
China supports in country stuff, most countries do really, so long as quality is comparable, and its been slowly but steadily getting there. Saw an article posted on lemmy somewhere earlier today how a locally made movie is topping their box office while Deadpool and Wolverine isn’t even top 10.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
For sure, I wasn’t criticizing, just pointing out that it’s probably the reason why there’s so many players yet barely anyone in this thread had heard about it
Ashtear@lemm.ee 8 months ago
It’s all over my RSS feeds, so it’s certainly being covered now.
There’s been some (not exactly scientific) indications that the vast majority of the userbase is in China so it remains to be seen if it was actually a success in the West or not.
Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
It’s just the lemmy userbase wants to be different
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Currently trying to avoid as many products as I feasible can that are owned directly by China, plus with the controversy of their review tactics being kind of about, I’ll pass on this game and wait for the seas to calm
ATDA@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Hell I’d be afraid to protest torrent this one. At least on consoles their software could only spy on so much.
filister@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Seriously guys, you think every digital product coming from China is done specifically to spy on your petty porn habits. Witch hunt 101.
JiveTurkey@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Fuck CCP.
simple@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Shoutout to people in the other thread fighting about how nobody has heard of this game and that it isn’t highly anticipated
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’ve barely heard about it, and here in the US, I would not call it highly anticipated, but perhaps the story is different in China.
juice702@lemmy.world 8 months ago
CCP product. Looks cool but I’ll skip it or pirate it later.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Empress will need to be interested in it then cause it’s got the D.
rustyfish@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Crazy. Never heard of it.
Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
This is proof that lemmy crowd is a totally isolated minority. This is one of the most anticipated games of the year.
rustyfish@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yes, I am only on Lemmy. I do not engage with other communities around the internet nor do I talk to anyone from the outernet. Especially not my friends who also like to play games.
Jfc, game literally came out today and the fanboys are already insufferable.
Alimentar@lemm.ee 8 months ago
They’re probably playing casual furry games lol
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Surely China wouldn’t use their infamous and vast network of bot farms to push it’s most anticipated game of the year. Surely.
Summzashi@lemmy.one 8 months ago
Astroturf rubbish pushed by an authoritarian dictatorship.
simple@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Everything you don’t like is astroturfed
Summzashi@lemmy.one 8 months ago
A strawman right out of the gate. Surely your tankie playbook is more subtle that that no?
sunbunman@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Ignoring all of the drama around it, it genuinely looks like a well made game. Will be waiting for the DRM to expire before trying it out.
GiuEliNo@feddit.it 8 months ago
Well
I must be sincere, and say I would never expected this
It’s more players than Elden ring or Baldur’s gate 3 at launch.
BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Is that true? That’s pretty nuts.
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Looked up a video of the gameplay last night, and it looks pretty cool. I wonder if it feels as good as it looks. Apparently this is a company that previously only made mobile games.
hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Nice.
arefx@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Is this a souls like game?
PunchingWood@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I read some reviews comparing it more to God of War and Jedi Survivor games.
Which sounds pretty good to me, although the style of the game hasn’t been really been appealing to me (yet).
technomad@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
Similar. Faster paced combat and no blocking.
tja@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Isn’t this the game where reviewers/streamers)?) are not allowed to mention feminism?
rustyfish@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Just checked. It is. Fuck that CCP shit.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 8 months ago
Reviewers were also forbidden from using trigger words such as “COVID-19” and “quarantine”.
BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 8 months ago
So if I posted a review saying that Black Myth: Wukong is as badass as when Rosie the Riveter invented COVID in a Chinese lab, would they be upset?
leavemealone@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Why mention feminism when you have monkey furry glory ?
cuchilloc@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Coz monke together strong
ieatpwns@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Specifically reviewers who want free keys aren’t allowed to mention the feminism stuff. Any reviewer paying for it out of pocket can’t be silenced or censored
gcheliotis@lemmy.world 8 months ago
This is possibly fake as noted on another thread.
simple@lemm.ee 8 months ago
It’s real according to someone from Forbes: nitter.poast.org/PaulTassi/…/1825193786273681489 . Reviewers didn’t get these guidelines but some content creators did, which is why everyone’s confused.
technomad@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
Could somone share a link for this?
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 8 months ago
Here you go.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 8 months ago
How despicable. Hopefully this will Barbara Streisand in their faces eventually.