Black Myth: Wukong's first week of sales numbers are in, and they firmly inhabit "Don't take a big sip of coffee before you look at them" territory. 10 million units sold, which, as industry analyst Daniel Ahmad pointed out on X, "The Everything App," is a record-breaking performance that leaves some of the biggest releases of the past few years in the dust.

For perspective, here are some comparative numbers:

  • Hogwarts Legacy: 15 million in three months
  • Elden Ring: 13 million in one month
  • Cyberpunk 2077: 13.7 million in one month
  • Baldur's Gate 3: 20+ million in five months
  • Helldivers 2: 12 million in three months

The only game that comes close is Palworld's 19 million players in two weeks, a mark that Black Myth: Wukong seems on track to surpass. It's a sales figure that lines up with Wukong having leapfrogged the competition to be the #2 most-played game in Steam's history by concurrent players. Before that, it was also the most wishlisted game on the platform after The Day Before met its ignominious end.

  • Gorb [they/them]
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    3 months ago

    I heard that supposedly the fitgirl post was completely fabricated and she never posted anything saying that. Might wanna check that but I remember coming across a post saying it was fake. Although that could be fake. Maybe its all fake? Maybe hexbear is fake?

    • imogen_underscore [it/its, she/her]
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      3 months ago

      yeah, just learning this too but it seems there is no evidence it was a real post. she does have some wack opinions but that may have been totally fabricated

      • Gorb [they/them]
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        3 months ago

        A lot of tech people have really wack opinions. Makes it really hard to use anything. Very libertarian like a lot of musicians very frustrating .

        Sometimes i think it may be push back from empress orbiters but I'm going way too far into the most terminally online internet shit