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Genshin Impact rakes in USD 250 million in its first month, outpacing Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile

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Oct 30, 2020 8:13 PM
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Global players spent USD 245 million on Genshin Impact, a free-to-play and open-world role-playing gacha game from Chinese developer miHoYo, in the first month of the game’s release from September 28, according to industry data provider Sensor Tower.

Only during the first week from its release, the game reported 200 million downloads on Apple’s AppStore and Google Play, raking in about USD 60 million from in-game purchases. While players can start the game for free, the game makes money by encouraging gamers to buy in-game virtual currency to obtain weapons and new characters.

Genshin Impact outpaced Tencent’s evergreen titles Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile, becoming the top-grossing mobile game worldwide the last month. Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile ranked second and third with USD 216 million and USD 195 million revenue, respectively. Niantic’s Pokemon Go and Mixi’s Monster Strike followed, with USD 122 million and USD 107 million in revenue. (Genshin Impact is also available on PS4 and PC, but Sensor Tower date excluded sales on these two platforms.)

Revenues obtained by Genshin Impact during the first month by far exceed other major games global releases. Nintendo’s Fire Emblem Heroes accumulated USD 70 million in player spending during its first month, while Epic’s Fortnite picked up USD 25 million in its first 30 days on the App Store. Pokemon Go, however, grossed more in its first 30 days, taking in an estimated USD 283 million.

China was the largest market for player spending in Genshin Impact, generating more than USD 82 million last month, representing 33.5% of total revenue. Japan was the second-largest market with USD 59 million, while the US was third with about USD 45 million.

miHoYo’s design on the open-world setting contributes to the immense popularity of the game, although Genshin Impact also been disparaged as a copycat of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. “Chinese game developers have long looked to capture Western audiences, without losing their audience at home,” said Daniel Ahmad from Niko Partners, an expert on China’s games industry, in the Sensor Tower report.

“Genshin Impact is a great example of how Chinese developers are succeeding in the West by focusing on high production values, popular gameplay mechanics, and deep progression systems.”

https://kr-asia.com/genshin-impact-rakes-in-usd-250-million-in-its-first-month-outpacing-honor-of-kings-and-pubg-mobile
https://sensortower.com/blog/genshin-impact-first-month-revenue
No publicity is bad publicity. Mihoyo must be grateful to this Nintendo fan right now.

https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/1157516798444466176
Papa_ScorchOct 30, 2020 8:32 PM
It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.
Oct 30, 2020 10:44 PM
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It's a good example of how 3D anime games shouldn't look weird and all
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Jan 12, 2021 3:03 PM
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But People Still Love Pubg Because It Very Interested Game Sometimes It Provides Free UC
I Also Loved It
https://www.cashlootera.com/pubg-free-uc
Jack043100Jan 12, 2021 3:06 PM
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It sounds more like a lie than the truth, just judging by its cash shop deal. There is no way this shit makes any money.
Jan 12, 2021 3:32 PM
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I'm really out of touch. What is honor of kings and monster strike?
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Jan 12, 2021 3:52 PM
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BrightFlashLight said:
It sounds more like a lie than the truth, just judging by its cash shop deal. There is no way this shit makes any money.
Then you must not have heard how much money the game made in 2 months lol

https://venturebeat.com/2020/12/01/sensor-tower-genshin-impact-brings-in-nearly-400-million-in-2-months-on-mobile/amp/


Anyways, as someone who's been playing the game for 2 and a half months, they deserve all the money that they got. It's a genuinely good game and this is coming from a person who has LITERALLY never played a gacha game in his life and actively avoided it until Genshin. The open world and exploration aspect is as good as BoTW and the combat is fun and surprisingly has depth into it.

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With how limited resources ingame are, I don't see the point in spending for more units. Even if you get a new unit you want, you can't afford to spread resources further out without crippling progression.
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BrightFlashLight said:
It sounds more like a lie than the truth, just judging by its cash shop deal. There is no way this shit makes any money.
This shit does make money and people are still addicted to it lmao. Whales do exist and a huge number of players has either welkin moon or BP.

Milennin said:
With how limited resources ingame are, I don't see the point in spending for more units. Even if you get a new unit you want, you can't afford to spread resources further out without crippling progression.
Yeah well but people still go by the golden rule of waifu>meta when it comes to gacha.

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