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Wukong has >3.5 million Chinese PS5 players; Monster Hunter Wilds triggers PS5 sales surge in China
ShaiKhulud1989
Gold Member
Series S was truly a blessing for Sony
Walter Matthau
Member
PlayStation seems to be huge in China. I remember reading a little while back that PS5 sold out in the country when Wukong released.
Self_Destructive
Member
So ~2/3rds of PS5's ~5M sales come from China.... which means that... no.. PS isn't massively outselling the PC version outside of China, like all the PS fanboys wanted us to desperately believe 
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Monster Wilds may have sold over 4M between PC and PlayStation.
Xbox:
1 million, if it's approaching 5 no?
Not too shabby if both the PS and PC have sold 2 each.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
It sold way, way more than 4M. PC alone peaked at almost 1.4M just yesterday. If PS is even remotely comparable, these two probably blew past 6M together.
Self_Destructive
Member
Exactly. It's got to be way more than 5M. My guess for the first 3 full retail days is:
PC - 4M
PS5 - 3M
Xbox - 1M
So around ~8M sales in the first 3 full days.
kazuyamishima
Member
The decline in Japan will be compensated with a significant increase in China.
Also, there’s no way the Xbox version of wilds is doing 1m. FW but we’ll see
Also, there’s no way the Xbox version of wilds is doing 1m. FW but we’ll see
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Self_Destructive
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I was originally going to put 700K.. but I feel like Xbox fans will show up for this one.Xbox - 1M
ShaiKhulud1989
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I have a nice bridge to sell you
March Climber
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IIRC Almost 1.5 billion people live in China. I would also make sure that every game and console be released over there if I were the head of anything gaming.
Even a 0.01% purchase rate is substantial.
Even a 0.01% purchase rate is substantial.
Fabieter
Member
Do you include all PC players who refunded the game?
I think pc and ps5 is pretty close whatever that is.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Huh?
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Member
Poor Xbox, can't even contribute 20% to Monster Hunter's sales and it'll probably only decline in percentage from there.
Maybe, but that'd also mean Xbox barely contributing to the additional 3+ million sales, though IMO that's probably expected.
Most of the international non-US/UK audience are going to gravitate to PS5 & Steam for this game (and obviously, Wukong) even more than US & UK gamers are (which is a significant number).
Maybe, but that'd also mean Xbox barely contributing to the additional 3+ million sales, though IMO that's probably expected.
Most of the international non-US/UK audience are going to gravitate to PS5 & Steam for this game (and obviously, Wukong) even more than US & UK gamers are (which is a significant number).
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RetroGamingUK
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If Microsoft can sell games to those Chinese PS5 owners I doubt they’ll care.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
My first guess was 300K but that's on the high side, because I don't see 10% of all Xbox Series S/X owners buying MHW. First the game is not "free" on Gamepass, it's Japanese, Xbox is not popular in China and Japane where they love MH and it runs like shit on the Series S. Perhaps 150K?
Heimdall_Xtreme
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China is a world power and is on the right track in video games.
RetroGamingUK
Member
Capcom’s games don’t sell well on Xbox anywhere.
Xbox customers are more skewed towards western tastes than other platforms.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
That’s absolutely not what the article saidSo ~2/3rds of PS5's ~5M sales come from China.... which means that... no.. PS isn't massively outselling the PC version outside of China, like all the PS fanboys wanted us to desperately believe
Fabieter
Member
It was a joke because alot of people ain't happy with the pc version.
Mr Moose
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The Artisan dream.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Your math ain't mathing.
So your real guess would be 1.5 million which seems a little high.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
ChorizoPicozo
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Parris:
bitbydeath
Member
You read it wrong.
PS5 - 3.5M (in just China, and said to be over 50% of total PS5 game sales.
PS5 - 6.5M total (give or take)
Edit: Nevermind, misread your comment.
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mckmas8808
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He was talking about Monster Hunter, right? Not BMW.
bitbydeath
Member
Oh, you’re probably right.
Ignore my comment then.
kazuyamishima
Member
He was, but the thing is that Asia is the biggest market for this game and well, Xbox is not big anywhere anymore.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Capcom is Chinese now?
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
What in the post even implies that’s what they meant?
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Aren't we discussing Monster Hunter selling great there?
India has big potentials to be a big market for gaming. Sony hero project in India is a wise decion just like China and Korea hero project and Im sure it will bear fruit. We shall also see impressive games from India since they are very good on tech stuff and just like china ,there are many folk lores and legends that can be made into a game. Im not sure about Middle east because they have so many restrictions, but Im also interested especially they have many legends and folk lores like for example game base from 1001 Arabian night, that would be cool
bender
What time is it?
MacReady13
Member
Who gives a fuck about sales? That is not the metric we care about... /s
Honestly though, that's great news. To truly crack the Chinese market is going to be tough but looks like Playstation is making inroads finally.
Honestly though, that's great news. To truly crack the Chinese market is going to be tough but looks like Playstation is making inroads finally.
Sooner
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kazuyamishima
Member
It has some potential, but I doubt that games like Monster Hunter Wilds would do significant numbers over there.
But......... China and India have A LOT of potential users.
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Xbox gamers will not flock to buy that game. They’re waiting for it to come out in gamepass. The best deal in gaming.Xbox - 1M
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
There’s almost no way the game sold 20%-100% more on PS5 than on PC. I’d be really surprised if it sold better on PS5 given the insane CCU on Steam. It easily surpassed Elden Ring which also sold the most there.
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Tiago Rodrigues
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Yup. I feel like Playstation as a brand is only a few years away from getting some big game to the point it will turn into a much more mainstream product in there. Let's face it, for now, these are great numbers for consoles...but overall when we take into consideration how many people there's in China it's "nothing".
That said, Sony started investing in there years ago and only now it's starting to see the results. The are now doing those investments in India as well.
It's quite interesting how global the brand it at this point. People look at European and USA sales for PS hardware but the truth is the console is almost "everywhre" at this point.
Sony may be "losing" Japan, but are winning a much bigger market: China.