Daniel Wu, one of the co-founders of Hero Games, the largest external shareholder of the creators of Black Myth: Wukong, mentioned this number in a conversation with Bloomberg.
Black Myth: Wukong
Other details shared by Wu:
- Hero Games anticipates that Black Myth: Wukong will sell over 30 million copies over its lifetime;
- the development of Black Myth: Wukong took six years;
- the game's budget was $70 million;
- the studio Game Science has begun working on an expansion for Black Myth: Wukong;
- Hero Games owns 20% of Game Science. The company purchased this stake in 2017 for 60 million yuan ($8.5 million). If the deal were happening now, Hero Games would have to pay significantly more as Game Science is now valued in the "billions of yuan".
As a reminder, Black Myth: Wukong was released on August 20 on consoles and PC. According to the studio Game Science, the game instantly became a hit. In just the first three days, it was purchased by more than 10 million people. Shortly after release, Black Myth: Wukong also became the second most popular game in the history of Steam, reaching a peak of 2,415,714 concurrent players.