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submitted 3 months ago by istanbullu@lemmy.ml to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20207166

850M$ revenue on 70M$ budget sounds a huge success.

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[-] homicidalrobot@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago

Maybe you didn't realize, but by volume, sales in the west for BMWukong were stellar. >4M sales volume (76% of 17.8 million sales were chinese) is performing well by any standard. It dwarfs the sales volumes of other recently popular Chinese titles, taking the top spot for sales in the west handily. Other games like the GuJiang series, dyson sphere program, the matchless kungfu, crimson snow, tale of immortal had substantially fewer players despite getting nearly universally positive reviews. This is the definition of breakout success, when you reach a new market.

For reference, this game is selling in the west as well as street fighter 6 and guilty gear strive, games that are performing far above a previous genre standard.

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