Genshin Impact is an open-world adventure game. Players will transform into a mysterious characters, possess magical powers, and embark on an adventure in a vast virtual world. Besides, the developer also added some additional details like anime-style characters and more action gameplay.
Genshin Impact is a game developed by miHoYo. It is famous for many Japanese anime-style games on smartphones such as Guns Girlz and Honkai Impact 3. But perhaps, Genshin Impact is best known for its slight resemblance to the game. It goes with Switch’s game, Breath of the Wild, and the fanaticism of Zelda fans at ChinaJoy. Initially, the game was announced for release on PS4, iOS, Android, and PC.
The developer announced the release of the game on the Nintendo Switch. The scene of Genshin Impact takes place in Tivat. It is a strange continent with seven magical elements converging. In Tivat, magic is a very familiar thing. And everyone can manipulate one or more magical elements. In less than a month of release, Genshin Impact has recorded nearly 30 million downloads with revenue surpassing USD100 million. It deserves to be one of the best games of 2020.
General Information
People consider Genshin Impact as a milestone to end the dominance of mobile games under Tencent for over four years. Talking about the mobile game segment, many people will immediately think of Tencent and the dominance of this game company in the global market. For many years, Tencent games like Honor of Kings or PUBG Mobile have consistently led the mobile game market in terms of revenue.
The last time a mobile game could usurp the dominance of Tencent games was Pokemon GO. It was released by Niantic in July 2016. And now, after over four years, there is a name that does this again. It is Genshin Impact, the hottest game in the world at the moment.
According to Forbes, Genshin Impact has earned USD245 million (mobile games only). This terrible revenue makes miHoYo’s products surpass the Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile to lead the global mobile game market in October. It is a milestone ending the dominance of mobile games under Tencent during the past four years.
With revenue of USD245 million in the first month, Genshin Impact became the second most successful mobile game in history after Pokemon GO with USD283 million. Of course, the above numbers are just statistics on the mobile market. If we include the large market shares on the PC and Console, Genshin Impact made more than USD245 million. Up to this point, it can be confirmed that Genshin Impact is a successful game. It is the leading hit phenomenon of the gaming world in 2020.
No comments:
Post a Comment