A month after launching, Black Delusion: Wukong continues to do extraordinarily nicely. Over on Steam, it’s nonetheless constantly bringing over 700,000 concurrent gamers each single day, and the final we heard it had offered by way of 18m copies.
Given its large success, it’s hardly shocking that developer Recreation Science already has an growth within the works. However when is it being deliberate for?
Effectively, it may be earlier than anticipated. In response to Daniel Camilo, an analyst dwelling in China, “very dependable first hand sources” have knowledgeable him that the growth will launch round Chinese language New Yr, 2025. In different phrases, someday round January, 2025.
He does point out that issues can at all times change and launch dates could be pushed again.
It might be an impressively fast turn-around for an growth. This means it may be based mostly on content material minimize from the principle sport. Early trailers for the sport present sequences that by no means seem within the full launch, and Recreation Science themselves have commented on numerous issues being taken out for funds and time causes.
Camilo, who has written for numerous web sites up to now together with Gameindustry.biz, additionally says the sport has surpassed 20m in gross sales and that he expects round 20% of the viewers to select up the growth. That’s round 4m individuals, although by the point it launches I’m certain that the entire gross sales could have gone up by a number of million extra.
For a fast comparability, Elden Ring has offered round 25m copies, and the growth has managed 5m copies. In different phrases, 20% of the individuals who purchased Elden Ring went on to purchase the growth as nicely.
Camilo says this estimate comes from a number of elements, together with the sport’s issue. Proper now, about 34% of gamers on Steam have managed to beat the ultimate boss and see one of many sport’s endings.
“..at the very least a number of tens of millions of the individuals who purchased the sport in China will not be core/hardcore players. For a lot of of these customers, dlc merely received’t be an fascinating proposition.” says Camilo.
Camilo additionally says that 70% of the sport’s gross sales have come from China, and that by the point the growth releases, “Novelty & Nationwide pleasure issue will likely be gone for Chinese language customers.”
