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Genshin Impact grosses over $100m, manages to break even after just two weeks

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Here’s the general rule of thumb for video game success: If you want your game to succeed, you need to do two things. The first is to copy the formula that made The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild so compelling and the second is to take that formula and stuff it full of anime girls. The internet will begin to writhe and froth with anticipation at the prospect of two titans uniting to create one unified vision and that’s exactly what Genshin Impact did for the world. Releasing on 28 September, the game’s only been out for two weeks and had reportedly done so well that developer MiHoYo has already recouped its costs.

Over the last 12 days, Genshin Impact has reportedly roped in around $100 million which also happens to be roughly be the game’s development budget. Which means it’s time for a trip to Profit City for MiHoYo! Genshin Impact. as has become a bit of a surprise hit in certain countries with Japan, China, Korea and the USA loving it more than hating it. Even here on the shores of South Africa, Darryn won’t shut up about it and I can usually expect at least one message a day telling me to go and play it.

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Despite being free-to-play, as it feels most of the world’s most profitable games are, Genshin Impact pulls in cash with a series of gacha-like loot boxes and we all know that people just adore loot boxes. Except in the case of Genshin Impact, that’s not even sarcastic as people seem to genuinely not mind the implementation of the system as the actual game is so stuffed with content that spending on microtransactions feels unnecessary.

As Darryn wrote the other week:

It’s an addictive loop of always wanting better stuff, an eternal slot machine where you pray to RNGesus with every pull of the one-armed bandit. You can of course drop real currency into the pot to get a collection of wishes and instant gratification and a better chance at five-star drops.  I do want to support developer miHiYo for their grand effort down the line, but the truth is that they’ve gone and made such a good core game, that I don’t feel tempted yet to indulge in some microtransactions.

Genshin Impact is out now on PC, PS4, and mobile.

Last Updated: October 12, 2020

3 Comments

  1. Iskape

    October 12, 2020 at 10:51

    Let’s hope they continue to add new content and support the game, even though they’ve made their millions! I’m enjoying.

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  2. kiekers

    October 12, 2020 at 11:31

    i downloaded this, looks like a lot of fun, unfortunately I also downloaded NieR: Automata at the same time, which I’ve wanted to play for the longest time now. So haven’t dived into this as much yet.

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  3. Du4098

    October 12, 2020 at 17:19

    I tapped out when the Anime girl jumped into the water and the word ‘WET’ popped up onto the screen.

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