news

한어Русский языкEnglishFrançaisIndonesianSanskrit日本語DeutschPortuguêsΕλληνικάespañolItalianoSuomalainenLatina

After the official launch of "Black Myth: Wukong", it has become a well-deserved "traffic king" and has earned countless amounts of money.

According to statistics from the domestic game best-selling list, in just one day, the total sales of "Black Myth: Wukong" on multiple platforms exceeded 4.5 million copies, and the total sales exceeded 1.5 billion yuan.

However, many "destined people" also joked: "The journey to the West has 81 difficulties, the first difficulty is decompression, and the second is shader compilation." These difficulties are closely related to computer configuration, so many users buy new game consoles, graphics cards or host computers for the game.

PS5 game consoles are almost out of stock

According to Xiaoxiang Morning News, in the Changsha market on August 22, PS5 sales were hot, prices rose, and many stores were almost out of stock and in short supply.

"All units have been sold out today, and the subsequent delivery time has not been determined, because the popularity of PS5 is too great, and the manufacturer is in short supply. We did not expect it to be so popular, so we do not have a lot of stock in the store." A staff member of a JD computer store in Changsha said that the game has sold dozens of units in three days since it was launched, while it may have sold only about a dozen units a month before. However, it is not recommended to buy it now, because the price has increased by 300-400 yuan.

"I'm sorry, we're out of stock of PS5 in our store. It's out of stock everywhere right now. It's so popular. We're not sure when the stock will arrive," said an employee at another computer and digital store.

According to the Securities Times, the PS5 is basically out of stock in Shenzhen Huaqiangbei. Some stores said that even if there is stock, the price may be unaffordable. The cheapest one could be bought for more than 2,000 yuan before, but now it costs more than 3,000 yuan or even 4,000 yuan. The above-mentioned store also said: "If you want to buy it, you can only place an order, and you may have to come back two weeks later."

In addition, according to Yangcheng Evening News, on August 22, an employee of a Sony store in Guangzhou said that the popularity of Black Myth: Wukong has led to "a lot of people buying PS5" and "a significant increase in traffic", and product shortages have become a common phenomenon; pre-sales have become the main way to buy the product, and the delivery time is about three days. On the other hand, a staff member from the Shenzhen Microsoft store concluded: "Currently, Xbox is also sold out, and it has been in a cycle of shortage and replenishment."

The assembler in Huaqiangbei is busy from morning till night

In addition to PS5, many consumers also choose to upgrade their computer equipment in one go. A clerk at a computer and digital store in Changsha said that the number of consumers who came to inquire about trial play has increased significantly in recent days.

"In order to make the 250 yuan worthwhile, I spent an extra 10,000 yuan to buy a computer." Consumer Yu Shao (pseudonym) said that his previous computer could not run "Black Myth: Wukong", so he bought a new computer in anger for a better gaming experience.

Image source: Xiaoxiang Morning News

According to the Securities Times, the owner of a computer assembly store in Huaqiangbei said: "To play Black Myth, the minimum configuration is 4060ti or above, and a host is about 5,000 yuan. If you want to play 2K or 4K quality, it will be even more expensive, basically you need a configuration of 9,000 yuan, 10,000 yuan or 20,000 yuan."

The computer assembler at the stall was also helpless: "We received dozens of computer installation orders today, most of which were for Black Myth. I used to be able to slack off at work, but now I am busy from morning till night and have almost no free time."

Peripheral products such as keyboards, mice, and gaming headsets also saw a small sales peak. Following the shortage of Luckin Coffee co-branded peripheral products on the 19th, a large number of "Black Myth" co-branded peripheral products sold on JD.com were out of stock on the 20th. The 8Bitdo "Black Myth" co-branded game controller priced at 128 yuan, the co-branded short-sleeved T-shirt priced at 247 yuan, and the co-branded messenger bag priced at 367 yuan were all out of stock.

In addition, according to 21st Century Business Herald, on the Pinduoduo platform, some stores even had to temporarily remove products related to "Black Myth: Wukong". A Pinduoduo store that sells game activation codes issued an announcement saying: "Wukong is too popular = too many messages, and 5 customer service staff can't respond to them all."

In addition, second-hand equipment with relatively high cost performance has also become the choice of some players.

According to media reports, searches and transactions for consoles, graphics cards and other products on the second-hand platform Xianyu have also seen a significant increase recently. Searches for "RTX4090" graphics cards increased by 230%, and 4060Ti and 4070 graphics cards had the highest transaction volumes, with the highest daily transaction volume exceeding 400 orders.

Hot search! "Black Myth: Wukong" was accused of plagiarism

The popularity of Black Myth: Wukong continues to rise, but it was revealed today that it has plagiarized. On August 23, the topic #Black Myth: Wukong suspected of plagiarism# ranked first on Weibo's hot search list.

In the early morning of August 23, "Sai Shang Li Yunzhong" posted a Weibo with a picture from the "Monkey King's Body" chapter in "Black Myth: Wukong", which was similar to the posture of the Monkey King in "Journey to the West Character Atlas" published in 2012. He said, "It seems that the Monkey King drawn for me has changed his equipment."

Regarding the above similarities, netizens have different opinions. Some netizens questioned, "Can the posture be identified as plagiarism?" Some netizens expressed dissatisfaction, "The posture is exactly the same, unless this game can produce evidence that Figure 1 was drawn earlier than 2012." Some netizens also gave a precautionary shot to protect the blogger, "Teacher Li Yunzhong never accused art plagiarism from the beginning to the end, he said it might be borrowed. I hope Black Myth fans will not get stressed."

However, compared to Li Yunzhong, another blogger's expression was more direct.

Just the day before, the blogger "Xuan鏐108", who was certified as a third-level craftsman on Weibo, posted a Weibo post comparing the armband of Yang Jian in "Black Myth: Wukong" with the armbands he had designed in the past, and lamented, "It's been plagiarized again. Is it so difficult to be original?" Then, a blogger posted a video, comparing the details of Yang Jian's armband in the game "Black Myth: Wukong" with the blogger's past works one by one, to prove the plagiarism.

In addition, "Nanshan Zen", a blogger who shares images of grottoes, temples, and museums, also posted a post comparing previously taken pictures with the images in the game, and directly @ed the producer Feng Ji, saying, "Hello Wukong, I was not informed when using Monkey King's pictures. If you see it, please contact me. Thank you."

It is understood that Li Yunzhong is a young painter from Inner Mongolia, known as the first person to paint "Journey to the West". The blogger of "Xuanlu 108" is Li Hui, a Chinese armor artist and Beijing arts and crafts master.