Genshin Impact is free but fans spend a lot: that's how much

Genshin Impact is undoubtedly one of the most successful games of the last period, as well as being the Chinese title with the best international launch ever, reaching 17 million downloads in four days on mobile devices, up to 23 million in the 'arc of the first week. It is curious that miHoYo's free-to-play RPG, despite being a free downloadable title, has grossed 100 million dollars in less than two weeks in microtransactions.

To inform us of the conspicuity of such data is the 'analyst Daniel Ahmad - better known on Twitter as ZhugeEX - also specifying that the countries from which the greatest earnings come are China, the country of origin of the development team, Japan, South Korea and the United States. Ahmad himself recently updated these data by citing a previous tweet, dating back to a few days ago, in which he informed us that already before the launch of Genshin Impact there were 20 million pre-registrations and that the estimated receipts in a single week on all available platforms - PC, PS4 and mobile devices - was 50 million.

Genshin Impact has now grossed over $ 100m in less than two weeks.

China, Japan, Korea and the US are top markets for the F2P game.

Without a doubt the most successful launch for an original IP from a Chinese dev. https://t.co/WjOOpLa66V

- Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) October 10, 2020



In the same Twitter post, Daniel Ahmad also provided his own point of view on the reasons for the success of Genshin Impact. Well, for the analyst, in addition to the similarities with Zelda BOTW, the game is also appreciable for many other reasons. First of all, the fact that it is a free-to-play game; secondly, Genshin Impact is an open world title, with a breathtaking graphic sector and a narrative logic that have nothing to envy to the most esteemed and paid titles. In addition to this, the combat system is remarkably effective, exploiting the power of the seven elements, such as: Anemo, Electro, Hydro, Pyro, Cryo, Dendro and Geo. According to him, it is this sense of involvement that drives monetization

Millions of gamers all over the world have thus started their adventure in Teyvat, a totally explorable world, with the aim of unveiling infinite mysteries and get answers from the deities who rule the seven elements. Considering the incredible success of Genshin Impact and the incredible financial support of the videogame public, there is no doubt that the team will continue to work on the title, and why not, maybe even on something more ambitious in the future.

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