When Genshin Impact was first announced in 2019, few expected the game to be so successful. In fact, what most people seemed to worry about was comparing it to some other major title, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. But now, some five years later, Genshin Impact is arguably at the highest level of mobile gaming; Even incorporating players who would otherwise never use their smartphones to play.
Even with the subsequent release of HoYoverse and other developers who followed suit with open-world 3D action RPGs, Genshin Impact has managed to continue to attract players, albeit with a slight drop in monthly earnings. It prevented the game from reaching a milestone, surpassing $5 billion in lifetime revenue and becoming the fastest mobile game ever created, according to new data from studio firm Data. ai. That’s faster than Clash of Clans, which took about seven years to reach $4. billion!
So why has Genshin Impact continued to bring in players, and more importantly, money? And regardless of players, is it slipping behind in other areas?
But okay, we’re not just talking about games in general, we’re talking about pseudo-multiplayer RPGs like Genshin specifically, right? Well, as a lot of people have pointed out, that discussion can be just as heated and misaimed. Maybe it’s the afterglow of Call of Duty and Halo, with their millions upon millions of peak players, that makes people overestimate just how many players a game needs to stay alive.
All of which is to say, despite having been around for almost half a decade now, Genshin Impact still has more than enough players to keep it healthy. Although it may be facing internal competition from Honkai Star Rail, which itself has begun syphoning off the game’s revenue. Despite post-Covid corrections, we’ve seen players continue to grow, but not quite spending at the level they once did. But this latest milestone shows that long term, Genshin has remained a money spinner.
So, it’s really hard to think of it as “just” a mobile game. But even if you’re not a fan or a gamer, it’s hard to deny the impact it has on the industry; for better or worse. And it’s hard to tell he’s dead or dying as he continues to raise money and players for parent company HoYoverse. But even so, its peak in terms of profits will possibly soon be over. . .
What do you think? Are you still Genshin? Are you still enjoying it?Or have you moved on? Let us know in the comments!