① A game called “Phantom Beast Paru” blew up the gaming world. “Phantom Beast” has a simultaneous online peak of over 1 million on Steam, making it the game with the highest number of simultaneous online players of any paid game in Steam history. ② “Phantom Beast” game developer PocketPair has also developed an AI drawing game “AI: ArtimPostor”. AI is expected to reshape game production methods.
Recently, a game called “Phantom Beast Paru” blew up the gaming industry. “Phantom Beast” launched on Steam on January 19. It is a new open world survival production game that supports a multiplayer mode. According to SteamDB data, “Phantom Beast” has a simultaneous online peak of over 1 million on Steam and has become the game with the highest number of simultaneous online players among all paid games in Steam history. Meanwhile, the game officially stated on the X platform that sales of the “Phantom Beast” game exceeded 4 million copies in 3 days. Also, due to the popularity of the game, the “Phantom Beast” server went down for a while.
According to reports, “Phantom Beast” game developer Pocketpair was founded in 2015, and the company's CEO is TakuroMizobe. It's worth mentioning that Mizobe is a “fan” of generative AI technology. He has talked about generative AI technology many times on the X platform and is excited about it. In addition to “Phantom Beast”, PocketPair has also developed an AI drawing game “AI: ArtimPostor.” AI is expected to reshape game production methods and nurture new forms of content. Western Securities analysis points out that looking ahead to 2024, all major companies have key product layouts. As new games are launched one after another, players' long-term spending will be released centrally, which is expected to further boost per capita consumption in games, thus driving the market size of the industry to grow. At the same time, the development of AI technology will continue to have an impact on the industry.
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