①"Black Myth: Wukong" has been popular, driving a wave of hot sales of game-related equipment. ②Second-hand PS5 and graphics cards have become the cost-effective choices for "Destiny People".
"Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily" news on August 21 (Reporter Tang Zhixiao) Recently, the first domestic 3A game "Black Myth: Wukong" was launched simultaneously worldwide, landing on PS5, Steam, EpicGamesStore, and WeGame platforms. SteamDB data shows that last night, the simultaneous online players of "Black Myth: Wukong" exceeded 2.2 million, currently ranking second in the historical peak of all games' online players on Steam.
"Black Myth: Wukong" official recommended the best configuration for the best experience.
It is understood that due to its exquisite game modeling and smooth 3D fighting, the game has high hardware requirements. Therefore, it has also sparked a wave of players upgrading their equipment.
According to information provided by Tmall platform, in the past week, Tmall's 3C digital home game console transaction volume increased by more than 80% year-on-year, and PS5 game console, gaming notebook, DIY computer, keyboard, mouse, and gaming headset became the Top 6 most popular categories.
Among them, the sales volume of PS5 host in the Sony Play Station Tmall flagship store has increased by more than 100% year-on-year, and it has been the first in sales of video game equipment for 4 consecutive days. Some players told reporters: "Compared with computers, PS5 host does not need to worry about configuration and image quality. It is also the preferred choice for "little white" players."
On the Jingdong platform, the joint game controller of eight-bit hall "Black Myth: Wukong" wireless model sells for 169 yuan, and the wired model sells for 129 yuan. The joint game controller has sold more than 0.01 million units and has entered the second round of replenishment.
In addition, relatively cost-effective second-hand equipment has also become the choice of some players.
According to data from Zhuanzhuan, after the game was launched, the platform's second-hand PS5 transaction volume increased by 128% day-on-day and 296% week-on-week, and search volume increased by 237% day-on-day. At the same time, the computer transaction volume increased by 96% day-on-day, and the graphics card transaction volume increased by 104% day-on-day.
The staff of Zhuanzhuan said that in order to better serve consumers' needs, the platform has recently increased its detection and shelf efforts on second-hand gaming equipment to ensure that all official verified products listed comply with usage standards.
Recently, searches and transaction volume for game consoles, graphics cards and other products on Xianyu have also experienced significant growth. The search volume for "RTX4090" graphics card increased by 230%, and the transaction volume of two graphics cards, 4060Ti and 4070, was the highest, with a maximum daily transaction volume exceeding 400 units each. Second-hand markets for high-performance graphics cards such as 4080 and 4090, which can handle 4K game screens, have also experienced a wave of price increases.
Xianyu staff said that since August, the search volume of PS5 on the platform has surged by more than 300%, and the transaction volume has set a new high for this year, with a maximum daily transaction volume exceeding 700 units. Many commodities have recently added text descriptions related to "Black Myth" and "Wukong".