Genshin Impact generated US$3 billion in revenue in 2022, equivalent to R$15.6 billion. This revenue only comes from mobiles through in-game purchases. HoYoverse’s open-world RPG has enjoyed great popularity worldwide and has been a hit on all platforms it’s on (PS4, PS5, PC, Android and iOS). The title was released in 2020 and has beautiful graphics, elaborate gameplay and an engaging story.
Genshin Impact game is developed and published by HoYoverse studio (formerly miHoYo). The story and art of the game captivates several players by the beauty and events that captivate them in a way that you always want to know what will come next. Both the graphics and the content released with each update also help the open world RPG audience to grow more and more.
Genshin Impact has been a success since its first year
Ever since it was released, Genshin Impact has captured the world’s attention. Proof of this was a revenue of US$ 2.3 billion in just one year. The following year, in 2022, the popular RPG by HoYoverse proved to continue its rapid growth and broke the record with US$ 2.8 billion, generated only by users of mobile devices (cell phones and tablets) according to information published on the subreddit Genshin Impact. According to the information, 62% of the microtransactions were from China while 36% came from the rest of the world.
It is important to remember that the player is not obliged to spend on Genshin Impact, although this gives advantages to evolve faster in the game. Even with the “gacha” mechanics within the game, there are users who don’t spend any real money to have fun with HoYoverse’s open world RPG.