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‘Wukong’ Game Debut Drives PlayStation 5 to Top of Alibaba Tmall
- ‘Black Myth: Wukong’ doubled PS5 sales on the online store
- Indie studio’s game is proving to be China’s biggest PC hit
A man plays 'Black Myth: Wukong', during its launch day in Hangzhou, China, on Aug. 20.
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The release of China’s biggest PC game to date, Black Myth: Wukong, also sparked an unusual buying spree for Sony Group Corp.’s PlayStation 5.
The PS5 jumped to the top of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s list for electronics game equipment in the week leading up to Wukong’s Aug. 20 release, doubling its sales from the same period a year earlier. Playable on the Sony console as well as on PC, Wukong was top of Alibaba’s Taobao hot search on launch day and enticed gamers to buy new hardware in a market where mobile gaming typically reigns supreme.