![]() Honkai: Star Rail got its publishing license from Beijing in January after authorities ended the blockade on game approvals imposed in 2021. Honkai: Star Rail got a hero’s reception in China However, miHoYo has also done a lot to create buzz around the new game prior to release. Following the success of Genshin Impact, many gamers have been looking forward to the next game from the developer. Honkai: Star Rail may likely be feeding off the success of Genshin Impact. While the remaining 10 million were unevenly distributed across the rest of the world. About 20 million out of that number came from China. Honkai: Star Rail, a turn-based RPG got 30 million pre-registrations prior to the launch. Ahmad said the signs that Honkai: Star Rail would be a bigger hit than Genshin Impact was always there. Honkai: Star Rail smashed that number in 24 hours. To put the comparison into context, App Annie, a mobile analytics company said it took Genshin Impact four days after release to get 17 million downloads. As of March 2022, that number had swelled to $4 billion. ![]() In 2020, the Shanghai, China-based developer released Genshin Impact which broke video game records by grossing over $3 billion in its first release year. MiHoYo might have just found the secret to making hit games. “It’s already broken records by reaching no.1 on the iOS game download chart in more countries than any prior game,” Ahmad wrote on Twitter. ![]() According to a post on the Chinese microblogging website Weibo by Daniel Ahmad, the director of research and insight at Niko Partners, the game surpassed 20 million downloads in 24 hours. The numbers are trickling in and it is crazy how it has trumped the record set by Genshin Impact from the same developer. Honkai: Star Rail was released by miHoYo on 26 April 2023 on PC, iOS, Android, and PlayStation 4 and 5. ![]()
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