The famous anime RPG Genshin Impact turns 2 years old in September. By then, the developers say they have invested 500 million euros in the game. This makes Genshin Impact one of the most expensive games ever produced.
This is how expensive Genshin Impact is: The developers miHoYo/Hoyoverse started with a budget of 100 million dollars and released the RPG on September 28, 2020. The title is now one of the biggest and most popular gacha games.
It was planned to invest a further 100 million in the game each year. However, CEO Cai Haoyu stated in an interview with the Chinese magazine 16P that this amount has doubled: they put $200 million a year into Genshin Impact.
Thus, on its second birthday, the game reaches a total cost of 500 million dollars, soon becoming one of the most expensive games ever developed. Star Citizen, an online space flight simulator, is often considered the most expensive game in development. According to the developers, the game has cost 400 million so far. So Genshin Impact managed to overtake Star Citizen.
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Developers produce more and more content
After the 2020 release was a complete success, the developers regularly brought new content, updates and events. There is currently a co-op event. They also quickly added new regions, along with other quests.
Events always bring new banners and characters that players can obtain through “prayer,” the gacha mechanic. With the use of the Urgestein currency you draw a figure or a weapon according to the current banner. There are new ones every few weeks.
The developers keep the players engaged with the large amount of content, so that they invest more and more time and money, but at the same time have fun with the numerous content. Some players don’t want to spend money and prefer to put a lot of time into the game.
How much have the developers already earned? Although Genshin Impact is free, miHoYo/Hoyoverse is estimated to have made between $2 billion and $3.5 billion from the game. However, there are no exact details from the developers.
The developers earned over 10 million euros in 2 days by giving players the opportunity to draw the best figure during prayer. So it seems worthwhile for miHoYo/Hoyoverse to invest in Genshin Impact.
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