NTE Global Sales Surpass China, Japan Leads Overseas
The report marks a rare case where a Chinese free-to-play open-world title earns more abroad than at home, with Japan as its strongest overseas market.
Reporting from 1 sources: Automaton.
Perfect World Games reported to investors that global sales of open-world RPG NTE: Neverness to Everness have exceeded its domestic sales in China, with Japan showing particularly strong performance. The game, developed by Hotta Studio, launched globally on April 29 after a Chinese pre-release on April 23. Version 1.1 'Dream Corridor' set new single-day sales records on both sides, and the game rose to first place in Japan's iOS game sales ranking.
Perfect World Games told investors on June 4 that global sales of NTE: Neverness to Everness have overtaken its Chinese domestic sales. The company attributed the result to differentiated marketing strategies per region and said it will continue deepening its global push. Japan, where anime-style games are especially popular, drove much of the overseas performance. After the version 1.1 update on June 3, the game hit first place on Japan's iOS game sales ranking and second place in the overall sales ranking. On PlayStation it has held a high position since launch. The game also skews toward stationary platforms: PC accounts for about 60% of Chinese players, while PC and PlayStation combined account for about 70% globally.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.