■ Inventory Rank – Growth support update effect? ‘Mabinogi’ rises in rankings for 2 weeks in a row
(We collect and select various indicators such as PC room usage rate, Inven user voting, community reaction, etc.)
In the last week of July, which ended yesterday, there was no significant change in the top ranks, while ‘Elsword’, which showed a high ranking last week, dropped five steps in one week, and there was an overall ranking change in the mid-range.
Nexon’s ‘Mabinogi’, which recently held various events such as a summer event and a stir-fried chicken stir-fry collaboration event, moved two steps up to 30th place following rising 4 places last week. Recently, Nexon has been actively collaborating with the food industry and attracting the attention of users, such as Jin Ramen, Kart Rider Rush Plus, Maple Story Bread, Carbo Buldak Noodles Mabinogi Package, Maple Story x Sulbing Collaborator, etc. It is getting a good response in that it extends the user’s experience into real life.
Hearthstone, which is regarding to release the new expansion pack ‘The Murders of Nasria Citadel’ this week, also climbed three places to 38th place compared to last week. In the new expansion pack released on August 3rd, you can meet ‘Legendary Suspect’ cards for each class, 135 cards reflecting the new card type ‘Place’ and the new keyword ‘Injection’.
Finally, ‘The Kingdom of the Winds’, which re-entered the leaderboard at 48th place last week, rose to 6th place and finished July at 42nd place. The summer update with new additions such as warrior class reorganization, new story content, and automatic hunting systems in some regions seems to have been well received.
■ Domestic PC Room Ranking – July 4th Weekly PC Room Weekly Report
According to The Log, a PC room game statistics service provided by the Ghetto, the total time spent in PC rooms nationwide last week was regarding 17.72 million hours, a decrease of 1.9% from the previous week and an increase of 6.4% from the previous year. The PC room utilization rate averaged 13.6% on weekdays and 18.8% on weekends, recording an average of 15.1% during the week.
League of Legends, which closed its share of 43% in July, decreased by 2.5% compared to last week. FIFA Online 4 followed, with 11% share, while Lost Arc and Sudden Attack occupied 5.9% and 5.8%, respectively, with Lost Arc taking third place with a difference of 0.1%.
Looking at the usage time trend by game, PUBG showed a 6.6% increase in usage time compared to the previous week and settled in the 5th place in the PC room rankings. Next, Aion’s usage time increased by 14%, which last week’s ‘Aion Classic’ updated content such as single-player dungeons.
In the top 20, the increase in usage time of GTA5, which recently updated ‘Crime Organization’, is noticeable. It climbed 28.6% from last week and settled in 25th place. Black Desert, which launched the new class, Awakening of Dracania, also succeeded in raising the ranking by 11.5%, increasing PC room usage time by 11.5%.
■ Steam Gaming Trends of the Week
Following last week, in the Steam user rankings, an unusual movement of Warner Bros.’s brawl-type fighting action game ‘Multiverse’ was detected. Since the open beta started last week, it has recorded the highest number of concurrent users of regarding 150,000, making it the 4th most played game on Steam.
It’s not just Steam. The open beta of Multiversus started with the console as well. The Multiplayer Group (MPG), a multiplayer consulting and analysis company, reported that regarding 800,000 people enjoyed Multiverse on Xbox and regarding 600,000 on PlayStation. , and Steam estimated that regarding 750,000 people played the game. Also, over the weekend of last week, it was the 7th most watched game on Twitch, with 143,000 concurrent viewers.
The fact that more than 2 million users are expected across all platforms just through the open beta test rather than the official release is an indicator of the popularity of ‘Multiverse’ once once more. However, it is a pity that there is no way to play other than using vpn in some parts of Asia including Korea.
However, it’s too early to give up hope, as Tony Huynh, co-founder of Player First Games, developer of Multiverse, tweeted that “the game will be rolled out in more regions as it stabilizes.”
On the other hand, in the Steam trend index, Digimon Survive, released on July 28, occupies the highest ranking. The maximum number of concurrent users is around 6,000, and the rating is ‘generally positive’ with 743 reviews.
In addition, inside the table, there is ‘Evolve Stage 2’, a shooting game by Turtle Rock Studios, which had already ended its service a few years ago. It is interpreted that the server that was thought to be closed forever was suddenly opened from mid-July. Even now, close to 1,000 players are playing the game, but currently it is not possible to purchase the game in the store, so only those who have purchased the game in the past can access it.
■ Domestic mobile game ranking
‘Uma Musume Pretty Derby’, which has additionally updated new characters including ‘Kitasan Black’ last week, has maintained the No. This seems to be due to the high performance of the new SSR support card Kitasan Black, and it is almost the only subculture game that succeeded in ranking first in sales, beating the Lineage brothers.
In addition, ‘Cookie Run: Kingdom’ by Devsisters, who recently started a collaboration event with Disney, jumped to 5th on the Apple App Store. Through this event, 20 kinds of characters such as Mickey Mouse and Snow White have been added in the form of cookies, and 47 kinds of limited-time decorations have also been added. New cookies and decorations added this time can be obtained by completing events such as exclusive draws or tutorials.
Meanwhile, Netmarble’s new ‘Seven Knights Revolution’, released on the 28th of last week, ranked No. However, as it is a large mobile game that has appeared in a long time, it is ranked first in both major markets in the popularity ranking.
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