Fantasy Westward Journey
Fantasy Westward Journey (simplified Chinese: 梦幻西游; traditional Chinese: 夢幻西遊; pinyin: Mèng Huàn Xī Yóu) is a MMORPG developed and run by NetEase. It was released for the Microsoft Windows platform in December 2001.[1] The game is the most popular online game in China as of May 2007 by peak concurrent users (PCU), with a peak count of 1.5 million.[2] Registered users reached 25 million by April 2005,[3] with 576,000 peak concurrent players on 198 game servers, considered the fastest growing online game in China at the time.[3] Average concurrent users was reported in August 2006 to be around 400,000.[4] The game uses the same engine as Westward Journey II with a distinctively different graphical style. Both games are inspired by the Chinese novel Journey to the West. Together with Westward Journey II, it is one of the highest-grossing video games of all time, having grossed an estimated $6.5 billion in lifetime revenue, as of 2019 and having 400 million users as of 2015.[5]
History
In 2006 July, the administrators dissolved a 700-member anti-Japanese guild, and locked the account of its founder for having an anti-Japanese username.[6] A mass protest took place in the game days later on July 7, the anniversary of the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War, with up to 80,000 users joining the online protest on one of the servers.[7]
Total registered users of Fantasy Westward Journey reached 310 million as of 2015.[8]
Mobile version
A mobile version was released for the Apple iOS and Google Android operating systems in 2015. It grossed over $800 million in China alone by 2016.[9] In 2017, it grossed $1.5 billion worldwide,[10] bringing the mobile version's total revenue to approximately $2.3 billion by 2017.
Fantasy Westward Journey launched its first 3D animation in 2015. After release on the Chinese mainstream online video platform, it successively launched on several Chinese TV stations.[11]
See also
References
- ^ "About NetEase Games".
- ^ "China Analyst - News and Insights on U.S.-Listed Chinese Stocks: Ranking of Top 10 Online Games in China and Its Implications". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
- ^ a b Xinhua. "夢幻西遊"搭車"動感地帶" 網遊結盟中移動. Apr 6, 2005. (in Chinese)
- ^ "if:book: controversy in a MMORPG". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
- ^ Messner, Steven (16 September 2019). "The 5 biggest PC games in China that you'll probably never play". PC Gamer.
- ^ Jenkins, Henry (August 2006). "National Politics within Virtual Game Worlds: The Case of China". Henry Jenkins. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
- ^ "WORLDBEAT - Chinese take anti-Japan protest online - Network World". Archived from the original on 2007-11-24. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
- ^ "Press Release - April 21, 2015" (Press release).
- ^ "App Annie 2016 Retrospective" (PDF). App Annie. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-12. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "2017 YEAR IN REVIEW: DIGITAL GAMES AND INTERACTIVE MEDIA" (PDF). SuperData Research. January 25, 2018.
- ^ "情怀之作 梦幻西游2动画片感动继续_网络游戏梦幻西游2_官方网站合作专区_新浪游戏_新浪网". games.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
External links
- Official website
- v
- t
- e
- Sun Wukong
- Tang Sanzang
- Zhu Bajie
- Sha Wujing
- White Dragon Horse
- Red Boy
- Baigujing
- Xiezijing
- Princess Iron Fan
- Bull Demon King
- Heifeng Guai
- Zhenyuan Daxian
- Puti Zushi
- Kui Mulang
- Pilanpo
- Maori Xingguan
- Dapeng Jinchi Mingwang
Animated |
|
---|---|
Live action |
|
- A Supplement to the Journey to the West (c. 1640)
Animated |
|
---|---|
Live action |
|
- Monkey: Journey to the West (play)
- Patalliro Saiyuki! (1978)
- Starzinger (1979)
- Dragon Ball (1984)
- Saiyūki (1997)
- The Monkey King (1998)
- Shinzo (2000)
- Monkey Typhoon (2001)
- Xin (2003)
- American Born Chinese (2006)
- Saint
- Ether Saga Odyssey
- Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
- Fantasy Westward Journey
- Ganso Saiyūki: Super Monkey Daibōken
- Legend of Wukong
- Monkey Hero
- Monkey King: Hero Is Back
- Monkey Magic
- Pokémon
- Saiyuki: Journey West
- SonSon
- Westward Journey Online II
- Whomp 'Em
- Yūyūki
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Monkey (1942 novel)
- Griever: An American Monkey King in China (1986 novel)
- Tripmaster Monkey (1989 novel)
- Four Great Classical Novels
- Gao Village
- Gao Village Arc
- Mount Huaguo
- Shuilian Cave
- Tongtian River
- Liusha River
- List of media adaptations of Journey to the West
- Monkey King Festival
- Ruyi Jingu Bang
- Journey to the West (2008 soundtrack)