{"id":67789,"date":"2026-06-05T18:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=67789"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:37:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:37:41","slug":"neverness-to-everness-global-revenue-surpasses-domestic-sales-popularity-in-japan-particularly-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/neverness-to-everness-global-revenue-surpasses-domestic-sales-popularity-in-japan-particularly-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Neverness to Everness global revenue surpasses domestic sales. Popularity in Japan particularly strong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Neverness to Everness<\/strong> (NTE) publisher Perfect World\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/static.cninfo.com.cn\/finalpage\/2026-06-04\/1225352382.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent investor relations event<\/a> on June 4 revealed that the game is performing well financially in overseas markets, particularly in Japan, South Korea, North America, and Europe. For Japan in particular, the recent Version 1.1 update (which was released on June 3) saw NTE rise to the top of the iOS game sales charts and reach second place in the overall sales rankings. The game has also consistently maintained a high ranking on the PlayStation charts since the start of its public test back in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NTE\u4e28Version 1.1 PV - Dreamwalk Corridor\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7YFVW-3joio?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Version 1.1, Dreamwalk Corridor, saw the addition of the S-rank recruitable character Lacrimosa, the new Sunward Island playable area, new cosmetics and a Porsche collaboration vehicle, as well as various quality of life changes. On the day of its release, NTE set new single-day sales records in China and overseas, amounting to over 100 million Chinese Yuan (roughly $14.8 million USD) &#8211; the highest ever since the launch of the public beta. Upon review, overseas sales have surpassed domestic sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perfect World reported that the majority of NTE\u2019s player base comes from PC and console, with PC players in China accounting for 60% of the country\u2019s player count and PC and PlayStation users accounting for 70% of global players. The publisher also addressed why <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/open-world-anime-rpg-neverness-to-everness-hits-14-million-globally-on-day-one-led-by-japan-and-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">global sales for NTE<\/a> are higher than domestic sales, saying that its strategy of tailoring marketing approaches to different regions resulted in it performing better overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving forward, Perfect World plans on improving NTE\u2019s mobile version by optimizing performance and introducing more people to its cloud version, which allows Android and iOS users to enjoy the game with better graphics and frame rates. The company also says it will continue to expand NTE\u2019s presence in the global market through tailored marketing strategies and more in-game content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neverness to Everness is available on Android, iOS, PlayStation 5, as well as Windows and macOS (downloadable from the <a href=\"https:\/\/nte.perfectworld.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official website<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/why-cant-japan-make-an-open-world-anime-game-of-ntes-scale-japanese-developers-weigh-in-amid-titles-domestic-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Why can\u2019t Japan make an open-world anime game of NTE\u2019s scale? Japanese developers weigh in amid title\u2019s domestic success<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/open-world-rpg-neverness-to-everness-fully-leans-into-initial-d-references-with-familiar-tofu-shop-panda-trueno-and-mountain-drifting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Open-world RPG Neverness to Everness fully leans into Initial D references with familiar tofu shop, panda Trueno and mountain drifting<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neverness to Everness (NTE) publisher Perfect World reports high day one-sales after the release of  the recent Version 1.1 update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":67791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-67789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Neverness to Everness global revenue surpasses domestic sales. 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