Once Human Flops on Wishlist Targets at Steam Next Fest

NetEase's upcoming third-person shooter, Once Human, has achieved significant success, boasting over 15 million global pre-registrations. This follows a strong showing at Steam Next Fest. However, a closer examination reveals a notable disparity between its PC and mobile performance.

While pre-registrations are impressive, only 300,000 translate to Steam wishlists. This highlights the contrast between NetEase's established mobile presence and its PC-first approach with Once Human. Despite its Steam Next Fest success, attracting the most demo players, the game's PC reach still lags behind its mobile potential.

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This isn't to criticize NetEase's PC focus. The data, however, underscores the challenge even major developers face in achieving comparable visibility and popularity on PC compared to mobile platforms. The vast difference in pre-registrations versus Steam wishlists is a telling indicator of this discoverability gap.

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