During the event Genshin Impact Fes 2023which took place in Shanghai in August this year, Liu Weithe president of myHoYothe developer and distributor of the popular video game “Genshin Impact“, offered a conference in which he shared revealing details about the initial challenges faced by the development team.
Wei began his speech by recalling the start of the project in 2017, when miHoYo was a small company. At the time, the team was young and lacked significant industry experience. Despite the initial difficulties, they decided to embark on the production of “Genshin Impact” with courage and passion.
However, the president admitted that the development became extremely complicated. In particular, he highlighted the lack of its own game engine and the inexperience in creating an open world. These obstacles led them to face very difficult times during the development process.
The turning point came in 2019 when they launched the closed testing phase of the game. Although they were full of hope and proud of their work, the response from the testing phase was completely different from what they expected. Players did not understand the vision of “Genshin Impact,” which led the team to an unprecedented crisis. There was misunderstanding and confusion, and the team members became very worried.
However, Wei shared that this crisis gave them the determination to prove themselves right. In the second half of 2019, they decided to focus on developing the Liyue region to show players what they were trying to achieve. As Liyue was completed in early 2020, players finally began to understand the game’s vision, and “Genshin Impact” began to gain support.
Wei expressed his gratitude to the players for accompanying the team on this journey and acknowledged that without the support of the gaming community, they would not have come this far. In short, he thanked the players for their loyalty and hoped to continue moving forward with them in the future.
This revelation of the initial challenges in the development of “Genshin Impact” offers a fascinating look at how a game that has become a global phenomenon overcame difficulties and became a success. Fans of the game can further appreciate the journey of the team behind this masterpiece of the video game industry, as the comments demonstrate:
- «Genshin Impact’s exploration is simply impressive. There are so many incredible places to immerse yourself in. The developers have done an incredible job».
- «I really like the CEO of HoYoverse. He is a brave person who cares about his games. It’s hard to find many people who share the same feeling. Keep going!».
- «Genshin Impact is like a gift during the pandemic where we are limited to our own homes and countries. With Genshin Impact I lived the experience of traveling and seeing the best landscapes of Teyvat. It’s a great experience, so I keep traveling around Fontaine, and it just keeps getting better! No money ever wasted great job developers!!!».
- «Genshin Impact has become such a natural part of my life, and I’m happy to see a CEO like Dawei being so down to earth. He seems like a lovely person.».
- «Much respect to the developers. They have truly created a unique experience. Genshin Impact is not just a game, it is an emotion».
- «I really like the CEO of miHoYo. Most CEOs would try to appear happy and friendly at such an event, but there’s one thing you can’t fake: the excitement and passion you hear in Da Wei’s voice. Like every time we see him, you can see his enthusiasm for his games. And I’m happy for him, because he must literally be living his dream. I don’t think that when he was a young otaku who had just graduated from college and had fun playing anime games, he thought that 10 years later he would be the CEO of his own multi-million dollar gaming company.».
- «You can see how excited he was when talking about the difficult moments, I’m glad it turned out amazing, they really are very brave and always try to improve the gaming experience. Fontaine is impressive thanks to this type of work».
- «The passion in Da Wei’s voice, the story itself, the fact that he remembers all those details about the early development phase really shows how passionate the studio is about Genshin Impact and how hard they have worked on the game. It makes me very happy… But then I remember how fans keep calling Genshin Impact “Hoyo’s least favorite son” and “Hoyo’s ruthless bargain”, and I get sad again».
- «I was introduced to the game by my sisters who heard about the hype from somewhere, I will never forget my first day playing on the PS4 while my sisters watched, and I explored. “Wow this is an apple”, “Wow what is that dragon, who is that girl talking to the dragon”».
- «When you put in so much effort you are sure to succeed. Good job miHoYo!».
- «The beautiful thing about Genshin Impact is that the gameplay is so basic and at the same time so creative. I could never imagine being able to create stories in any other game the way I can with Genshin. The possibilities are endless and the characters are endearing. Genshin Impact has made history and will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the most important games of all time, if not the best».
- «The truth is that the game is wonderful, and for an open world game they have done a great job».
- «We can imagine tremendous efforts behind the open world of Genshin Impact, artwork, gameplay, plot, music, mechanics, and all its concepts… Hoyoverse really deserves its hard-earned billions».
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