Beat Video games, the Czechia-based studio recognized for VR’s hottest recreation Beat Saber (2018), revealed it’s managed to generate practically $100 million in income over the course of final 12 months because of the block-slashing rhythm recreation.
Czech language publication CzechCrunch confirmed that Beat Video games earned 2.3 billion Czech koruna in income final 12 months alone, or round $97 million USD.
This locations it because the top-earning recreation studio in Czechia, because it now sits above Bohemia Interactive (Arma, DayZ), SCS Software program (Euro Truck Simulator 2), and Warhorse Studios (Kingdom Come: Deliverance).
It’s loopy that 4 years since we based Beat Video games, it grew to become the most important recreation studio within the Czech Republic with development virtually 65% from final 12 months. The group is “slashing” it!!!! and thanks all for superb help!! 🙏❤️💙 https://t.co/PnZZrxKsVc
— Jaroslav Beck (@JaroslavBeck) June 30, 2022
CzechCrunch signifies this represents a year-over-year development of round 65 %, as final 12 months Beat Video games reported gross sales of 1.4 billion koruna (~$59 million USD).
Revenue is one other factor fully nonetheless. For comparability, Bohemia Interactive reported an after-tax revenue of 616 million koruna (~$26 million USD) final 12 months. Beat Video games reported an after-tax revenue of solely 70 million koruna (~$3 million USD).
Bohemia Interactive acts as each developer and writer of its personal titles, which is probably going why after-tax revenue is so excessive compared to Beat Video games, which was acquired by Meta (previously Fb) again in 2019. Based by Ján Ilavský, Vladimír Hrinčár and Jaroslav Beck in 2018, the group now contains greater than thirty members working beneath the Meta identify.
With Meta’s deep pockets, Beat Saber has continued to pump out a gradual stream of tracks to slice and grove to, which incorporates content material from high-profile artists corresponding to Skrillex, BTS, Inexperienced Day, Timbaland, Linkin Park, and Think about Dragons, to not point out the Interscope Music Pack that includes tracks from the likes of Kendrick Lamar, OneRepublic, Limp Bizkit, and Maroon 5.
Beat Saber usually sits on the high of the charts throughout all supported headsets now 4 years later, which incorporates PSVR, PC VR headsets, and the Meta Quest platform, the latter of which has little question been the important thing driver for gross sales in 2021 because of the discharge of Quest 2.