Genshin Impact is getting canceled by fans in China

Genshin Impact fans in China are not very pleased with the recently announced rewards for the Chinese New Year in version 4.4. The officials revealed that they will give away only three Intertwined Fates for this year's Lantern Rite Festival, upsetting many players in the country. It has also led to fans unfollowing the game's official social media accounts and other companies collaborating with the title, including KFC and Pizza Hut.

This is similar to the first-anniversary drama when HoYoverse only gave 10 Intertwined Fates as rewards, but players didn't feel it was enough. More about this is covered below.

Disclaimer: This article is subject to regular updates, including fact-checking and incorporation of any new developments related to the situation. We strive to provide accurate and up-to-date information for our readers.

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Genshin Impact gets review bombed by Chinese fans following the Chinese New Year reward announcements

The upcoming version 4.4 update will celebrate the fourth Lantern Rite Festival, a Chinese New Year-themed event, and the Genshin Impact officials have announced three Intertwined fates alongside other common rewards to celebrate the event. However, the fans in China are not exactly happy because they feel it isn't enough, and the rewards haven't changed even though the game has been active for over three years.

This has led to Genshin Impact being review bombed by fans on BiliBili, resulting in more 1-star ratings than 5-star ratings. A similar thing happened in the past when HoYoverse announced only 10 Intertwined Fates rewards for the game's first anniversary.

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Genshin Impact accused of buying bots to maintain follower count on BiliBili

Fans also suspect that Hoyoverse might be trying to recover the follower count, as X user @hxg_diluc shared some insights showing an increase in 'bots' aka 'zombie accounts' in the official handle's followers list. These accounts are easy to identify as they all have a combination of random numbers and "bili" in their username. Additionally, they are all following only one account: Genshin Impact.

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Genshin Impact loses social media followers as fans are not satisfied with the Chinese New Year rewards

Fans in China did not stop at just review-bombing. The community has also unfollowed the game's official Douyin account en masse, resulting in the loss of over a million followers within a day, from 9.6 million to a little over eight million. The Chinese community has also accused HoYoverse of favoring the global servers more and giving away better rewards to the global players.

This has led to a mass unfollowing of the game on other social media platforms as well, such as Weibo and BiliBili.

In addition, the fans in China are mass unfollowing other companies collaborating with Genshin Impact. This includes popular brands like KFC, Pizza Hut, and Hey Tea.

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Over the last few days, other popular Mihoyo-made titles such as Honkai Star Rail and Honkai Impact 3rd are also being pulled into the debate as the "benchmarks of generous celebratory rewards". As the situation worsens, fans still await an official response from Hoyoverse addressing the issue and remain hopeful for an official statement in the near future.

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Update: Previously we reported that Hoyoverse had apologized regarding the matter based on an X source. Upon further inspection, we discovered that not to be the case and promptly removed it.