September Mobile Publisher Revenue Ranking: The 'Old Three' Remain Dominant, Netizens Go Hunting for the 'Immortal'

The global revenue ranking for Chinese mobile game publishers in September has been released. The top of the list remains dominated by the familiar 'Old Three' (the industry giants), with such a stagnant hierarchy that many onlookers joked the rankings feel 'frozen in time.'

Faced with this uneventful list, users on NGA quickly turned it into a game of 'spot the difference.' While some were confused by Tencent’s profile icon (likely PUBG), the focus of the discussion shifted to the absence of a certain 'Immortal' (Xianren). Players sarcastically asked where this 'Great Mobile Game Immortal'—a community nickname for a specific developer—had vanished to.

In the comment section, players lamented that the ranking was almost boringly stable. The 'Immortal' mentioned is clearly a sarcastic term for a developer whose status or recent output has become a point of contention. For veteran players, this ranking is less about financial data and more of a detective game to see 'who is laughing all the way to the bank' and who is falling behind.