EVERY Genshin Impact Banner Explained

My attempt at explaining all the reasons why some Genshin Impact limited wishes made more money that others... for every single banner we've ever had.

Intro: 0:00
1.0 - Venti / Klee : 1:27
1.1 - Tartaglia / Zhongli : 3:05
1.2 - Albedo / Ganyu: 4:14
1.3 - Xiao / Keqing / Hu Tao: 5:04
1.4 - Venti / Tartaglia: 7:30
1.5 - Zhongli / Eula: 8:19
1.6 - Klee / Kazuha: 9:28
2.0 - Kamisato Ayaka / Yoimiya: 11:26
2.1 - Raiden Shogun / Sangonomiya Kokomi: 12:20
2.2 - Tartaglia / Hu Tao: 14:25
2.3 - Albedo + Eula / Arataki Itto: 15:12
2.4 - Shenhe + Xiao / Zhongli + Ganyu: 15:55
2.5 - Yae Miko / Raiden + Kokomi: 16:49
2.6 - Kamisato Ayato + Venti / Ayaka: 17:46
2.7 - Yelan + Xiao / Itto: 18:56
2.8 Predictions + Conclusion: 19:55
#Genshin #GenshinImpact

[RedFlaim]

I wish my worst work would make a few million dollars

[ZiiiZero]

Fun fact: Why Childe was seemingly randomly in a banner in his first rerun at 1.4 during the Windblume Festival, was because it was the 11th banner since release.

Edit: First of all, wtf 3, 2k likes??

Second of all, to people doubting: Childe was originally released on the 11th day of the 11th month on patch 1.1. And of course, he is the 11th harbinger. So I don't think it's a coincidence that his rerun was on the 11th banner.
Some people have also pointed out that 1.4 was the patch when we first saw the hydro abyss herald, who has a similar fighting style as Childe, so there's some connection to the patch.

[LeaksHater]

A couple things I think could have been included:
- Zhongli being very hyped up probably brought the earnings up, even though he was really bad.
- Raiden had a very powerful C2 which caused many players to spend 3x as much as for a normal character (+C3 and her weapon being also powerful for her).

Oh wow, I didn't think Ayaka would get Nr. 1 because of the other 3 weeks. I find it so weird how people are constantly spending hmm

[tabithal]

19:30 I think it's also worth mentioning here that the archon story involving xiao was super super emotional. That story literally made me pull for xiao.

[SgtGrub]

A thing to note about Kokomi's initial run, on top of the reasons you mentioned, is that it also coincided with Genshin's notorious 1 year anniversary, in which players were... less than happy and far less likely to spend money on the game.

[colorlessguard]

i’ll actually be very interested to see how well the Kazuha/Klee + Heizou banner performs since it’s right before Sumeru! people have been eagerly waiting for Kazuha’s rerun for months so no doubt his banner is probably gonna make up more of the sales than Klee… but i wonder how many people will be skipping for the 1st Dendro/Sumeru characters? and my poor girl Yoimiya is getting screwed over once again on her banner timing being literally right before Sumeru 😭

[kawaiilone]

i think kazuhas banner will be at least in the top 10 since many people want his rerun...
but yeah ofc all the sumeru hype could lower this

[theobserver]

Zhongli was only buffed due to Chinese comunity revolt: They kept spamming invoice requests to Mihoyo (In China, is required by law that if a consumer requests a invoice of a digital purchase the company must provide it within a certain amount of time) and CN community is the biggest income for Mihoyo
11:20 - Ayaka was also a very long waited character due to beta
12:18 - And again Yoimya is getting her rerun.... right before Sumeru's archon release
13:52 - writting was rushed for that part of the story. There is a rumor part of the story team just left Mihoyo due to dissagrements with direction of the story which made Mihoyo desperate to complete the story. THe livestream that showcased her was very cringy, you could tell the voice actors were following a script and they had to act positively surprised when it was announced that she couldn't crit
14:57 - LMAO I remember people theorizing that Hu Tao appearance was a omen to Childe's death
15:48 - his noodle arms of his 3d model were dissapointing

[SapphicSnow]

I think it's also important to note that one of the things that made people pull for Kokomi more is the fact that people didn't realise how good she was as Hydro application in her first banner and it was only after the banner ended that people started to realise just how versatile her kit is, especially in freeze and taser teams.

[balderm]

Another problem with Kazuha is that the Archon quest featured him, as he was following us around, but they never let us play him in the open world with our characters, so many people didn't feel confident in using primos on him when a lot of cute girls where around the corner.

[arsn]

it would have been repetitive to mention it for each banner but don’t forget that for some anticipated characters (ahem im looking at you kazuha rerun), players save a ridiculous amount of primo gems rather than spend money to get them
it’s really hard to judge on popularity alone but the sales numbers are definitely pretty funny to look at

[macestarlet]

Albedo's rerun also did better because he was the focus of the dragonspine event, the geo artifact set came out, and we got the free 4 star sword custom made for him

[slippinjenny]

Also keep in mind that the data changes depending on country and platform. For example, CN banner sales tend to correlate close with a characters power level/utility where JP banner sales more closely follow how much people like a character design and personality.

[narwhale]

Something else with Childe specifically is that people just don't know how to use him. They just see a long cooldown and think he's not that good. I literally just pulled for him cause I thought he was funny, I didn't even know what weapon he used when I decided I wanted him (I was decently new lol). Learning how to play around the cooldown, even with c1, is something you have to actually learn and for a lot of people that's just not worth the time when there's so many other options. And now that Ayato exists, I think it just hurts Childe more.

[dragoon]

I think the bigger factor in some of the failed banners. keqing, Kokomi, Yoimiya, and Klee rerun was mostly due to all content creators saying they were bad and in the case for kokomi specifically they didn't even want to wish on their banner but were "forced" to since they wanted to make content and whale for them.
they constantly dogged on her even after she got the artifacf set and for her rerun they let off a little as to not cause another uproar of VA hate like they did in the first run.

[phya]

I remember Kazuha's banner. I wanted him because he looked adorable but hype for Ayaka was at an all time high and everyone was holding out. Also every single Genshin influencer were all saying why do you need him when we already have Venti? Go a month or so along from him banner and now everyone wants him.

[asdqwertyonly]

Some of the banner fails like Kazuha and Kokomi has something to do with the doompost people kept posting before their release (Kazuha with C6 Sucrose, Kokomi with -100 crit and 5 star Barbara). Others have already pointed out Raiden's C2 but there was also the fact that she was seen as the first DPS Archon since Venti and Zhongli were generally viewed as supports. With the amount of people begging for a Kazuha rerun, I actually expect him to be at least within top 5 because most players saving for him would go as far as C1 - but then there's the Sumeru leak which could potentially cut the spending spree of others

[mitacestalia]

I think you forget that Teyvat trailer plays a huge role in introducing the character. I remembered that during 1.1, I met someone who already saving for Ayaka. This was due to them knowing Ayaka through Teyvat trailer. I met some people who prepare for Cyno and the twin (Lynell and Lynette) as well.
Like yeah, I'm definitely pull the twin and depend on Cyno gameplay, might pull for him.

[simplysolus]

Kazuha also suffered due to the community being DPS focused and not caring about support capabilities...
...and a major factor for Sangonomiya was the community revolt during the time with many social influencers trashing the game and Kokomi in an intentional attempt to hurt Genshin's sales. (Even review bombing the game.)

[cigarafterkiss]

i think the no. 1 thing that affects characters' sales is definitely the hype, best example is yae miko's case, she isn't that great imo but still did pretty well. ayaka and raiden was also very hyped. 2nd thing is based on how good they are. lastly, the release date of the banners, heavily affects sales as well, example was albedo being sandwiched between geo archon and ganyu.