What impact will the launch of “Black Myth: Wukong” have on the slip ring market?

At 10:00 am on August 20th, Beijing time, Black Myth: Wukong, the only purely domestically produced 3A game in China, was launched globally. Prior to this, both the hot searches and the capital market had set off several climaxes, which was also a big shock to other industries. However, some overseas reviewers also pointed out that they did not understand the storyline and historical background of Journey to the West, so some reviewers mentioned: I was confused if I couldn’t understand the story, and I needed to make up for it in advance. However, if Chinese culture wants to succeed overseas, it cannot be accomplished by one industry or one company.

The launch of “Black Myth: Wukong” will undoubtedly allow more domestic companies to invest in high-budget, high-quality game development, promote innovation and competition in the entire industry, prompt them to improve their production level and pursue higher industry standards, which also indirectly means that the demand for high-end gaming equipment and simulators will increase significantly.

The innovation and complexity of gaming equipment require slip rings with higher precision and durability to support rotation control and signal transmission, thus increasing the market demand for slip rings. In addition, this growth in demand will prompt slip ring manufacturers to develop more professional solutions for gaming equipment. As a company that has been committed to the forefront of domestic conductive slip rings, JINPAT has produced many products for gaming equipment: used in racing cars and flight simulators, providing stable signal transmission for the rotating part of the flight control joystick; designed a number of VR-specific slip rings for overseas VR equipment manufacturers, whether large or small devices, there are corresponding solutions; in high-end game joysticks that require complex rotation, JINPAT slip rings provide stable power and data transmission.

Due to the boom in high-end gaming devices and simulators in the market, some slip ring manufacturers may cooperate more with gaming hardware manufacturers, VR/AR device developers, etc. to jointly develop innovative products with integrated slip ring technology to promote business growth for both parties. In general, although the application of conductive slip rings in the gaming industry is relatively niche, its role in high-end gaming devices cannot be ignored. With the development of gaming technology and the increase in market demand, JINPAT Electronics has the opportunity to achieve its own growth through technological innovation and market expansion.

JINPAT Electronics Multi-Functional Integrated Slip Rings

Slip rings with small size are the most frequently used and widely applied slip ring kind. Among JINPAT Electronics slip rings, there are three series, namely JINPAT capsule slip ring LPC series, miniature slip ring LPM series and super miniature slip ring LPMS that feature mini size and light weight. JINPAT Electronics has hundreds of standard slip ring models of these branches. JINPAT Through Bore Slip Rings are also very popular in the industry. Both slip rings and rotary unions are most custom products for there are many details should be adjusted according to the installation platforms. Over 90% of JINPAT’s production are custom slip rings and rotary unions. And most of JINPAT’s custom solutions are based on the capsule slip rings and through bore slip rings.

So how are the two custom solutions different? To begin with, the small size slip ring branch is limited by its small volume somehow. Take the Gigabit Ethernet Integrated Slip Ring basing on LPM-30B for example, this custom slip ring solution can only integrate 3 channels at max. This limitation is due to the leads for Ethernet signals are twisted pairs which tends to take up more room than general cables. On the top of that, Ethernet signal demands better shielding layers.

Similar to Ethernet slip ring, HDMI slip ring and DP slip ring are also two special types. These two kinds of slip rings demand more channels and it’s more challenging to make impendence matching. The transmission of signals like HDMI, DP and USB3.0 are very sensitive to the slip ring size. The slip ring body are kept within certain range to facilitate impendence matching.

As for more sophisticated custom slip ring, a simple integration or medication is not enough. That’s when totally reconstruction come in. Some small size slip rings are installed within the through bore structure. And for other, JINPAT Electronics recommend a brand new design to fit the special needs.