This man knows how to hype

Chapter 650: A rare pleasure in the history of games

No one expected it.

"Journey to the West: The Sequel" achieved sales of 900 million in the pre-sale stage alone.

Seeing that the total sales volume was approaching 1000 million, all the employees of Pingxing Chongcai went straight into carnival mode.

Also entering "carnival mode" are the players who have been waiting for a long time for "Journey to the West: The Sequel".

Because "Journey to the West: The Sequel" is now available for pre-download.

It didn't take long before countless netizens began posting their "pre-download" screenshots on the Internet.

At the same time, many well-known top game anchors at home and abroad have also released their own live broadcast trailers for "Journey to the West: The Sequel".

Most of these were spontaneous actions of the anchors. They all thought that live streaming "Journey to the West: The Sequel" at this time would be more popular.

But it must be admitted that some anchors were indeed contacted by the publicity and promotion team.

However, no matter it is spontaneous or through contact, as long as the number of fans and influence of the anchor has reached a certain level, the publicity and promotion team will give them "gifts".

In short, the closer the time gets to the official launch of "Journey to the West: The Sequel", the more lively the atmosphere about this game becomes on the Internet.

It was in this lively atmosphere that "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" was released on time at 12 noon New York time, or 1 a.m. Beijing time.

Naturally, they also contacted game anchors to broadcast the game live, hoping to boost the popularity of the game.

In addition to the anchors they contacted, there were also some anchors in China with quite ideas who started the live broadcast of "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" at 1 a.m.

It’s no wonder that most of the domestic players, colleagues in the gaming industry, and people who are involved in parallel games didn’t pay much attention to this game.

However, the sudden news of the comparison between "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" and "Journey to the West: The Sequel" still made quite a number of people want to see the quality of this "Sony masterpiece" [Standard Edition 276][Deluxe Edition 398].

Therefore, there were quite a few viewers watching in the live broadcast room.

Such live viewing data was naturally monitored by the "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" project team, DI, and the publicity and promotion team of Parallel Heavy Color at the first opportunity.

USA.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Promotion Team.

Seeing that the live broadcast room about "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" had very good viewing figures, they became excited.

"It's hot. I can only say it's hot. Look, it's already 1 a.m. in China, but the total number of viewers in the live broadcast rooms is more than 10. It seems that our publicity strategy is really successful."

“Now, we just need to wait for the sales data to be updated.”

"Oh, I think we should guess whether our sales in one hour are 50 or 100 million."

"Or maybe 200 million?"

"Oh my god, 200 million. This is probably the sales volume that Journey to the West: The Sequel will never reach in its lifetime. I feel sorry for China. You know, they don't have the ability to make really good games."

"Hahahaha." As soon as the words fell, a burst of happy laughter suddenly rang out in the office.

On the other hand, the parallel and colorful office area is also quite lively.

Since "Journey to the West: The Sequel" will be launched tomorrow, all employees took the initiative to stay in the company today and did not go back to deal with any emergencies.

Looking around, the office area was full of simple folding beds.

It’s true, the experience of sleeping together in the office gave me a sense of freshness similar to the first time I lived in a boarding school.

Plus the excitement and joy brought by the sales of the game.

Therefore, even in the early morning, there is chattering everywhere.

Xu Xiyu and Shan Xinbao were also among the chattering crowd.

The two of them, along with Lu Jiu, Lin Zhengyu, and Lu Yan, sat barefoot on a foam mat on the ground in the corner, playing with their phones, playing cards, and chatting. Suddenly, they all felt like they were back in college.

As we were chatting, I suddenly heard a voice that was both surprised and mocking: "Everyone, there's some fun to watch!"

This sound made the originally bustling office area suddenly quiet, and the attention of everyone around Xu Xiyu was also attracted over there.

Before I could ask, the person who just spoke raised his phone and said, "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets has been online for an hour. Guess how many people are online at the same time on Steam?"

"10 people?" As soon as the words fell, someone immediately guessed.

"too much!"

"More than 10 people?" A surprised voice came from another direction, "5 people?"

"That's too much! Guess low."

"There can't be ten thousand people without one, right?"

"Is it really that serious? Let me give you a hint." As he spoke, the man holding the phone couldn't hold back his laughter. He also stretched out his hand and made a "six" gesture to everyone.

As soon as I saw this six.

The people on Xu Xiyu's side couldn't hold it back any longer.

Lu Jiu burst out laughing and said, "No way, there are only 6,000 people, isn't that funny?"

After these words were spoken, Xu Xiyu and the others didn't even have time to laugh.

I heard another extremely surprised voice coming from another direction: "Damn, why are there only 600 people?"

"Take away the young man?" Lin Zhengyu was startled and turned his head sharply to look in the direction of the voice.

"Now it's 612." Wow, this reply was like a wake-up call in the army, causing the people lying on the folding beds in the office to throw off their blankets and climb up.

Xu Xiyu's side was no exception. Several people stood up suddenly and squeezed to the nearest computer and opened Steam.

"612 people? Impossible?" Lu Yan said as he quickly operated on the computer.

The other people who got up from the bed followed the same movements as them.

A moment later, when everyone clicked on the Steam page of "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" and saw the clear message "574 people in the game", there was a loud bang in the office, and an uproar broke out.

“Holy crap? Is this true? Is there something wrong with Steam’s servers?”

"I guess there's something wrong with the server. A few hundred people is too few. It's a little unreal."

Obviously, this data is too outrageous, so outrageous that even the employees of Parallel Heavy Color who hope that "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" will die violently find it hard to believe.

Xu Xiyu couldn't believe it. Looking at the number of online users dropping from [574] to [549], he couldn't help but ask Lin Zhenyu, "Is there a problem with the Steam server?"

"I don't know. Logically there shouldn't be any problem. If the server is stuck, the number of online users won't change." Lin Zhenyu was also puzzled.

This data is too bad.

Sudden death seems to be a bit of an understatement, this is simply a wonder in the history of gaming.

The key point is that this is the number of people online just one hour after the app went online.

At this stage, people online are basically equivalent to people who have purchased the game. In other words, the sales volume on Steam is estimated to be just over 600.

With a development cost of $4 million and a price of $39.99 per copy, even if the sales volume is million, it will still be a loss.

Six hundred sales, this...

"I guess there's something wrong with the statistics. No matter how bad it is, there can't be only a few hundred people, right?" Xu Xiyu couldn't believe this data.

Of course, what was even more unbelievable was the project team of "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets".

Quiet.

At this time, in the office area of ​​the "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" project team,
It was as quiet as death.

You know, just an hour ago, they were still celebrating and fantasizing.

Even DI's core team, headed by the man with green hair and nose ring, brought champagne specially, wanting to celebrate with everyone the soaring sales of this game masterpiece full of DI elements.

But now, the man with green hair and nose ring and the chief planner of "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" looked at the data in the background for a long time without saying a word.

After a long while, the chief planner finally said in a hoarse voice: "Call Steam officials to confirm whether the sales data is wrong. Also, ask the PS platform again."

After hearing this arrangement, the person next to him immediately ran to the side and made a phone call.

In fact, he had already done it once just 5 minutes ago.

He even called 10 minutes ago, 15 minutes ago, and 20 minutes ago.

Whenever I called before, the answer I got was "There is no problem with the sales data, it is indeed only this much."

This time, naturally, it is no exception.

Two minutes later, he came back and said tactfully with an embarrassed expression: "Perhaps, perhaps it's because our users are still busy with work and haven't officially opened..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a loud noise.

The chief planner suddenly swept the computer in front of him and everything on the desk to the ground.

Looking at the mess on the floor, the person in charge stood on the table with his hands, breathing heavily.

"812 copies. The sales of the two major platforms Steam and PS combined are only 812 copies?"

"Shame, this is simply an insult!"

At this point, the chief planner's face turned red, and veins on his neck and forehead bulged.

The green-haired man with a nose ring next to him also had an extremely ugly expression.

However, compared to the anger of the main planner, what it is eager to know now is another thing, that is, what is the pre-sale sales situation of "Journey to the West: The Sequel".

If the sales of "Journey to the West: The Sequel" are also very poor, there is still room for improvement.

But if the sales of "Journey to the West: The Sequel", a game invested by a clear anti-DI person, explodes, then DI will really suffer a big blow.

So, it asked the assistant with red eyes: "Didn't I ask you to find out the sales of that damn Journey to the West: The Sequel? Did you find out?"

This question made the assistant tremble all over. He stood there, hesitating and not daring to speak.

Seeing him in this state, the green-haired man with the nose ring knew that he must have found out.

So it stepped forward and put its hands on the assistant's shoulders: "What is the pre-sale sales of Journey to the West: The Sequel?!"

"Yes……"

"explain!!"

"According to the news from 5 minutes ago, the total number of Steam and PS platforms is about... is..."

"How much is it, damn it, tell me now!"

"About 1000 million."

(End of this chapter)