Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

The main reason is that while these games had impressed him, they hadn't convinced him to immediately spend money to buy them.

Given that money, he would rather spend it on a well-established and excellent game.

But now, looking at these tempting discounts, he felt that he might as well give those games he was previously unwilling to try a shot.

Chapter 967 I understand everything...

967

In the United States, this place is across the ocean from Japan.

However, considering the time difference, it's about fourteen hours.

While summer sales were being launched in Japan, South Korea, and other regions, the United States was completely unaware of this.

However, the speed at which the internet spreads information is terrifying.

Initially, it was a few Japanese streamers broadcasting on the Facebook Live platform.

They initially expressed their disdain for the special sale.

He felt that these special sales events lacked sincerity, even those offered by Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

However, his idea was quickly slapped in the face by reality.

He said this in the Japanese morning, and later that evening, while he was engrossed in playing the game, someone in his livestream immediately told him to quickly check the Battle.net store interface.

He was puzzled at the time as to why his audience was in such a hurry, and felt that his audience was making a fuss over nothing.

But then he saw the eye-catching discount page on the Battle.net platform.

All of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's own games, except for those released in their first year, are priced at half price or less.

Every top-tier work you can name is offered at a super discount at this sale.

His eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when he saw this.

Without any prompting from anyone, he immediately began a shopping spree.

"Hey, streamer, you really have no manners at all! You were saying this morning that the discount was totally pointless!"

The streamer answered the audience's questions without changing his expression: "That's because the previous discounts were not sincere at all, but now... if we don't buy some games with this discount, it would really be a disservice to the good intentions of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment!"

As a game streamer, he naturally owns most of the popular games and has streamed them all.

However, many of them have only played the game on home console platforms.

Later, he felt there was no need to buy from other platforms, even though the image quality on the PC platform might be better.

But things are different now.

The same amount of money used to only buy one top-tier game.

But now you can buy at least three models.

If you're careful with your budget, you can buy more fun games by combining some well-known AAA titles with some excellent indie games.

At that moment, he immediately changed his tune and began to frantically praise the event hosted by Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

And naturally, players from all over the world were watching this live stream.

Even in the distant United States, where it was still the early hours of the morning, people were watching this streamer's content.

Once these American gamers discovered the discounts in Japan, the news spread rapidly across the American internet.

When morning arrives, some Americans will routinely go outside for a walk or run to energize themselves for the day.

Dodd does the same thing; he usually prepares his bread in the morning, does some simple warm-up exercises, and then goes out for a run.

With everything prepared, he ran out of the house.

In the past, around this time, some of my neighbors and community members would also come out for a morning run.

At this point, he can chat with other people.

He really liked the atmosphere of the community because most of the people there were also big fans of video games.

This also shows that the influence of video games is increasing.

"Good morning, Dodd."

A voice came from not far away; it belonged to a young man who was slightly younger than him and was waving at him.

Dodd responded politely, and then the person ran over and asked, "Dodd, did you manage to complete the High Rank Monster Hunter challenge last night?"

As he ran, Dud replied, "It's simple, we've already broken through."

"Wow, that's really impressive. I was stuck in that spot for ages yesterday. I guess I'm not really good at this game."

Dud smiled and said, "Actually, it's not that difficult. As long as you have patience, you can pass the level. How about this, I'll take you to play tonight. I happen to have time in the evenings these days."

Upon hearing this, the man said, "Is that so? Then I really have to thank you, but it might not be possible for the next couple of days."

"What's wrong? Something's been keeping you busy lately?"

"No, didn't you check the video game news on social media this morning?"

Dud raised an eyebrow: "Why would I look at that stuff? I'm generally not interested in that kind of news."

"Hehe, it seems you don't know anything yet. Let me tell you, the social sections related to video games are about to explode. Everyone is talking about this. It probably started around four or five o'clock this morning."

As he ran, Dud turned to look at the young man and asked, "Has something big happened? Has Yuxing Electronic Entertainment released another new video game?"

If that's the case, then you might consider buying a game that best suits you and experiencing it properly later.

However, if Yuxing Electronic Entertainment releases a bunch of new games at once like before, he probably wouldn't be willing to spend so much money to buy them all at once.

A game costs fifty or sixty dollars. If he plays three or five games at once, his entire month's allowance will be gone. And his allowance has other uses.

"No, no, no, the official website didn't release any game. It's something that Youxing Electronics Entertainment has been promoting, the discount event."

"Oh, I seem to remember that, but it's just a discount event, it can't be that exaggerated, can it?"

“Normally it wouldn’t be that exaggerated, but you’d be surprised if I told you just how big the discount is.”

"Tell me exactly what happened."

Dudley found it annoying that this guy always spoke in segments, never finishing his sentence. Why didn't he just finish in one sentence?

"Almost all games are selling for less than half price. Only games released within the last year aren't discounted as much. I saw some news reports that if I wanted to buy a top-tier game released a few years ago, fifty dollars could buy me three or four, or even more than a dozen. Isn't that a great discount? Hmm... Dud?"

The man was talking to himself with great pride, not noticing that Dud stopped halfway through his sentence.

By the time he realized what was happening, Dodd was already seven or eight meters away from him.

Immediately afterwards, he saw Dud make a clicking sound, turn his body 180 degrees at an exaggerated speed, and run back to his home like the wind.

"Hey, hey, Dud! Our discount period hasn't ended yet!"

Dudley could no longer hear the young man's calls.

In this young man's eyes, Dud's speed and posture were exactly like his mother's, who often liked to snag bargains at big discounts.

Tsk tsk.

I even mocked my mom back then, saying she was risking her life for such a small discount.

My mom also said that it was because she had never experienced the thrill of a big discount on something she liked.

Now he understands.

Chapter 968 Shopping Spree!

968

Duds rushed home only to find nothing. He turned on his computer and logged into the Battle.net platform, but the Battle.net platform in the United States was completely calm.

He then immediately went to the Facebook social media platform.

Everyone here is talking about this discount event.

Many long-time Facebook users who rarely posted before suddenly reappeared.

Facebook's rise and the popularity of video games occurred almost simultaneously, and at the time, the two had a very high degree of overlap in users.

Players who enjoy video games are more willing to share their gaming experiences online, hoping to find more friends who also enjoy video games.

In reality, it would have been difficult for them to find such partners at that time.

Therefore, even today, video game players still make up a significant portion of Facebook users and are the group with the most Facebook visits.

Around four or five in the morning, the trending topics on Facebook were still about celebrity gossip, accidents in some areas, and protests by Americans in some regions.

But an hour later, a trending topic quickly rose to the top.

Summer Sale.

This is a very peculiar word.

At first, many people didn't know what this special sale was all about.

They thought it was some kind of unique live sales event being held in some region.

But when I clicked on it, I found out it was a sale on video games.

Some people naturally have little interest.

But video game players were ecstatic.

American night owl gamers almost immediately went to the Battle.net platform or the game store page of their home consoles to check it out, just like Dodd did.

But everything was calm and peaceful.

No, it's not all calm; there's a countdown on the official store page.

The countdown timer was counting down the days until the special sale.

When these people saw that they had to wait, they expressed their dissatisfaction on Facebook and the official forum of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.

Why did Japan open the special sale first?

Are you looking down on us American gamers?

However, this dissatisfaction did not last long. They also knew that this thing was calculated according to different times around the world, and it was quite normal for different regions to launch it at different times.