The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 321 Good Death! Open the Champagne!
"268! It's 100 yuan more expensive than Lord of War."

"But looking at the size, it's much bigger than Lord of War. I think it's a good deal, so I bought it."

"Don't buy from Vapour or GameBox, go to Dream Games, there's a 10% first-run discount!"

"Indeed! If you want to support DreamCraft, you should go to DreamCraft's own game platform. You don't have to give 30% to the distributors, and you can earn more with a 10% discount."

"That's right, give the money to Xu Meng, and he will return it during the Chinese New Year! Isn't this better than giving her a game box?"

"The original price was 268, and the first release discount was 241. During the Chinese New Year, I received a total of 228 yuan in red envelopes from Boss Xu, which is equivalent to buying a masterpiece for 13 yuan! It's a huge profit!"

"I have never withdrawn any money. I have kept it all in my Dream Building game account just for this moment!"

"It's so funny. It's the money for two sets of clothes from Project Frost and Snow."

……

While watching the live broadcast, the audience opened the client and bought the game.

While buying, they were also exchanging information in the live broadcast room.

Xu Meng still adopted the strategy from the previous "Lord of War".

"Monster Hunter" is available on three major platforms: Dream Game Platform, Vapour Game Platform and Softote Game Box.

However, the pre-order price of the Vapour gaming platform and the Softoft gaming box is 268 yuan.

——The price in the US is $59.9, which is the standard price for a big game.

Only the Dream Game Platform offers a 10% listing discount, only 241 yuan.

This is of course to promote their own platform.

Xu Meng didn't want to have "game exclusivity", so he used "discount exclusivity" and "experience exclusivity" to attract players to actively join the Dream Building game platform.

——The most important thing is “exclusive experience”.

The Vapour gaming platform and the Softote gaming box are both traditional gaming platforms that cannot support the operation of somatosensory synchronization services and holographic devices.

If you want these epoch-making experiences, you can only move to the Dream Building Game Platform.

Even virtual cities and NPC advanced intelligence require the support of cloud servers, and there are also exclusive optimizations on the Dream Building game platform.

These are the unique advantages of Dream Building.

So it is no surprise that the majority of pre-orders for "Monster Hunter" still come from the DreamWorks gaming platform.

More than 70% of players have pre-ordered on the Dream Game Platform.

But even so, the sales data of "Monster Hunter" on Vapour began to soar!
When the list was updated for the first time, Xia Kingdom, Izumo, Baekje and other Asian countries were ranked first.

The second update topped the daily sales charts of six European countries including Germany, Britain, France, Switzerland and Austria.

The third update, stepping on "Fear Wolf", climbed to the top of the US sales list!

……

In less than an hour, players pre-ordered over 380 million copies!

No. 1 in the global ranking, no suspense at all.

In comparison, the sales of 120 million copies achieved by "Dread Wolf" in just one morning and half an afternoon is simply a joke!
What’s even more terrifying is that this joke has been told by someone.

At 6 pm Xia Guo time, two hours after Monster Hunter opened for pre-order, a third-party data website announced the sales data of both parties:
Dread Wolf: Vapour sold a total of 12 million copies in 125 hours.

"Monster Hunter": 2 hours of pre-sale, Vapour's total sales volume reached 510 million copies.
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Four times the sales in one sixth of the time.

This cruel data comparison almost made Gary smash the table in front of him.

The loud "bang bang bang" sounds frightened the employees outside the office.

Just slamming the table wasn't enough to vent Gary's anger.

Seeing that the new sales of "Dread Wolf" were almost stagnant and all the players on social networks were discussing "Monster Hunter", Gary could no longer restrain himself and shouted in the office -

"Dream Tsukumide! Are you guys going to stop fucking here?!"

"Do we have some deep hatred? Why do you have to target us like this?!"

Gary was extremely angry and felt very wronged.

He asked himself whether he had ever offended Zhumeng, let alone Xu Meng himself.

From the beginning to now, they have been suppressed and beaten by Zhumeng!
I was cheated on the Dream Building game platform.

The publicity in Xiaguo was stolen.

Now that the release date has been moved forward and I have taken the initiative to give in and avoid the issue, you still want to rush up and chase me and fight me?

What hatred and resentment!

Sony has a grudge against you, so go attack the Sony headquarters!
What kind of hero is it to bully us?

Outside the office, the employees of Shengcai Entertainment felt deeply saddened when they heard their boss going crazy.

They heard not only anger and grievance, but also despair and helplessness in the boss's roar.

The shadow of layoffs hangs over everyone in the office.
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Players around the world quickly noticed this data comparison.

Compared with the employees of Shengcai Entertainment, the players are more accommodating.

Yesterday, the media was still hyping "Dream Building vs. Shengcai Entertainment" and "Monster Hunter vs. Fear Wolf".

It sounded like a battle that would shake the heavens and earth and make the gods weep. But the result came so quickly.

Raw material entertainment will break at the slightest touch.

The players were delighted:

"I just bought the game and saw that "Dread Wolf" was launched. I am so happy!"

“I guess DreamCraft originally planned to launch pre-orders at the same time as the release of Dread Wolf!”

"As a result, Shengcai Entertainment predicted DreamBuild's approach and got ahead of the game."

"Run away? Can you run away?!"

"So, why does Dream Building keep chasing after the Fear Wolf and beating him up?"

"No matter why, I must support Dream Building! Buy it first as a token of my respect!"

"Based on the look and sexual orientation of the character in Dread Wolf, all I can say is: Good hell! Open the champagne!"

"Indeed! Not as good as the adventurer lady in the Monster Hunter trailer!"

……

……

While watching Boss Xu’s live broadcast, players can also watch Shengcai Entertainment, which is involved in DEI, suffer a major setback - and they can even participate in it, so it’s so cool!

If Shengcai Entertainment could come out and perform a show at this time, the players would be even happier.

Unfortunately not.

Although it should have been the most active release day for the developer, Shengcai Entertainment went into a state of isolation and stopped responding to any questions from netizens.

This greatly disappointed the players who were watching the fun.

Fortunately, Xu Meng's live broadcast made up for the lack of program effects in Shengcai Entertainment——

Xu Meng didn't give a long speech. After talking about the pre-order benefits of "Monster Hunter", he decisively ended this session and started the official hunting.

The first step in hunting -

Have a meal!

14 people sat around a thick solid wooden table and watched the cat people [Feng Ling] and [Yueying] cook for everyone.

The two cute little cats were very skillful and quickly prepared meals for 14 people.

When the fans saw this, they started to complain:

The ingredients prepared by the cat man were clearly for one person.

When it was finished, it suddenly became a gorgeous, glowing dish for 14 people.

After all, this part can still be explained by "game mechanics", and although the visual effects are outrageous, everyone can understand it.

But the 14 people at the back were holding their meals and eating them bite by bite, which was hard for anyone to understand!

What’s even more outrageous is that the eating movements of these 14 people are all different.

For the same bowl of rice, some people use chopsticks and some people use a spoon.

Some people eat it bit by bit, while others hold it to their mouths and eat it in big mouthfuls.

Some people are left-handed and hold chopsticks with their left hand.

He even stopped eating suddenly to chat with his teammates.

I just ate it for 10 minutes!

This scene was so full of life that it took a while for everyone to react.

"Aren't we here to watch a big game hunt? Why did it turn into a dinner table chat?"

"No, buddy, it's just a meal, just make a CG! Is it necessary to make such rich details? I saw Xu Meng eat half a shrimp in one bite, and the remaining half has a complete model!"

"Qihuahua actually praised the food for being delicious! Wake up, girl! Don't be so into the show, it's all fake, you can't taste it!"

"I seriously suspect that the chef from Dream Building has infiltrated the development team. Although the process has been accelerated, there is nothing wrong with the cat man's recipe!"

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Fortunately, all the people sitting at the dinner table were gamers, and Xu Meng chatted about things related to games.

The original artist of "Frost and Snow Project" had an adventure in the German red light district. Chen Junyi, the designer of the heroine Lin Yue'er, personally designed a VR model for his "own daughter". The development team of "Lord of War" anonymously participated in the [Global Contest] and was eliminated in the first round...

Although everyone kept complaining, they sounded very excited.

After eating and chatting, the group of 14 people finally set out on the road to conquer.

Xu Meng still didn't say what he was going to fight, only that the target of the crusade was located in a new area that was not open during the internal test period.

An area of ​​the Huaiwa Rainforest frozen by frost.

But he showed the mission scroll to the audience in the live broadcast room.

The target of this hunt was clearly written on the parchment scroll:

[Battle-hardened Hell Wolf Dragon (unique individual)]

(End of this chapter)