The elves invade reality, and Ellie is going crazy for me on the charts!

Before we knew it, it was already September 30th.

The game's launch date is approaching.

The atmosphere at miHoYo gradually became heavy.

This is no way.

After all, it was only a month ago.

The company had just gone through a series of events, including the owner going bankrupt and being acquired, and the manager running away and taking a large number of employees with him.

It caused widespread panic.

Those who remain here are mostly loyal employees of the company.

They genuinely didn't want the company, which had finally started to show promise, to suffer a crushing defeat at the game development festival.

But what comforted them somewhat was that...

The closed beta test of Honkai Impact 3rd received a very strong response.

The retention rate is as high as 90% or more.

Such achievements.

Even if we can't get a ranking on the Developer Festival leaderboard.

Their grades will certainly not be too bad.

Not to mention.

Their boss is also planning to release a royal flush card during this server launch.

Therefore, for these employees...

They will do their best to fix even the smallest bug they find.

This will allow Honkai Impact 3rd and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen to be in the best possible condition for the upcoming launch event.

……

At this time, Penguin's subsidiary.

Manager Wang, who left miHoYo, is one of the project leaders participating in this game development festival.

The shooting game he operated, modeled after "PUBG Mobile," was officially released at 7 PM on the 30th.

With a large amount of money invested in aggressive advertising and promotion in the early stages.

It only took twenty minutes.

More than 200,000 players have already logged into the game.

Upon seeing this data...

Manager Wang was sitting in his office with a wide grin on his face.

At this rate of improvement.

As long as more than one-third of the players purchase game cards on the first day.

Therefore, it's practically a certainty that the task will make it into the top ten of the mobile game rankings.

but.

He did not completely let his guard down.

They continued browsing through game data that the information department had uncovered that could potentially threaten their rankings.

And inside.

Manager Wang suddenly recognized a familiar name.

His eyes turned cold.

He made a phone call using a landline.

He gestured to his secretary to bring miHoYo's "Honkai Impact 3" related materials to the office.

The secretary came to the office, stood next to the desk, and gave a brief report on the intelligence she had gathered.

of course.

It also omitted some information, such as "the server was originally scheduled to open at 8 o'clock, but for some reason it opened at 7 o'clock".

The focus is on the data of Honkai Impact 3.

".‖ Hahaha!"

"The number of logins was only 20,000 within 20 minutes of the server opening."

"And it's a free game?"

"Killing me."

"I thought you were something special!"

"His level of skill is so low that he wouldn't even bother to carry my shoes. Yet he had the audacity to kick me out of miHoYo."

Manager Wang was shocked to hear this incredibly ordinary data.

He couldn't help but burst into laughter.

The number of players logging in within 20 minutes of the server opening was only 20,000, which is actually quite good for a regular game.

However, compared to games from Tencent and NetEase, they are far inferior.

“A clown like this doesn’t even deserve to be my opponent.”

"You don't need to report on anything related to this company anymore."

"As expected, the only ones who can threaten us are subsidiaries of other leading companies. We need to pay close attention to their movements."

Manager Wang gave an order to his secretary, his eyes filled with extreme contempt and disdain.

He could almost imagine Xia Yu, who was at miHoYo, seeing the outstanding results achieved by the Penguin subsidiary under his leadership.

He was filled with extreme regret and kept crying in pain.

Then, he humbly approached him and begged him to return to the miHoYo visuals.

When that time really comes...

Manager Wang will definitely humiliate the other party thoroughly, venting all the dissatisfaction and resentment he suffered at the beginning of the month.

……

However, just as Manager Wang was envisioning a bright future...

Little did they know that the comment sections and forums of Honkai Impact 3 and miHoYo's official websites were in an uproar.

Countless people are furiously criticizing Xia Yu, their words filled with resentment.

—【Damn it, the server was supposed to open at 8 PM, why did it open at 7 PM? I haven't even finished downloading the game yet!】

—【That's right! I even prepared several phones to try and snag a good number, but now I'm already over ten thousandth in the queue.】

—【Luckily, I was clever. Starting at six o'clock, I tried logging in every five minutes and got a lucky two-digit number.】

—【Damn it, this kid has no sportsmanship! He opened the server early without even notifying us.】

Chapter 53: Over a million players logged in within the first hour; Tencent's trashy, pay-to-win game; Alicia's livestream ruins Honkai Impact 3 [Please subscribe]

—【Yeah, I almost missed it if I hadn't seen everyone discussing it in the chat group.】

—【To be honest, the art style is truly stunning. At least among the games that have already been released, I really can't see any that can compare to Honkai Impact 3.】

—【Oh my god, I had my money ready, and you tell me it's a free game? Is this really something I can play without spending a penny? Brother Xia is so generous! Putting everything else aside, this deserves a five-star rating.】

—【Compared to Tencent's "Fighting Line," it's really terrible. It's not even in the same league as "Crossfire" or "PUBG Mobile." It's a completely shoddy and perfunctory work. What's most disgusting is that you have to pay to unlock items and maps. I didn't even play one game before quitting. It's definitely better to play these kinds of shooting games on PC.】

—[Speaking of which, the storyline of the Honkai Impact 3rd closed beta seems to end at Chapter 7, where Kiana was captured by Fu Hua and taken back to Schicksal headquarters. Then Theresa led the Far East Branch to cooperate with Anti-Entropy to prepare to rescue Kiana. And the ending was still a battle between Fu Hua and the demon dragon Benares. I'm really looking forward to the rest of the story.]

—【Yes, the title of Chapter Eight is "The Queen Descends," which sounds pretty impressive.】

—【Haha, it would be interesting if the female lead turned evil and became a villain, killing indiscriminately.】

Despite the barrage of criticism from viewers in the comments section.

But when it comes to registering accounts, they are all incredibly quick.

They were afraid that if they were even a step too late, countless people would spoil the plot for them.

And then the news of Honkai Impact 3's early launch spread like wildfire.

The official data team at miHoYo was immediately surprised by what they discovered.

After 7:30.

The number of players downloading the game began to surge at an explosive rate.

20,000...50,000...100,000...500,000...1,0 ......

In just one hour, the number of logins exceeded 160 million.

And this rate is still increasing.

……