Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

This not only brought a new lineup to WEGAME.

This also gave Ma Xiao more confidence in this year's Penguin Carnival.

but.

Just as he and Lee Wei-hee finished inspecting the carnival site and found a high-end tea restaurant nearby to discuss their next move with the group of Korean game company owners.

Adventure World has arrived.

This news came like a bolt from the blue, leaving him completely stunned.

During the previous planning process.

Ma Xiao considered that Xinghuo might announce that they were going to make an MMORPG in response.

But what he thinks.

I didn't expect that.

What the other party presented was not a pancake.

It's a demo that you can try out.

Don't worry about how long this demo can be played; it's a playable demo!

In other words.

Spark's MMORPG plans couldn't have suddenly appeared in the last couple of days.

Spark's MMORPG was something they had been preparing for a while.

The penguins' plan has failed once again.

How popular is the adventure world online? How many players are there?

In response to Ma Xiao's question.

The person beside him was trembling slightly.

"Mr. Xiao, currently, the Baidu Index and Weibo popularity of Adventure World have both surpassed those of our two games."

"Online! Spark's official announcement states that within one hour of server launch, the number of concurrent online users has exceeded one million... and the number of registered users has surpassed five million..."

Although Ma Xiao had already guessed this would be the result before asking.

But when the result actually came out.

He still found it hard to accept.

"Mr. Xiao, don't be angry, don't be angry. I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing."

Ma Xiao remained silent.

Li Weixi, however, laughed heartily.

"Spark was forced to unleash its ultimate move this time."

"This is not necessarily a bad thing."

"Spark must have been prepared for this situation long ago."

"They won't put it on now, but they will during the carnival."

"If we release it now, we are prepared, and Black Sand and Ark may not necessarily suffer losses."

"They're before the carnival, so the hype for the Spark Carnival will definitely drop by then, and we still have two big surprises up our sleeves."

Li Weixi's logic.

It's a bit hard to understand at first glance.

He meant that Sparkle has only a few new games prepared for the carnival, and it might even just be Adventure World.

Spark is now before the carnival.

Because of the pressure from Tencent, they leaked "Adventure World" ahead of schedule.

At that time, at the Spark Carnival.

The impact will be smaller.

This logic has a core problem.

Exactly, how do you know how many "cakes" Spark has prepared for the carnival?

Eh.

Believe it or not, both Ma Xiao and Li Weixi actually "knew" about it.

They, along with Tencent's game executives and marketing department, believed that Spark wouldn't reveal many new titles at this year's carnival.

This kind of logical judgment.

This is based on Spark's announcement that they will participate in the Summer Game Show in August, which is a show that Spark has created by joining forces with global game developers to break away from E3.

If we calculate it this way, the carnival in May is only three months away from August.

If all goes well, there will also be a swimsuit festival of its own, namely the Summer Spark Festival.

That's how I plan it.

Xinghuo will probably hold back a trick.

There won't be many surprises at this carnival.

The entire judgment was not based on mere speculation, but was supported by a great deal of detail.

It's often said that manufacturers love to create hype.

But the premise for creating pancakes is that players genuinely enjoy eating them.

This is something many large manufacturers are forced to face, albeit helplessly. Manufacturers have limited production capacity.

But the demand from players is limitless.

Even though Starfire has expanded dramatically in the last two years, it is still difficult to satisfy players' appetites.

If there are no masks.

Lin Li did indeed consider holding back a little something for this year's carnival.

Unfortunately, Lin Li knew very well what was going on.

This year, a major event that will impact the entire world will take place.

Once this year's carnival is held, it will be extremely difficult to organize such a large-scale gathering again for several years to come.

Lin Li couldn't even confirm it.

Will the summer game festival in the US this August be able to be held?

then.

Lin Li decided to take advantage of this year's promotional efforts to publicize everything that needed to be publicized.

It is precisely based on this consideration.

Lin Licai released "Adventure World" because he judged that releasing the game would not have any impact on the subsequent carnival.

but!

Penguins don't know.

Ma Xiao couldn't possibly know about masks, let alone what Lin Li was thinking.

Therefore, Li Weixi finished speaking.

Ma Xiaozhen calmed down.

Subsequently.

Li Weixi added.

"Moreover, it's Spark now that's making its move, and our two games haven't even been released yet."

"In the Chinese market, a game's fun factor is one aspect, but its marketing and promotion are equally important."

"Furthermore, information doesn't travel that fast. When Black Sand and Ark launch tomorrow, they might not necessarily be weaker than Spark today."

Ultimately, we still need to see how the carnival turns out.

Lee Wai-hee's words were not entirely meant to comfort him.

The overlap between players who like Aion and traditional MMORPGs and the current player base who like Adventure World: Spark is not that high.

Once today is over...

Tomorrow, Tencent's marketing campaign will pick up again.

At least on the first day, games like Black Desert and Ark were able to attract a lot of players.

It wasn't just Lee Wei-hee.

The other bosses from the Korean game companies sitting next to Ma Xiao, who hadn't said much before, also offered words of comfort.

They heard Ma Xiao's concerns from their translator.

Penguins are actually somewhat disdainful of the fact that they are so "afraid" of sparks.

However, in front of Ma Xiao.

That's just a statement.

"Mr. Xiao, don't worry. MMORPGs are still our home turf. When we return to the Chinese market, a mere spark is nothing to fear."

Ma Xiao nodded as well.

"I'm worried this will affect our plans tomorrow..."

Before he could finish speaking, Kim Dae-il burst into laughter.

"Mr. Xiao, it's fine if Xinghuo doesn't release an MMORPG, but we'll show them what a real MMORPG is."

"What bullshit, the adventure world is nothing to fear."

At this point, Kim Dae-il had absolutely no knowledge of "Adventure World".

Yet he still dared to say that.

Ma Xiao did not actually agree with Kim Dae-il's words.

But things have come to this point.

Naturally, they couldn't say anything more, so they brought the topic back to the present.

They continued drinking tea and then dancing.

Time comes the next day.

really.

Just as Lee Wei-hee had predicted.

Despite its outstanding demo, "Adventure World" achieved a peak of four million concurrent players worldwide in a single day.

However, both Black Desert and Ark achieved remarkable success on the second day.

The test server is open.

The servers for both games were overwhelmed.

The number of online users is also rising rapidly.

In this situation.

Ma Xiao has made a new decision.

He believes that the initial goal of suppressing Spark through MMORPGs has failed, and that the promotional investment for Penguin Carnival will continue to increase.

However, at this time, they also minimized the influence of Spark.

It's time to send reinforcements!

Chapter 276 The Night Before the Spark

Time flies.