Seeing that the Blizzard employees were so powerful, Ma Wei couldn't help but clench his fists on the other end of the phone, "Very good! Battle.net platform, how is the test?"

"Chairman Ma Wei, the Battle.net platform system has also been tested, it depends on your decision!" Mike Mokahan said to Ma Wei with confidence.

In this life, Blizzard did not establish a Battle.net platform. Fortunately, Ma Wei found it in time and sent someone to develop it. And Mike's so-called decision to listen to Ma Wei is to see whether the game's internal beta time is launched in advance.

"Well, then schedule Counter-Strike for closed beta next week!" Ma Wei said in a loud voice over the phone. Success or failure is a very important battle for him.

"Okay, Chairman Mavey!" Mike Mokahan replied very solemnly. Whether the Blizzard game company in this life can turn around depends on how much of a sensation it can cause during the closed beta of "Counter-Strike".

A week later, Wednesday, August 18, 8 p.m. Ma Wei's "Counter-Strike" game will be officially launched on the Battle.net platform.

Towards 8 o'clock, those who have purchased the CDK are waiting in front of the computer early, ready to try this long-awaited game for the first time.

When the time reached 8 o'clock, Ma Wei asked Blizzard to set up ten servers in advance, and they appeared on time on the Battle.net platform.

Almost as soon as these ten servers appeared, the first two were immediately crowded with players! many people rushed to enter the game, create IDs, and then choose their own faction and avatars.

Ma Wei's "Counter-Strike" game is not the same as the previous life. He absorbed the best of World of Warcraft and divided players into "police camps" and "bandit camps". In this way, when the time comes, the two sides will fight against each other, and it will have a great sense of mission and honor. It can also promote the player's desire to fight and consume.

For each beta CDK, the system will send a "beta gift package". When players open the package, they will randomly receive weapons, ammunition, body armor and other items.

After receiving these items, the best part of the game is finally going to be staged! That is, the players of the "police camp" against the players of the "bandit camp"!

This kind of game that simulates firefights and battles on the battlefield can very much stimulate the adrenaline of players. Sneak attacks, misses, kills, slashes during the game...... All of them touch the sensitive nerves of every player.

“HEAD SHOT！”

“DOUBLE KILL！”

“MULTI KILL！”

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With these killstreak sound effects, plus the real and exciting gunfight scenes, almost everyone who has experienced the closed beta of "Counter-Strike" is completely captivated by this game!

This made those games launched by other game companies in the same period all of them were put into the cold by Blizzard. Many people spend all day long on the Battle.net platform, either waiting in line to enter the game, or they are already fighting in the game so dark that they don't even have time to go to the bathroom......

In those Internet cafes all over the United States, one out of ten machines must be playing "Counter-Strike". The key point is that this is just a limited beta, and it has not yet reached the time of open beta. I believe that by then, I am afraid that there will be a minority in the entire Internet café who do not play "Counter-Strike".

"Chairman Ma Wei, in the past three days of the game's closed beta, the server has performed well, and the feedback from players has been very good. Including some vulnerabilities in the game, we are also counting, and when the time comes, we will modify the game when it is updated...... In addition, because of the good response from the market, many players who did not buy the CDK at that time left messages on our homepage, asking when we will open the open beta ......"

On the phone, Mike Mokahan truthfully reported to Mavi how it had been running in the past few days. To sum up, the players who grabbed the CDK at the beginning are now enjoying it unstoppably. And those who didn't grab the CDK were so hungry and thirsty that their hands itched so much that they wanted to smash the keyboard.

"Let's take two months to get into the open beta. As for the open beta number of the "Counter-Strike" game, it will be available for sale in about two days, limited to 5 million copies, and the price will remain the same as before, at $28 per copy. "Ma Weishi wants to carry out hunger marketing to the end. In this way, we can capture people's competitive psychology.

"5 million copies, okay, Chairman Mavey, I'll arrange it!" Mike Mokahan said energetically on the phone. 5 million open beta accounts, the total price is 140 million US dollars! plus 500,000 CDKs in the closed beta, that's 154 million US dollars!

Such a terrifying ability to absorb gold is very outrageous. After all, the Blizzard team only spent $3.5 million on the development of "Counter-Strike" (including the cost of the C4 bombing tank).

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Two days later, the news of the pre-sale of the public beta number of "Counter-Strike" couldn't help but rush to tell each other. This news immediately made those players who didn't grab the CDK overjoyed. They are looking forward to it, waiting for the public beta to be officially launched for sale.

On August 25th, at four o'clock in the afternoon, the Blizzard official website page refreshed the announcement information of 5 million public beta numbers of "Counter-Strike". A link to the pre-sale web page is also attached.

Many netizens and players who saw this information couldn't wait to click on the pre-sale page. Then, as if grabbing something, I frantically bought the "Counter-Strike" open beta number that cost $28 a copy.

And some players who grabbed the open beta number also left messages under the message board, "Haha! I finally made me wait! I've been watching my friends playing these days, and I'm so uncomfortable watching it!"

"I went to the Internet café and found that many people were playing this game, and I felt that the graphics were very exciting and fun. I wish it was open beta time!"

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5 million copies of the public beta number were snapped up in just three days, and a full 750,000 copies were snapped up! Directly to Ma Wei's Blizzard, a profit of $21 million!

Two days later, Mike Mokahan, president of Blizzard, called Ma Wei with great excitement, "Chairman Ma Wei! I have a very good news for you! The "Counter-Strike" public beta number, as of 12 o'clock today, has sold 1.3 million copies! According to this popularity, it is expected that in no more than a month, these 5 million account authorizations will be sold out!"

Mike Mokahan, when he speaks, is very excited. Obviously, I was also stimulated by such good results.

Since Mavi bought Blizzard from Vivendi, and then led the company, it has risen again. Mike Mokahan's admiration for him is also deepening day by day.

"Well, okay, well done. "A month's time, it was already very timely, and it was almost that time, and it happened that the funding application of the Central Navigation Equipment Design Bureau was also submitted to the Navy Headquarters.

"By the way, Chairman Ma Wei! We have also received some good news from our side, that is, several countries in Europe and Asia have sent people to contact us. Said that he wanted to negotiate about the agency of the game copyright of "Counter-Strike......"