75 Chapter 472 Waiting to watch the play

The "Annual Report on China's Game Industry" released by Gongyue in the year of arsenic:

There were only a few online games in China, such as "Stone Age" and "King of Kings", and the number of domestic online gamers was less than one million at that time. Since Lin Feng established the "second shijie" in the four. ”

After the official public beta of "Legend" on xx month x of the same year, to March of this year, the number of domestic online gamers has multiplied geometrically every year, from less than one million at the beginning to 10,000 people today.

In just 2 years, the number of players has soared from one million to 10,000 people, in addition to the charm of the game, the most important reason for this is that the "Second Shijie" under the "Audition: All-Star Lineup" has attracted millions of celebrity female fans, making the army of online gamers skyrocket in an instant. Of course, this is not counting the foreign players of several games under the "second shijie" in Southeast Asian countries, if you count them, the number of online gamers will exceed 40,000.

And the number of large-scale online gamers in China exceeds 10 million. How to meet the needs of these tens of millions of players? So where do the remaining players go, and what kind of services do they enjoy?

The reporters are waiting, the players are struggling, and many competitors are sneering. They want to see how the "second shijie" chooses, whether it is to compromise with the cruel reality for the sake of profit, or to grit their teeth and hold on for the sake of face, but either way, it is good news and a dawn for other online game companies.

Wu Zhaopu looked at the many reporters below, and sighed slightly: "My company's "Sword Love: Loyal to the Country" will add a level of computers and open 30,000 online players within a week, and then open more game areas with a new district every month. Wu Zhaopu said slowly.

In front of the TV, many gamers looked dark, and the legendary "millions of players online at the same time" could not be realized, and then listening to its tone, more game areas will be opened, I am afraid that the subsequent servers will not be as able to accommodate Liwan players online as the first server now.

The expression of regret unreservedly spreads on the player's face.

Although this has long been expected by many players, after all, after a certain catty called "Coke Drink Seven Joys." The analysis of industry veterans explained in detail the difference between the level computer server and the ordinary game server, and the players also deeply understand the difference between the jishu. What's more, another person who also claims to be a member of the game, "Eagle Falcon Gao Xiang", also said that after the number of online players on the same server reaches a critical point, each additional player will generate more data than before, a hundred or a thousand times more than before.

Under the analysis of these two veterans, many players can also understand the helplessness of the "second shijie", but they are always a little unhappy in their hearts. Naturally, I am more envious of the players who are still fighting in "Swordsman Love: Loyal to the Country". What they enjoy is that 10,000 people are online, and the players after that are probably 10,000 people online at most.

Many competitors sneered and said secretly, sure enough, and at the same time, they were secretly glad that they still had a chance to survive. No matter how good the production of "Swordsman Love: Loyal to the Country" is, but it can only accommodate Tian Siren online, the so-called large-scale battle and the huge map will become the fatal wound of "Swordsman Love: Loyal to the Country". After all, if you don't have a large number of players playing on the same server, but the famous players are on a huge map that can accommodate thousands of players and is not too crowded, it is really not much different from a single-player game.

At the end of the second Shijie press conference, it was announced that "Miracle" would release a new expansion pack and open up higher levels. Chen Xiaowei ordered. She wants to take advantage of the player's disappointment in "Swordsman's Love: Loyal to the Country" to grab more players.

However, Chen Xiaowei faintly felt a trace of doubt, Wu Zhaopu said that it was too slow to launch a district every month? Is it because you want to modify the map?

Under Chen Xiaowei's thoughts, Wu Zhaopu announced Zuihou's decision.

"Here, due to various reasons such as Jishu, our company's "Swordsman Love: Loyal to the Country" failed to promise the previously advertised "Millions of players online, but our company will do its best to let players experience the joy of playing on one server as many players." Therefore, all players of "Swordsman Love: Loyal to the Country", but please rest assured, the game area will be the same as the first area, and each area will use 4 computers as servers, and will also support 10,000 players to play online at the same time. Wu Zhaopu said with a fist.

After Wu Zhaopu finished speaking, many reporters in the audience were stunned. originally thought that the "second shijie" had compromised with reality and made the maximum profit at the minimum cost, but in a blink of an eye, it was announced that it would still use four computers as servers, which was too irrational. The purpose of online game companies is to make money, not to do "charity".

Many players in front of the TV were slightly stunned, and then suddenly thundered with joy, although it could not realize the desire of millions of players to play on the same server, but then every area opened will be powerful, and ten thousand players will be online, which definitely makes all players excited. Of course, there are also reasonable players who are worried about whether the "second shijie" can withstand such a huge investment of funds, but thinking that in the future, each district will be able to accommodate 10,000 players online, so the worries and doubts are swept away, and all that remains is the expectation that the second game area will be opened.

Chen Xiaowei, president of "Nine Cities", and others were a little at a loss, she originally thought that the "second shijie" had compromised, after all, this is a very realistic society, no matter what the company is, making money is the most important thing.

But I didn't expect the "second shijie" to do the opposite. It's incredible!

"Vice President Wu, may I ask if your company uses a high-level computer as a server, which will definitely increase your company's operating costs, such a high operating cost, can your company ensure the interests of many shareholders of the company?" A reporter from Four Times asked.

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"No, although the use of class-level computers as servers will increase the operating costs of our company, we believe that its profits will definitely ensure that it breaks even, after all, if the company does not make money, we will not be able to continue to operate. Wu Zhaopu explained.

"Then how to protect the interests of players? Will it be like the previous boast that "millions of players online will become tens of thousands of players online, and in the future, thousands of players will become thousands of players online?" A reporter asked.

The question is extremely acute and even mean. Everyone looked to see that the logo was the Asahi Shimbun newspaper from Japan.

For the "second shijie", it set a record of 10,000 players online, which shocked the entire game industry today. The game data of the "second shijie" of the player can naturally be loaded by the computer, but how does the player's computer load this huge amount of data? Obviously, there is a very important jishu in this, which is likely to be the "cloud computing" that has always been relatively mysterious.

Chinese companies have ushered in a new era in the gaming industry, which naturally makes many companies in the Japanese gaming industry angry. Today, the reporter of the "Asahi Shimbun" newspaper arrived at the news conference hall with an unwilling mentality.

Wu Zhaopu frowned and wanted to continue to explain the company's operations and funds to all walks of life, but was cut off by Lin Feng.

"Everyone, I would like to reaffirm one point about us" Second, shijie is determined to build a top Shijie game company in China, so it will never do anything that harms the interests of players. Also, our company will never be like game companies in some countries, and if a game sells well, it will continue to fry cold rice, launch expansion packs or external games of successive games, and deceive players of money.

As for the interests of our company, I believe that although we make a little less, we will definitely not make money by harming the interests of players. Therefore, there is absolutely no need to doubt the strength and commitment of our company. Lin Feng said with disdain for the reporter of the "Asahi Shimbun".

Lin Feng's words naturally received applause from all players and domestic reporters on the spot, and this is reasonable, especially alluding to the fact that Japanese game companies only want to make money, a game is popular, and then it will slightly change the content, change the protagonist, and launch its sequel or biography, without taking into account the player's feelings for a game.

The reporter of the "Asahi Shimbun" newspaper couldn't hear the meaning of Lin Feng's words, and his face was flushed with anger, but he couldn't refute it. This is normal in the Japanese game industry, and the company's interest is to make money, no matter how bad a game is, as long as it can still make money, weishenme does not sell it?

Hmph, just blow it! I'll see how your liquidity ends up when you're running out of liquidity! "Nine Cities"

Chen Xiaowei sneered.

The operation of four servers to maintain the online operation of Liwan players is more than 10,000 dollars. Launching a district a month, with the popularity of today's "Swordsman Love: Loyal to the Country", at least the old district can meet the needs of players, and the old district is 3.6 billion US dollars in computer expenditure, which is not counting other network bandwidth and other expenses to support, conservatively estimated that the "second shijie" in the old month will invest about 100 million US dollars.

That's not a small amount. I'm afraid that the combined market value of most domestic online game companies is not 100 million US dollars. Now the "second shijie" company is going to smash Zhang Yiyi million dollars as a server, and it is really shocking to spend such a huge amount of money for an online game.

Of course, whether Chen Xiaowei wants to admit it or not, "Swordsman Love: Loyal to the Country" is an extremely successful domestic large-scale online game, whether it is its unique upgrade system or the incredible martial arts combat system, it has created a new online game style.

This game is conservatively estimated to also operate for 3 years. But the premise is how to come up with the "second shijie" to drive 100 million US dollars in this xo month! During this time, the "second shijie" has been making big moves, although the net profit of the four in the first quarter announced by its network has reached a staggering x 400 million US dollars, Chen Xiaowei does not believe that the "second shijie" still has enough liquidity to cover the expenditure on the computer hardware of this old game area.

Yes, Lin Feng is indeed a wealthy person in the mainland, with $100 million in funds, but most of them belong to real estate and stocks, and he personally does not have so much cash flow. Unless he sells his stocks or sells his shares in other companies, is he willing to do it? Of course, Lin Feng has a good relationship with President Jiang of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and there is absolutely no problem with taking out loans.

However, just recovering the cost of the hardware will take 8 to 8 at the same time, which is too long. Now the domestic online game from the opening to the recovery of the cost of the most, at the same time worship the "second shijie", just the research of "swordsman love: the essence of loyalty to the country" took the same time, not counting the previous Qiu Xin and others in the "Jinshan Company" opening time, and then counting the old months of operation 2 years to recover the cost.

This cycle is too long! In Chen Xiaowei's opinion, it is irrational. No one can say what will happen here, and it is too reckless to invest so much.

I'll see how you play. Chen Xiaowei watched coldly. Of course, she can only watch "Miracle" now, and under the impact of "Swordsman Love: Loyal to the Country", there is no need to consider future popularity. Of course, other role-playing online games are worse than "Miracle", such as "Smiling Ao Jiang Nag and "Swordsman Love: Loyal to the Country" is the same style, but it is far inferior. Nowadays, it may be difficult for players to play "Xiao Aojiang".

Fortunately, the operating costs of "Miracle" have been recovered, and "Nine Cities" has also made a lot of money, not to mention "Nine Cities" and "Magic Baby".

"Magic Baby" has officially reopened, and it is conservatively estimated that the net profit in the first quarter is also 40,000 yuan. With the income of "Magic Baby", Chen Xiaowei can naturally hold her head up.

Now in the domestic online game industry, the online game company has opened a single "second shijie"

Outside of Tencent, which is mainly a small online game company for the time being, "Nine Cities" is the most profitable online game company. What's more, "Magic Baby" is a concave turn-based online game, and I am the only one in China, and there is no online game that can compete with it for the time being. This is also the reason why Chen Xiaowei went to Japan to win "Magic Baby".

But then Chen Xiaowei couldn't laugh.

Among the slight discussions of many reporters, Lin Feng announced a news that was enough to cause shock and reshuffle in the entire Chinese online game industry, which made all online game companies surprised, stunned, secretly happy, and angry!

Bastard, how can you be like this! You are so shameless! Chen Xiaowei was angry when she heard Lin Fengyan, and drank three bottles of mineral water in a row, but she still couldn't get rid of the anger in her heart.