On New Year's Day, the number of people online on the Hellfire battle platform also increased compared to usual.

If it seems to outsiders who don't know the truth, the increase in traffic on the battle platform is probably because of the New Year's Day holiday. But as long as you are using this convenient and easy-to-use battle platform, you know what day it is.

Two days ago, the operator of the battle platform, Hellfire Entertainment, issued this announcement:

"Thanks to everyone's love, Hellfire Entertainment's second game on PC, Swire Heroes, will be released on January 1st. In order to take care of players, we have adopted a separate release mode for stand-alone and online modes this time: players can download a free stand-alone version and play single-player games on their own computers. You can choose whether to activate the online mode or not, so stay tuned for our new titles. ”

Underneath the announcement, there are a bunch of offload download addresses, apparently to lighten the burden on Hellfire's servers.

However, at this time, the focus of the discussion is: is the online activation code of this game worth buying?

In the forums and post bars, the discussions in various places began to become more and more intense, and at the same time, the office of Hellfire Entertainment was also filled with a tense atmosphere.

Gone is the usual light-hearted atmosphere in the company, replaced by the solemnity of the current enemy, which only happens when a new game has just been released and the future is uncertain.

In less than two hours, their game will be officially available for download, and the activation code for online mode will also be released at the same time.

However, at this time, a certain two people were still chatting unhurriedly, which was incompatible with the overall tense company.

"Here you need to go from the left to get the Sands of Time first, you have a problem with your gameplay."

Sitting in front of Xia Xiaoling's computer, Zhao Nuo manipulated the Persian prince, who was wrapped in a "scarf" even in summer, to jump suddenly, jump over several monsters in front of him, and run along the wall to the high platform.

"Ah, so that's the case, Zhao Nuo is so powerful." Xia Xiaoling, who had been troubled by this place for a long time, almost applauded excitedly.

Looking at the two of them without any sense of tension, the Black Hand Soldier sitting on the sofa next to him was silent for a moment, and finally couldn't bear to ask: "Aren't you two afraid that you two will fail?" This type of sale. ”

"What's wrong? Do you have an opinion on my decision? Zhao Nuo continued to control the Persian prince without raising his head, waved the double hook in his hand, and slashed the two small demons in front of him neatly.

"Of course, there are opinions, if you want me to say that it is most reliable to release the physical version like last time, is this purely digital marketing strategy really good?" The Black Hand shook his head a little irritably: "And the most important thing is that the stand-alone version is actually free." This will affect our income! ”

Hearing the businessman's tone of "hating iron does not become steel", Zhao Nuo finally paused to help Xia Xiaoling attack "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time", and after finding a safe position to pause, he seriously looked at the black hand soldier sitting on the sofa next to him, and said:

"It's okay, I think it's important to raise awareness first, so that it can also raise the image of the company in the minds of players."

At present, the market situation of domestic stand-alone games is not optimistic: many players are used to playing pirated versions, and it is not easy to get these people to accept genuine versions.

Even if "The Legend of the War of the Three Kingdoms" is successful, if it is the first time, it will often backfire, and it will be impossible to reproduce that glory again.

The current problem is not the price of genuine games at all, but how to guide players and make them develop the habit of buying genuine games.

Because of this, Zhao Nuo thought of another way, using this method of "stand-alone free online charging", imitating the profit model of online games and mobile games, and carrying out this game release.

"Nowadays, many people are willing to spend thousands of dollars on online games, but they are not willing to spend dozens of dollars to support stand-alone games, so we can also learn from the model of online games." Zhao Nuo said and picked up a bottle of water next to him and took a sip.

You can play single-player mode for free, but if you want to play online, you must buy an activation code. Once you purchase the activation code, it is equivalent to buying a point card with unlimited time in the online game, and you can play as you like.

As for things like the expansion pack of this game in the future, Zhao Nuo also plans to use this online sales model, allowing players to choose whether to buy it or not.

However, even though Zhao Nuo is very confident, the Black Hand is still a little uneasy:

"But what if someone cracks the game?"

"It's impossible to crack it, because players download the single-player mode game for free, there is no online mode at all, and if they want to play online outside of the Hellfire platform, what they have to do is not crack it at all, but remake the online mode." Speaking of this, a wicked smile appeared on Zhao Nuo's face: "If those guys in the cracking group are willing to reprogram, then they can all develop the game by themselves." ”

- Hellfire hired so many programmers, and it was not for idle meals, and with the efforts of these high-spirited game nerds, the problem of separating the single-player mode and the online mode of Swire Heroes was quickly resolved.

The stand-alone version that players download to their computers does not have the option to connect to the game at all, and if they want to play online, they must log in to the Hellfire battle platform before they can load the "battle module" for online play.

Although this battle module is not big, there are a lot of key numbers in it, without this thing, the stand-alone version of "Swire Heroes" is just a pure stand-alone game. Even if the guys in the cracking team did crack it, it would be impossible to get pirated online.

Moreover, under the protection of a god-level hacker's program, it is also difficult to crack the game this time.

In order to convince Christine to help the guy, Zhao Nuo later paid for a few more meals. However, it only took a few meals to exchange for the encryption program written by MURDER7, which is really worth it.

――If only I could get that guy under the command of the company......

Thinking of the mysterious hacker who didn't even know whether it was a man or a woman, Zhao Nuo was also a little excited, if he could use such a powerful store for himself, whether it was the security of the company's network or the "commercial investigation" of other companies, it would be strengthened by more than one grade.

“…… Hey, what's the fuss? I'll talk to you! ”

The voice of the Black Hand interrupted Zhao Nuo's "daydream", and he moved his gaze back to the short merchant and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"What if most of the players only play single-player, we can't force them to buy online, right?" The Black Hand asks the most crucial question.

"Oh, don't worry about that."

Zhao Nuo stood up, hugged the waist of the little beauty beside him, and said with a smile: "You can answer this question." ”

"It's not fun to play with the computer, of course, fighting games still have to be more fun to fight!" As if she was talking about common sense, Xia Xiaoling blurted out subconsciously. R1152