"How's it going, is the sales data for that new game coming out?"

Within a game manufacturer.

A senior officer approached a subordinate in charge of statistics.

It's been a night since the release of the new game.

Even their competitors are very concerned about the sales of this game, after all, it is the only relatively large FPS game this year.

"Director, it has been counted that in the first 12 hours of their game, only 10,000 copies were sold on all platforms."

The employee pulled out a form and said slowly.

"10,000 copies? So little? The director raised his eyebrows, a little surprised, "It seems that Hong Huang is still holding up too much this time, and he even wants to come and divide the cake of FPS classification." ”

10,000 copies in half a day, even if it doubles in 24 hours, it is only 20,000 copies.

Counting the cost of time, the game is basically completely cool.

Other manufacturers who received the news also gloated.

"Haha, I'll just say that now the FPS market is saturated and overloaded, and there is only a dead end to get in."

"It's not good to do anything with the apocalyptic theme, you have to do FPS, and the current gunfight game market is not as good as it was at the beginning."

"Do you really think there are a few popular games that can be chosen at will? The flood is still a little too tender. ”

"The game industry, after all, depends on adapting to the market, players don't buy it, no matter how good it is, it's useless."

Now is the time for the heroes to rise together.

There is no manufacturer that can completely dominate the game industry, so it is naturally impossible to make games by temperament.

The failure case of Honghuang made them understand this truth, and completely dispelled their idea of making FPS games.

The other side.

Inside the Flood Wilderness Studio.

Lao Song, who had just come to work, also got the sales data from the employees, and sighed.

This is the first FPS game they have ever made, after all.

And I also use the theme of the apocalypse, which has recently emerged.

Of course, I hope that the sales figures will look good, at least not too badly.

In this way, they can gain a foothold in this large category of markets and let players know that they have what it takes to make this kind of game.

But the estimated results of 20,000 copies on the first day are still much worse than his previous estimates.

Not even half of the 60,000 sales of "Wolf" on the first day.

You must know that in order to open up the market, they have kept the price of new games very low and launched them on all platforms.

Now I can't even get back the production cost.

Sure enough, was the decision to forcibly insert into the FPS market wrong?

"What are we going to do now?"

Lao Song looked at Chen Lin on the side.

"What else can I do, cold salad." Chen Lin shrugged his shoulders, "We have done what should be done, and there is no way if the game can't be sold, so let's take it as a lesson." ”

In fact, he didn't expect that the results of the new game would be so miserable.

After all, the popularity of the "Resident Evil" movie is not low, and there are a lot of discussion topics, so it stands to reason that the sales on the first day will not be bad.

At this growth rate, it is estimated that it will be difficult to recover the cost within half a year.

Is it true that FPS is a death classification as told by other manufacturers?

Or is the conversion rate between moviegoers and gamers not good?

If that's the case.

Then his plans for the second half of the year have to make some changes.

"Mr. Chen, Boss Song, the new sales data is out! Come and see! ”

Just as they were thinking, a shout came from a distance, interrupting their conversation.

"What are you shouting, it's just noon, can the sales increase several times in half a day?"

Lao Song raised his head and glared at the employee.

He's upset right now, so he's in the mood to look at this.

"No, Boss Song, come and see, sales. Sales have really increased! ”

The employee stood up from his seat, staring at the computer with wide eyes, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

It didn't look like a trivial matter, and finally made Chen Lin Lao Song wonder.

I put down the information in my hand, hurriedly came to the computer, and saw the sales data that had just been updated on it at a glance.

[Resident Evil: Village]

[24-hour total sales: 34,000 copies]

"34,000 copies? Why is there so much so suddenly? ”

Lao Song was stunned for a moment, and his expression became suspicious.

According to his estimates, the game sold almost 20,000 copies on the first day.

Now there are 14,000 more copies.

Even foreign countries, which have not invested much in publicity, have contributed to part of the sales.

Although this result is not too impressive, it is barely visible.

Thinking of this, he suddenly woke up and hurriedly said: "Look at the increase trend in the first 24 hours!" ”

"Okay."

The employee responded, and hurriedly sat back to open the table, splitting the day's data into 24 segments and making a trend chart.

Chen Lin looked at the chart and found that the sales trend in the first 12 hours was very flat, almost in a straight line, and the sales volume per hour was very similar.

Can be crossed after 12 hours.

Suddenly, sales began to increase slowly, from a straight line to an upward curve, and the increase was getting bigger and bigger.

Especially in the last few hours, it has directly doubled several times compared to the previous one!

"What the hell is going on?" Old Song was full of doubts.

"That's right, I just looked at the reviews of the new game, and I found that many players were watching the streamers play yesterday, and they only started to buy and play for themselves today."

"Part of it is because . There are a lot of clips of the Eight Feet Lady on the Internet."

The employee explained with a strange expression.

After listening, Lao Song was full of question marks, and Chen Lin suddenly realized.

It seems that no matter what world the player is, the hobbies are the same and have a lot in common.

Hearing the news, his original disappointment disappeared completely.

The sales of new games should not need to worry about him anymore.

Just as Chen Lin expected.

The sales of "Resident Evil: Village" are not explosive, but have strong stamina.

34,000 on the first day.

42,000 the next day.

49,000 on the third day.

55,000 on the fourth day.

In just one week, with a lower price advantage, it broke the first-week sales record of "Wolf", reaching an exaggerated result of 350,000 copies!

The rapid growth momentum stunned the manufacturers who received the news.

"What's going on? Isn't it said that the new game of the Flood is cool? ”

"This increase in daily sales is too exaggerated!"

"It seems that even players of other similar games have been attracted to it."

"Is it really feasible to combine FPS with a post-apocalyptic theme?"

The manufacturers are very puzzled.

I clicked on the "Resident Evil" game review page to collect player feedback, but I saw a very strange scene.

[It's really big! 】

[Help, I can't get out! 】

[Sooner or later, I'm going to be suffocated in this game.] 】

[What model of T virus is so effective?] I want to buy a copy for my girlfriend too, and I beg for a lot of money! 】

[God knows how long I hung from the ceiling. 】

[Admired, this is indeed a "horror" game. 】

[I would like to call the God of War the strongest hand sanitizer!] 】

It's all with what.

Isn't it a post-apocalyptic FPS game?

Why are player reviews completely out of line with the content of the game?

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