Chapter 224: The heart is distracted
Giant hard, branch companies, conference rooms.
"Mr. Wei, is the sales situation on the first day out?"
Carter sat on top of the table and asked Wemer below.
At this time, 24 hours have passed since their annual exclusive launch, and the first-day sales have been basically fixed.
So as soon as the time came, a group of high-level executives held a meeting to prepare for this exciting moment.
"Yes, Mr. Carter."
Wimmer slowly got up, a report in his hand, and projected the table on his tablet onto the big screen.
"According to my statistics, we sell 1.8 million copies in the first 24 hours of the annual exclusivity!"
His voice was uplifting, reverberating through the room.
The high-level officials were silent for a moment, and then they instantly boiled.
"1.8 million copies?!"
"More than 1 million?"
"Breaking one million on the first day, good! Very good! ”
"Oh my God, this is even better than our last year!"
Everyone present was frightened by this sales, and at the same time excited.
Their game is not like the early version of the Flood Wilderness, it is a complete full-blood version, and the price difference is doubled.
Wei Mo, who was in charge of reading it, finally let go of the worries in his heart and smiled.
Although Red Dead Redemption broke the record of 3 million sales on the first day, it was only a half-price early access version after all.
Based on his previous experience, the full version doubles the price, and half of the players can renew it, which is already good, that is, 1.5 million.
When it comes to the fullest, they have an extra 300,000 sales.
Everyone who has done the game industry knows it.
When the publicity is in place, most games will sell at a high level on the first day, and then maintain a certain level for a period of time, and then slowly decrease.
That's player saturation.
Hong Huang wants to catch up with them, I'm afraid it will not be easy.
"Very well, this score is a little higher than I expected."
In the first place, Carter's face was red.
On the first day, as long as the publicity is increased, it is still very promising to hit tens of millions of sales.
At that time, they will be able to suppress Suoni and Ren Tiandi and become the largest host platform in the country, let alone the famine.
When the headquarters knew the news, they would inevitably reward him.
When the time comes, it is not impossible to enter the board of directors in one fell swoop.
In a good mood, he asked, "How are the other games doing?" ”
Weimer: "Other games have been sold between 2 and 100,000 on the first day because of the slightly lower publicity. ”
"Well, it's not bad, twenty games add up to almost 1 million."
For Carter, these twenty games are just used to set up a foil, and there are not too many high hopes.
As long as the annual monopoly score is high enough, everything else doesn't matter to him.
"What about the sales of the other two over there? Any news? ”
"Not yet, because their games are a little bit more online than we do at night."
"Okay, I see, you keep an eye on it."
Carter smiled slightly, not panicking at all.
Last year, their three annual masterpieces did not even reach one million sales on the first day.
This year, their results have directly doubled, what do those people compare to them?
Sure enough, spending a lot of money on publicity is still very effective.
And at this time.
There are also player circles in major live broadcast rooms.
After a day of hard work yesterday, I chose my favorite game and was seizing the time to clear the customs.
"Brothers and sisters, let's continue to play Big Dead Redemption today."
Station B.
Ouyang Xiao, who had just started the live broadcast at noon, had two dark circles under his eyes, weak energy, and yawned repeatedly.
As a former fitness UP master, she rarely sees staying up late.
But now.
Because of the game "Red Dead Redemption", I have been playing from day to night, and the more I play, the more I play.
For more than ten hours, just to see the ending as soon as possible.
It wasn't until the end that I couldn't stand it anymore and was reluctant to go offline.
"Haha, I'll just say that this game can't be played in a day."
"This is still the first two chapters released early, if you start playing from the first chapter, I guess I won't even get half of it now."
"I'm only getting to the third chapter now."
"The content of 150G is really not blown."
"I went shopping, and many of the anchors who broadcast my big cousin have dark circles under their eyes, and I laugh to death."
Compared with the anchors who have to pay full attention throughout the whole process, the audience is much more relaxed, and they are full of energy and poured into the live broadcast room.
After adjusting the state, Ouyang Xiao didn't waste any time, opened the steam platform and entered the game.
When she saw the moment the game screen appeared, she was also shocked and sobered up a lot.
"Yesterday I almost finished the fifth chapter, and today I have to fight until the finale."
In one night, she had advanced the plot to the end of the fifth chapter, eliminated the guards on the island, and successfully got on the caravan ship.
As soon as the game opens, the perspective already appears on the ship.
Ducky is gathering them to discuss future plans, preparing to rush back to the original place, find the others, and leave immediately after making more money.
"Huh?"
Hearing Daqi's words, Ouyang Xiao and the audience were stunned, and the other gang members were also stunned.
"No, you're all like this, and you still want to make money?"
Ouyang Xiao didn't understand it very much.
Even the main character, Arthur, frowned for the first time and began to doubt Ducky's decision.
After all, it was because of Ducky's decision-making mistakes that they fell into this field and lost so many companions.
But Arthur still had a lot of respect for Ducky, so he didn't say much, just looked down on his face.
Coupled with the sunburned red skin, chapped lips, and bloodshot eyes on the tropical island, everyone only felt very distressed.
"It's so hard, I've suffered so much along the way, and I didn't get anything."
"If I had run away."
"I should have gone away with my ex-girlfriend before."
"There's no way, he said it himself, and there are still concerned partners."
"I'd rather Arthur be a heinous villain than this useless kindness."
Along the way, they have come to know Arthur's character.
As a nurturing grace to himself, Daqi would not betray him so easily.
Coupled with the fact that there were so many people in the gang that he cared about, it was impossible to get out of the way.
"Forget it, let's take one step at a time, if there is an option to leave, I will definitely be the first to click."
Ouyang Xiao said indignantly and continued to advance the plot.
Soon.
So they sailed back to Westworld.
And in order not to attract attention, choose to act separately to find a companion.
Naturally, she didn't need to say much, so she "borrowed" a horse when she passed by and went straight to the direction of the camp.
It was definitely the longest journey to date, and it took nearly five minutes.
But Ouyang Xiao didn't have any intention of fast-forwarding.
Looking at the buildings and jungle that kept passing on both sides, and listening to the leisurely music playing in the background, she even wished that the process would be a little longer.
This is the change this game has brought to her.
It's no longer the fast-paced thing that used to be.
Instead, take your time and enjoy the scenery along the way that you have never noticed before.
It's like running in the wilderness, seeking a rare freedom in this life full of constraints.
It's a pity.
The tranquility lasted for five minutes.
What was once a makeshift camp is already in sight.
Ouyang Xiao controlled the character to enter the house and found the secret letter left by the members.
Sadie, the widow she rescued from the snowy mountains in Chapter 1, writes to her uncle in the voice of a niece, saying that they have moved to a small town north of Saint-Denis.
"Looks like the members of the camp are fine." Ouyang Xiao said in a low voice.
Following the clues, she quickly rushed to the northern town, and finally found the other members hiding in the suburbs.
Then Daqi and the others also arrived, reminiscing and exchanging information.
But just when everyone thought that was the end of it.
The idiot who arrived at the end revealed his whereabouts by asking people everywhere, attracting the troops on the agent's side and chasing them.
"Ahhh I really took this old 6, can't I be careful when I do things? ”
Ouyang Xiao's lungs were about to explode.
Hurriedly took out the guy and shot at the agent troops outside across the house.
With great difficulty, taking advantage of the cover of night and heavy rain, he went around the enemy's rear from the secret passage, grabbed the repeating machine gun, and repelled the enemy.
Arthur: "What's next?"] ”】
[Ducky: "We just need a little time. We can't go east now, so I guess we'll have to go north, right? I need someone to buy me time, damn it, any of you. ”】
Without Hosea's brain, Ducky also seemed a little hesitant, which could be clearly heard from the words.
[Arthur: "And what about John?"] ”】
[Ducky: "John? I. We're going to save him, but it's not time yet. ”】
[Arthur: "But they will hang him.] ”】
[Ducky: "Not really. ”】
After saying that, Daqi turned around and left, avoiding the topic.
He obviously didn't have the heart to save the captured John anymore, but he had to speak out to appease the members for the sake of their feelings.
In the end, only the protagonist Arthur and the widow Sadie are left, intending to save their companions.
"I knew that Ducky was selfish."
"Hehe, it's not as good as a widow who was rescued halfway."
"In fact, it is understandable that as a leader, I have long been physically and mentally exhausted when I encounter so many changes."
"How can two people save people? It's a prison. ”
"I'm afraid I'm going to die again."
Two people go to save people, no matter how they think, it's a fantasy.
However, this was a game after all, so Ouyang Xiao didn't think much about it, continued to follow the team, and soon moved forward to the new camp.
At this moment, a member named Molly gets drunk and scolds Ducky, and accidentally reveals that it was he who told the detectives the secret, which made their St. Denis's plan fail.
"It turned out to be her!"
Everyone who learned the truth suddenly came to their senses.
They had guessed that there were ghosts in the team before, and sure enough, they were right.
When the gang members learned the news, they were also in an uproar, and Ducky even raised his pistol to shoot her.
But because the other party loved him and couldn't bear it, plus it was possible that he was drunk and crazy nonsense, he hesitated and didn't start.
In the end, Aunt Susan, who was still standing on the side, picked up the shotgun, and with a "bang", Molly fell to the ground directly.
[Susan: "She should know the rules.] ”】
A cold voice echoed through the camp.
The barrage in the live broadcast room suddenly became lively.
"Aunt Susan is mighty!"
"That's what a traitor deserves."
"How could you survive after killing so many people."
"This shot is cheap for her."
The inner ghost found out, and everyone finally let out a bad breath.
But with that comes all sorts of problems.
It can be clearly felt that Daqi's prestige in the gang has not been as good as before, and the other members have their own thoughts and begin to divide into small groups.
Because what Molly just said was actually exactly what they wanted to say.
Instead of giving them the life they wanted, Ducky was forced to walk on the death line every day, fleeing everywhere and having no fixed place to live.
In other words, everyone will have complaints.
The hearts of the people are scattered.
The group dispersed.
I'm afraid the team will soon fall apart.
"Will it end up being dispersed?"
Recalling the singing and dancing when he had just come down the snowy mountain before, he was harmonious and harmonious, and Ouyang Xiao felt a pity in his heart.
She didn't understand how it had come to this point.
All that can be done is to watch the former team come to an end step by step, but there is nothing that can be done.
Arthur sat in the camp, also distraught, recording everything in his diary.
[What the hell is messing with all this. 】
[I don't know what will happen next.] 】
[The whole thing is tough for all of us. 】
[But the hardest thing is Ducky, everything we have experienced has made him seem to fall into a semi-crazy state. 】
This kind of dazed mood really makes the audience empathize.
In other words, if you encounter so many things, even if you don't collapse, you will have no master.
That strong sense of substitution made them all start to worry about the fate of these people in the future.
Then the picture freezes and gradually changes to black and white.
[Chapter 6: Beaver Cave]
(End of chapter)