"What's going on? Why can't the number of people online on the first day reach 1 million!? ”

Penguin HQ, inside the gaming department.

The man in charge of the "Sword and Sword" project had a gloomy face, looking at the number of online users who had not increased for a long time.

For a whole week.

They spent a lot of money to promote the whole network, plus a linkage movie to hype up the heat.

Obviously, the entire online discussion is so high.

But when it was officially launched, it couldn't even reach one million online, which was not as good as Shengqu's "Oracle"!

"Director, could it be that the players are all running to the Oracle of the Oracle?" A subordinate couldn't help but say.

"Absolutely impossible! The number of views of our promotional film has exceeded 10 million, even if the conversion rate is only 10%, it should have reached one million online! ”

Although the man was angry, he knew very well that it was impossible for a single game to completely eat the entire MMO market.

Although Shengqu's "Oracle" has foreign word-of-mouth foreshadowing, coupled with the early launch, the maximum is only 3 million online.

It's still far from reaching the ceiling of this type of market!

So.

The problem may well be with themselves!

"No, we are completely in accordance with the method of the flood famine, and we have invested more and more resources, so it stands to reason that even if it is worse, it will not be too much."

The man frowned and looked at the online data that was constantly floating on the computer.

When it comes to extension resources, they have more than the famine.

When it comes to the popularity of the promotional video, they are not far behind the flood, and they have even reached the point of getting out of the circle.

No matter how you think about it, you can't lose.

Unless Hong Huang also miscalculated like them this time.

"Why don't we take a look at the situation over there first? It's also possible that they can't do it. The subordinate suggested.

Now it is less than half a month before the launch of the new terminal game of Honghuang.

If even the flood is broken at that time, it means that it is not their own problem, but the method is wrong.

You shouldn't be like the flood and make any propaganda movies.

It's a waste of money.

"So be it, continue to increase publicity during this time." The man said in a deep voice.

Penguin Group has no shortage of resources, and even if it is smashed, it will smash a market gap.

Now is the time when the MMO market is turbulent, and the poor performance in the early stage does not mean anything, but depends on the long-term operation ability.

Whoever can't stand up to the consumption of resources first will leave the scene first.

When the time comes, they will undoubtedly become the only choice for players.

……

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, the end of February is coming.

In the hearts and minds of countless players and the attention of manufacturers, the day of the launch of the new game "World of Warcraft" has finally arrived.

"Half a month! Do you know how I've spent the past half a month! ”

"It's finally going to be launched, I've been waiting so hard."

"I just came over from "Oracle" to see if this is fun."

"Same, come over from "Sword and Sword", play and see which game to reside in."

"Open the door! It's kind of you open the door! ”

During this time, the publicity of the flood was not small.

Basically, some game content will be revealed every once in a while, but players can't get hungry.

But more often than not, it's still a wait-and-see player who is hesitant about which game to reside.

After all, people's energy is limited, and it is impossible to play so many terminal games at the same time, so you can only choose the most fun and suitable one.

And the flood of this game.

It is also one of their selection targets.

Many people were attracted by the magnificent promotional video and came here.

"It's on! The server is on! ”

Suddenly, an exclamation rang out.

Everyone who had already downloaded the client jumped and immediately clicked to start the game.

The next second.

A full-screen black frame pops up and takes up the entire screen.

As far as the eye can see, it's a large area option, and there are only two options.

【Eastern Kingdom (PVE/PVP)】

【Kalimdor (PVE/PVP)】

"Only two regions?"

"Hong Huang, this is too confident, right?"

"Aren't you afraid that the server will be blown up?"

"Yes, it's so crowded."

Looking at the only options, players were amazed and delighted.

Because those who have played a lot of terminal games know that those roll-on games on the market, no matter how many regions they open, the middle areas will eventually become ghost servers.

Or stay in the first district, where the local tyrants are everywhere.

Either go to the new area for a cool month and then become a ghost suit.

Open too many group servers.

It just consumes the game's potential.

It seems that the former has been chosen, and all the players are concentrated in the two regions, so the pressure on the server will be great.

"Mr. Chen, aren't we really going to open a few more sets of servers?"

In the Honghuang studio, Lao Li couldn't help but ask.

With the hype they have been hyping up during this time, it seems that the two sets of servers are a little too few.

Looking at the Penguin Giant, basically three groups were opened on the first day, and some were expanded to five groups.

While they've spent a lot of money on server capacity, the two districts do look a little too shabby.

"No, two is enough, I really can't stand to add more."

Chen Lin shook his head with a smile on his face.

He knew very well that one of the reasons why "World of Warcraft" was crushed in his previous life was that there were too many regional servers.

The more servers there are, the more players are diverted.

Although the latter is through the way of cross-dimensional planes, all the regional servers are interconnected, and some problems are solved.

But when in the field, each regional uniform belongs to a different plane, and unless you form a team, you can't touch a piece at all.

Because of this, there is no one in the wild, and the PVP gameplay is greatly weakened, which has triggered a wave of retreat.

He knew that it was also a helpless move at that time.

After all, it's a fact that there are fewer and fewer players.

Therefore, he directly eliminated it from the root, increased server investment, and reduced the number of servers as much as possible to ensure the longevity of wild gameplay.

……

Just as the two were talking.

At this time, the first batch of players to enter the game also chose the regional server to come to the character creation interface.

When they saw the Alliance and Tribal races on the left and right, the players were excited.

"Faction selection! There really is a faction to choose from! ”

"Races too, are completely differentiated according to the background plot!"

"The big guys on the Internet guessed all right."

"There are so many races, and there are also different professions."

With just one glance, they were shocked to find that there were more races in this game than they had imagined.

[Alliance: Humans, Night Elves, Gnomes, Dwarves]

[Tribes: Orcs, Undead, Minotaurs, Trolls]

There are a total of eight starting races, click in to see, each race also has its own talent skills.

For example, Night Elves can enter a stealth state, the undead can be immune to fear effects, and Orcs can increase their attack strength for a short time, which are basically designed according to the characteristics of the race.

"Huh? What are these professions? ”

Once you've chosen your race, some players quickly notice the class options underneath.

[Warrior, Paladin (Alliance), Hunter, Druid, Rogue, Priest, Mage, Warlock, Shaman (Horde)]

"Huh? What is this? ”

"There are a lot of professions that I haven't heard of."

"! This alliance's exclusive paladin is so cool! ”

"The druid actually has transformation skills, and it turns out that the transformation in the promotional video is this profession?"

"Sure enough, there are hunters with beast pets!"

For a moment, exclamations abounded.

Players are attracted by this rich and novel profession, and click on the skill demo and career introduction above one by one.

This is also where Chen Lin made changes.

With the current level of production, it is naturally impossible to completely follow the style of the 60 version of "World of Warcraft".

Therefore, the accuracy and picture quality of the character have been optimized by him and improved by several notches, and the characteristic skills of the profession used to display are completely enough for players to have a preliminary understanding of this profession.

"I've established my character, what about you?"

In the dormitory, Xu Gu struggled for more than ten minutes before finally selecting a human paladin as the starter.

"I'm fine, I've chosen the Dwarven Hunter hehe."

"What a bad taste, the first must be a night elf girl!"

"I like tribes more, and I built an orc shaman."

"Huh? Are you also in the tribe? I'm a minotaur druid, try this transformation class, and level up together. ”

"Damn, what kind of taste do you have? Am I the only one who chooses a human pastor? ”

Looking at the strange and strange professions they had created, several roommates burst out laughing.

I have to say that the profession of this game really subverts their imagination, except for warriors, mages, hunters, and thieves, none of them have ever seen it.

After making an appointment to level up together, several people quickly entered the game.

Swish!

A flash of light.

The human paladin created by Xu Gu appeared in front of a church.

【North County Monastery】

"I'll go! That's a lot of people! ”

As soon as he stood still, Xu Gu was frightened by the sea of people in front of him, and at a glance it was all human characters like him.

In the area channel in the lower left corner, and above each character's head, dense messages keep popping up.

"Haha, finally in."

"Brothers, do you think the character I built is handsome?"

"Is this the Newbie Village?"

"I'm a pure and cute sister Lolita, I beg my eldest brother to bring it."

"Take out a cute girl who is bigger than me, right?"

"Strange, how come they're all human? What about other races? ”

The launch of a new game is always the most lively time, and everything is so novel and attractive.

However, Xu Gu soon discovered a problem.

Why is this novice village full of humans?

Suddenly, he looked up at his roommates' computers and saw that they had also entered the game, but in a completely different scene than he was.

"The birth point of each race is different?"

The roommates soon found out and were surprised.

After checking back and forth, it was indeed so.

Only Xu Gu and another roommate who chose the human race were in the same novice village.

"That's a good setting." The roommate's eyes lit up, "The living environment of different races is inherently different, and the sense of substitution comes at once." ”

"Then let's team up and level up together."

After a brief familiarization, Xu Gu and his human priest roommate formed a team, and after taking the task, they began to fight monsters in the forest next to the monastery.

As a result, as soon as I arrived at the mission site, I was taken aback.

The whole forest was full of people, and as soon as the mob refreshed out, it was frantically beaten to death by a bunch of people.

Luckily, the roommate's priest has a ranged attack, and only needs to rub damage to count towards the mission.

Although it was just a simple task process, the two of them still enjoyed running around the place.

After staying away from the novice village, the number of players has decreased, and there is no longer a situation where you can't grab the monster.

But that's exactly what it is.

Their nightmare began......

"Ahhh The mob is catching up! ”

", don't run around! You've lured the spider mob over there! ”

"Don't! No! Brother Jackal spares his life! ”

"Is this Nima a monster? It's all bosses, right!? ”

The entire dormitory is filled with the shouting of the two of them, and the control character is fleeing in all directions in the forest.

As a result, the people did not escape, but a large group of small monsters chased behind them, and chased them more and more, like running a train, chasing them all over the forest.

Didn't run in the end.

All of a sudden, the situation was reversed, and he was beaten to death by the mobs, and the game screen turned gray.

"What's going on? Did you two meet the boss? ”

The other roommates came over in confusion because they didn't have a team, their progress was slow, and they were still in the big army.

"What's wrong, Xu Gu is your screen broken? I just saw that your game is in black and white, and now I look at it in black and white. ”

Xu Gu: ......

(End of chapter)