"This is the end of the story, and the worldview of the entire Dharma Ring is almost over in our show."

"From the original Forge Age, to the Supreme Will assigning Elden Beasts to land in the Junction."

"The first golden tree took root in the furnace, and then the golden age came."

"Then I experienced a series of turmoil in Lichu, as well as the secret game of various forces in the borderlands."

"Until the Shattered War began, and finally in the Weeping Dunes of Galid, the earth-shattering battle between the Valkyrie and the Shattered Star was the final end of the entire Shattered War."

"Just like the opening CG says."

"This is a war that no one will win, and the supreme will has given up on everyone at this moment."

"At this point, the entire border has been devastated and dilapidated."

"But even in such a decaying world, there are still people who have not given up the pursuit of beauty."

"There are many warriors of strong faith who are still on the path of chasing hope."

"It's hard to say what kind of world the Junction should become, and what kind of law rule all things should live in, even if I get through all the endings of the game, I can't describe which ending is the most suitable for the player and the most suitable for the Junction."

"Because along the way, you'll find that every boss you defeat is a former hero. Hug, Vic, the Holauth family, and even the last mentioned Mongart, although they have different philosophies, all fight for the truth in their hearts, even at the cost of their lives, and want to carry out their beliefs to the end. ”

"And you can't tell which of these beliefs is more noble and which is more desirable."

"Players can temporarily change the status quo of the Borderlands, but they can't really foresee the future, and they can't determine where the future is going. It seems that every choice has its own morality, and we are just ordinary members of the world, even if we become kings, we are still ordinary. ”

"Perhaps, in this way, we can more personally appreciate this sense of historical weight that cannot be easily leveraged, and the epic and vast worldview."

"But no matter what, the Junction is still a fascinating world, whether it is the snow-capped Divine Snow Field, or the Lienia where the moon and dreams are hidden, whether it is the dazzling golden tree that reaches to the zenith and can be seen wherever it is located in the world, or the sacred tree whose roots have been corrupted. Standing on the top of the mountain, the ancient storm of Stonewell never ceases to howl day and night, the people of the Eternal City who have sunk into the earth never stop yearning for the stars, and the blood dynasty like the lights on the other side, and the scarlet-stained Galied Field...... The whole world exudes a dilapidated beauty. ”

"There is a sense of conquest every time a strong enemy falls, yes, I have conquered this region, I have conquered this enemy, I have conquered this epic, I am a faded hero, a nameless king, a killer wandering the borderlands, and a wolf licking blood."

"Perhaps it is precisely because of this that "Elden Ring" has been unabated since its release, and has always been loved by the majority of players, and that hazy and dilapidated world still attracts countless newcomers to yearn for it, so ......"

At this point, Madoka's voice came to an abrupt end.

His video footage slowly faded out.

After a short time, the screen was pitch black, and then the light resurfaced.

In front of you, there is an ancient circular altar battlefield.

An ancient gray dragon king with wings enough to cover the sky and the sun was entrenched here, raising his head and roaring, the ground shook and the mountains shook, and the slightest crimson lightning continued to fall.

Standing in front of the huge dragon king, the faded one like a sparrow had no fear, and jumped lightly on one foot, and the long sword in his hand also transformed into a red lightning spear at this moment, and the electricity was fluttering, crackling with terrifying energy.

When the wind was howling, the two looked at each other from a distance, and the majestic epic background music sounded!

Madoka also lowered her voice and said word by word.

"So let's go, fader!"

"Even if the guide has been shattered, please become the king of Elden!"

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Until the 20th day of Elden Ring's release.

The first echelon of streamers has completed the whole process of the game.

And the second echelon, the players who entered the pit in the future, have also reached the end one after another.

But Elden Ring's appeal continues to swell around the world.

New players are jumping into the pit one after another, and the sales volume of Elden Ring is increasing instead of decreasing, and it is rising.

The reason for this.

Mainly, the ring-like game genre is a mixture of various new names such as 'open world', 'ring box garden', 'ring aesthetics', 'ring story', etc., which has become the most popular concept in the current game industry.

As a group of designers at Viwangdi previously analyzed.

Elden Ring is a game that can be broken down by any of the points mentioned in it, and I am afraid it can become a game of the year.

And the number one player is almost crazy, throwing them all together!

The sensation can be imagined.

Except that the quality of the game itself can withstand torture, no matter how much players tout it, it is not an exaggeration.

Many second creations have also made the popularity of the game itself out of the circle again and again.

A series of high-quality and interesting second-creation videos, such as "Rational Discussion, What Can Greck Take to Fight the Fading One", "First Class Love", "Wei Lani", "Ring BVB", "Useless People Level 1 Harmless Tree Guard", "Randomly Disrupting the Order of Appearance of All Bosses in the Junction", etc., have been viral among the player community.

Ke Jin glanced at the sales in the background, and couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

So far, in just three weeks, nearly 20 million sets have been sold.

The popularity of "Elden" is even more ferocious than in the previous life.

You must know that "Elden" was on the earth in the previous life, and the sales volume after a year was only more than 2000w.

But at Blue Star, it took only three weeks to reach an approximation of that number.

If it is more stable, it will definitely be able to break the sales of the previous life within a month.

If you think about it carefully, maybe it's because there were soul-based works in the previous life, and the concept of an open world is not unusual.

But at Bluestar, all of this is a surprise that players have never experienced before, so it's no surprise that sales have skyrocketed.

"Fortunately, I was stable at the time, and chose to adopt a system with different charging standards in different countries, diluting the risk of high prices in some developed countries, otherwise the flow of water has exploded now......" Ke Jin glanced at the flow of water in the background.

The system has a low consumption limit of 5 billion.

And the current sales are more than 3 billion points.

There are 10 days left.

In the first 20 days, 3 billion was cut, and in the last 10 days, 2 billion was raised?

Unlikely.

In addition, the water army hired by himself has taken root at the grassroots level of players, and now many domestic players are starting "Elden" through such channels as the Argentine server and the Turkish server.

Compared with the price of 299 in China, you can start with a minimum of only about 50 yuan in these regional services.

For many poor guys who go to school and have just come out of work and don't have enough money, the cost performance is simply not too high.

Players are happy, and they can buy good games without spending any money.

I'm happy, and the task is almost complete.

Win-win!

"To be reasonable, I really can't think of anything else that can make me roll over this time." Ke Jin poured himself a small Coke, buried his body comfortably on the sofa, shook slightly, and then groaned.

Tut~

Transparent!

The revolution is about to succeed, and the dawn of victory lies ahead!

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"BOSS, THE SITUATION IS NOT IDEAL."

Viwangdi Headquarters.

As soon as Connor arrived at the office, he saw the secretary knock on the door and then come in to report.

After listening to the secretary's summary, Connor's brow furrowed deeply.

DFgame is currently the world's largest game platform, and it also has a monopoly nature.

The peak daily active players can exceed 50 million.

The monthly activity is even more terrifying, reaching close to 300 million.

What is this concept?

About 1/20 of the world's people log in to DFgame at least once a month.

Even if there are a lot of monthly actives, they either play games that they have already purchased, or they come to shop but do not consume them.

In the face of such a large base.

300 million monthly active groups, even if one percent of players buy a game in the same month, this is a full 3 million consumer group.

One person buys a small hundred yuan at will, which is 300 million yuan.

However, you must know that the monthly active players who will choose to use DFgame cannot only buy one in 100 players a month.

According to the summary of Weiwangdi's financial report last year.

Only 1 percent of monthly active users have an average interval of 1~3 months between game purchases.

There are nearly 5 percent of monthly active users, and the average number of games purchased in a month is 2.73.

The average monthly consumption value of all DFgame users is about $38.91.

What is this concept?

DFgame can purchase more than 10 billion dollars of game turnover every month.

And that's not even the biggest head.

Krypton games, although the root of all evil is because of SE, an East Asian game manufacturer.

But after more than 20 years of development, there are also many popular heavy krypton games in the Omega Zone.

Among them, the game "Zerg Battle" is the best heavy krypton online game sold by Blizzard, which is put on the shelves by DFgame.

This kind of krypton-oriented flow,Because there is an in-app purchase system,So the payment will bypass the DFgame platform (for details, refer to Naraka: Infinite,steam's commission is based on its price98 yuan,The sales of in-app purchases steam does not participate in the commission,As for what the agreement is now free, it's not very clear)

These heavy krypton games are by no means a minority in DFgame.

Therefore, the monthly turnover of the entire DFgame platform is very exaggerated.

But just now, Connor learned an update from his secretary.

Although this news will not immediately affect DFgame, from the perspective of long-term interests, once this matter is accepted by the majority of players.

It will continue to damage the interests of DFgame in the future.

"Ready Player One, is this crazy?"

"Admission isn't enough? He still wants to smash all of our jobs?? Connor clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

And just as his voice fell, the phone on his desk rang as well.

As soon as he answered, the representative of the board of directors scolded Connor.

Even as tall as the CEO of Wei Wangdi, Connor didn't dare to say anything after being scolded for being bloody.

No, for a corporate structure, the board of directors has the right to remove the CEO at any time.

Wei Nuo echoed and promised to deal with the matter immediately, and the other party hung up the phone unceremoniously.

Connor breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The secretary also asked at this time.

"BOSS, the number one player is obviously coming for us, what should we do now?"

"Don't worry, let me think about it first. The more you get to this time, the more you have to think calmly. Connor folded his hands on the table, narrowing his gaze slightly.

It is known that the number one player has taken over the Nplay platform and is the largest shareholder of Nplay.

After the release of "Elden Ring", all aspects of data and popularity have exploded.

His own "Shadow Demon Domain" is not to mention compared to him, it belongs to the level that is not worthy of lifting shoes.

Originally, in the part of winning the award, Connor had already conceded defeat.

It's true that quality can't beat others, it's nothing to say.

But what makes him really angry is.

Player One has changed the amount of Elden Ring's sales.

Globally, different countries are divided into different selling price points.

This is the first time for the entire Blue Star market.

Let's take your own DFgame as an example.

All games under the DFgame platform have a uniform global price.

However, the pricing is set according to the consumption level of players in developed regions.

In an interview, Connor's external rhetoric was also very high-sounding and impeccable.

"It's very fair to treat players from all over the world equally, and I can't think of a better way to respect players from all over the world."

But by implication, Connor doesn't care about the gaming market other than Omics.

A lot of big games, not to mention Chinese dubbing.

Even the subtitles are not given to sinicization.,It's also a common operation.。

Even the Chinese market doesn't care, let alone other players from small and poor countries.

In Connor's eyes.

This group of players belongs to the poor ghosts who want nothing and can only play pirated.

Even if they are cheap, they may go for piracy.

And even if they don't play piracy, how much is it worth to price them according to the level of consumption in poor countries?

Again.

A game is discounted by 1 and may sell 10 copies.

But the original price only needs to sell one copy, and the money earned can be worth selling 10 copies at a discount.

It is precisely for this reason that DFgame has never had any measures to reduce the fees for players in the country with low consumption levels.

Players outside the Omi region love to play or not, and buy them at the original price when they play.

The leading big brother is forced to do this, and Ommi's other game platforms will naturally not let go.

In fact, before the number one player took over, Nplay also adopted a global flat price.

As a result, the number one player is now reversed!

Not only did the price change in "Elden".

And the changes are huge!

If you get a full coupon, you can get "Elden" at a minimum of less than 5 meters.

For the quality of "Elden", sell 5-meter knives?

This is literally any player who will wake up laughing when he sees it.

And more importantly, here.

The number one player doesn't seem to be server locked for players from various countries.

Other words......

It's easy for players to change their nationality on Nplay......

It is an individual, with a small hand, he can become an Argentine citizen, a Turkish citizen.

This move is equivalent to directly breaking the original order of the international game market.

Now it has begun to slowly form a backlash, and more and more players are gradually expanding their voices.

began to point the finger at the DFgame platform.

A lot of player voices said.

"If the number one player can continue this initiative, then the number one player will be my stepfather for the rest of my life...... No, it's my father! ”

"Poor buddy players said, this is really too close to the people, I can't imagine that in today's capital oligarchy dominates the game market environment, there can be such a game company, giving players the best quality games on the market at the same time, but also allowing players to start at the lowest price!"

"I never dreamed of doing this before, but now you know it, Ready Player One has done it! It did something I couldn't even dream of! Ready Player One is too strong! The engraved designer is fantastic!! ”

"If the Nplay platform can launch more game prices that face the consumption standards of poor countries in the future, then I will uninstall DFgame permanently! And free publicity for Nplay every day! I'm the most loyal dog of Ready Player One! ”

Such a voice can be used as a player joke at first.

But by the time the secretary reported, the global voice could no longer be ignored.

This opening has been opened.

Players have also tasted the sweetness.

This is definitely a very dangerous sign.

Let the number one player continue to play like this.

It doesn't take much.

3 years later.

The current accumulation of users on the DFgame platform will be reduced by more than ninety!

This is something that Viwangdi must not endure.

After all, compared to making games, the game platform is the real revenue of Weiwangdi.

That's why, as soon as Connor heard the news, he scolded 'Ready Player One is a madman'

When the board of directors learned the news, they also quickly called over and drenched Connor's scolding dog.

All the high-level leaders of Viwangdi are aware of the urgency of this matter!

I also realized what kind of opponent I was facing.

That opponent, although the size is not yet formed.

But it's fucking unprofitable!

It's a desperate style of play!

"Simply stopping the number one player from canceling the different fees from different countries will definitely not work." Connor thought quickly in his mind.

Nplay platform, currently held less than 40% of the shares, and after the sale of "Elden", the stock market has been soaring, making some retail investors reluctant to sell their stocks.

As a result, Viwangdi was unable to acquire the remaining shares and had no way to call the shots.

Without the right to call the shots, the number one player can set whatever price he wants, and Wei Wangdi can only stare dryly.

"Then there's only one last resort...... Connor gritted his teeth.

Although I don't want to admit it in my heart.

But he had to say.

This is a last resort.

"You pass on my word and let all the employees in the operations department work overtime in the near future."

"Then contact the public relations department to hire a water army, and spend money to hit the major media outlets."

"Spare no effort to publicize it."

"This announcement, no games will be promoted."

"It's about implanting a core value for players – to make it clear to them that it's not right to buy cheap games, games are too cheap for game companies to be able to open."

"And then with a rhythm, let the water army pretend to be a normal player who buys the game, and discriminate, abuse and other behaviors against players who buy the game cheaply."

"In the end, we just need to reach a result that makes players consider buying a game with normal pricing as an honor and a shame to buy a game cheaply."

After explaining all this, Connor's expression eased a lot.

A cold smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.

"I believe that with the ability of our media to reverse black and white, they will have a way, and money is not a problem."

(End of chapter)