"How's it going? Are the sales figures for Honghuang's new game out?"
Within a certain game manufacturer.
A senior executive approached his subordinate who was responsible for statistics.
It has been one night since the release of Honghuang's new game.
Even their competitors are very concerned about the sales of this game. After all, it is the only large-scale FPS game besides Huanwai this year.
"Director, we have calculated that their game only sold 10,000 copies across all platforms in the first 12 hours."
The employee opened a form and said slowly.
"10,000 copies? So few?" The director raised his eyebrows, a little surprised, "It seems that Honghuang is too generous this time, and he actually wants to share the cake of the FPS category."
10,000 copies in half a day, even if doubled in 24 hours, it is only 20,000 copies. I don’t know how long it will take to get back the money.
Taking into account the time cost, Honghuang is basically a completely useless game.
Other manufacturers who received the news also started to gloat.
"Haha, I would say that the current FPS market is oversaturated and over-saturated, and there is only a dead end if you enter."
"What's not good about doomsday themes, it has to be FPS. The current gunfight game market is no longer what it was back then."
"Do you really think that there are several popular games that you can choose from at will? Honghuang is still a bit too young."
"The game industry ultimately relies on adapting to the market. If players don't buy it, no matter how good it is, it will be in vain."
Now is the era when all heroes come together.
No manufacturer can completely dominate the game industry yet, so it is naturally impossible to make games based on one's temper.
The failure case of Honghuang made them understand this truth, and completely gave up their idea of making FPS games.
the other side.
Inside Honghuang Studio.
Lao Song, who just came to work, also got the sales data compiled by employees and sighed.
After all, this is the first FPS game they made.
And it also uses the recently emerging doomsday theme.
Of course I hope the sales data looks better, at least not too bad.
In this way, we can at least gain a foothold in this large market and let players know that they have the ability to make this type of game.
But the estimated score of 20,000 copies on the first day was still much worse than what he had previously estimated.
Not even half of the 60,000 sales of "Sekiro" on its first day.
You must know that in order to open up the market, they have lowered the price of new games and made them available on all platforms.
Now I can't even recoup the production cost.
Sure enough, was the decision to forcefully insert it into the FPS market a mistake?
"What do we do now?"
Lao Song looked at Chen Lin who was standing aside.
"What else can we do, cold salad." Chen Lin shrugged, "We have done everything we should do. There is nothing we can do if the game cannot be sold, so just treat it as a lesson learned."
In fact, he did not expect that the results of the new game would be so disastrous.
After all, the popularity of the "Resident Evil" movie is not low, and it has brought a lot of discussion topics. It stands to reason that the sales volume on the first day will not be much worse.
According to this growth rate, it is estimated that it will be difficult to get back the capital within half a year.
Did you really tell other manufacturers that FPS is a death category?
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 will have to make some changes.
"Mr. Chen, Boss Song, the new sales data is out! Come and take a look!"
Just as they were thinking, a shout came from far away, interrupting their conversation.
"Why are you shouting? It's just noon. How many times can sales double in half a day?"
Lao Song raised his head and glared at the employee.
He is upset right now, so how can he be in the mood to see this.
"No, Boss Song, come and see, the sales volume. The sales volume has really increased!"
The employee stood up from his seat and stared at the computer with wide eyes, as if he had seen something incredible.
It didn't look like a trivial matter, which finally made Chen Lin and Lao Song suspicious.
Putting down the information in his hands, he hurried to the computer and saw the newly updated sales data at a glance.
【Resident Evil: Village】
[Total sales in 24 hours: 34,000 copies]
"34,000 copies? Why are there so many suddenly?"
Lao Song was stunned for a moment, his expression became confused and uncertain.
According to his estimate, the game's first-day sales were only about 20,000 copies.
Now there are 14,000 more copies.
Even foreign countries that have not invested much resources in publicity have contributed to some sales.
Although this result is not too impressive, it is still acceptable.
Thinking of this, he suddenly woke up and said hurriedly: "Look at the rising trend in the past 24 hours!"
"good."
The employee responded, quickly sat back and opened the table, split the whole day's data into 24 sections, and made a trend chart.
Chen Lin looked at the chart and found that the sales trend in the first 12 hours was very smooth, almost in a straight line, and the sales volume every hour was about the same.
Can span beyond 12 hours.
Sales suddenly began to increase slowly, changing from a straight line to an upward curve, and the increase was getting bigger and bigger.
Especially in the last few hours, the number actually doubled from the previous time!
"What on earth is going on?" Lao Song was filled with doubts.
"It's like this. I just read the reviews of the new game and found that many players were watching the anchors play it yesterday and just started buying it and playing it themselves today."
"Part of it is because there are a lot of edited videos about Mrs. Bashiku appearing on the Internet."
The employee looked weird and explained.
After listening, Lao Song was filled with questions, while Chen Lin suddenly realized.
It seems that no matter which world players are from, their hobbies are the same and they have a lot in common.
Upon hearing the news, his original disappointment completely disappeared.
He shouldn't need to worry about the sales of new games 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 its lower price advantage, it broke the first-week sales record of "Sekiro" and reached an exaggerated result of 350,000 copies!
The rapid growth momentum shocked the manufacturers who received the news.
"What's going on? Didn't you say that Honghuang's new game is too cool?"
“This daily increase in sales is too exaggerated!”
"It seems that even players of other similar games are attracted to it."
"Is it really feasible to combine fps with doomsday themes?"
The manufacturers were very puzzled.
I clicked on the "Resident Evil" game review page to collect feedback from players, but I saw a very strange scene.
【It’s really big!】
【Help, I can't get out!】
【Sooner or later I will be suffocated to death in this game.】
[What type of t-virus is so effective? I want to buy one for my girlfriend, please pay a lot of money!]
【God knows how long I hung from the ceiling.】
【Come here because of its reputation, this is indeed a "horror" game.】
【I would like to call the Hand Sanitizer God of War the strongest!】
This is all nothing.
Isn’t it a doomsday-themed fps game?
Why are player reviews completely unrelated to the game content?
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