The pre-sale launched by Honghuang Studio was much more popular than expected.
Just one week.
More than 20,000 copies were sold.
Although it is not as exaggerated as "Monster Hunter", it is already a very good result as a pre-sale.
This made Lao Song and the Liming team finally feel relieved.
"More than 20,000 copies were sold in pre-sale alone. Is this really a racing game we made?"
An old employee said in disbelief.
After working hard for so long, are they finally going to break the curse of mortality in racing games?
"Is it possible that before the game is launched, they are actually going for CG animation?"
Unexpectedly, another employee suddenly poured a basin of cold water over me.
The faces of everyone who were still excited at first shrank, and they all looked at him with displeasure.
The employee shrank his neck and felt a chill all over his body.
"Okay, as long as the game is sold, it doesn't matter what publicity methods he uses." Lao Song stood up and came to the rescue.
For him, it doesn't matter what method he uses to promote it, as long as the game sells.
After all, all you get is real money.
If you are doing business, who would complain about having too much money?
The only thing that gives him a headache now is the situation with customer service.
Because Chen Lin did not release all the CG animations, but reserved the climax of the last six episodes until the game is officially released.
The last three episodes can only be unlocked after entering the game and clearing specific levels.
This makes the customer service team very busy.
Almost every day, a large number of netizens called to complain, forcing him to recruit a few more customer service personnel.
"Well, it seems that we can only get the game online as soon as possible. You can do one last test and then issue an announcement to inform players that it will be released at noon tomorrow."
"receive!"
"clear!"
In response, the employees all returned to their seats and began to perform intense testing work.
...
And at this time.
After a week of fermentation.
The follow-up plot of "Initial D" was also gradually revealed, and the entire comment area was extremely lively.
[Damn! The song in this animation is poisonous! I drove while listening to it, but I drove to 120 yards unknowingly, and what should I do if I was stopped by the traffic police? Wait online, urgent!]
[Hahaha, brother, I am just like you. I suddenly learned the animation and drifted inertia while driving. Now I am already on an intravenous drip. 】
[Are you as miserable as me? The new car I just picked up went over the ditch. 】
[No matter how fast the 86 is, it can’t catch up with that girl who loves to ride in a Mercedes-Benz. (dog head)]
【Natsuki, I'm going to speed up!】
If we were to say who comes to watch this animation the most, it would undoubtedly be veteran viewers.
Even many professional drivers came here because of the fame and uploaded videos of themselves drifting imitating animations, attracting a large number of netizens to watch.
Among them were five masters and apprentices who had worked with Honghuang before.
"Master, look! The number of views has increased again, and it has almost exceeded 500,000!"
In the team lounge, the youngest apprentice was shouting and looking excitedly at the playback data on the computer.
"Okay, okay, stop yelling, I'm watching."
The master sat aside and smoked, his eyes fixed on the screen, puff after puff of white smoke.
You can feel his hands shaking.
It's just that he was reserved and didn't show it.
Originally, he was strongly opposed to doing this at the beginning.
But as time went by, he gradually realized that he was wrong, and how wrong he was.
Today is an era of rapid development of the Internet.
It is undoubtedly very unwise to blindly stick to the status quo and only develop in a narrow racing circle, especially for a team like them that does not have much fame.
Exhaling a puff of white smoke, he finally spoke slowly: "It has been decided that in the future the team will transform and take the self-media route. During normal practice, everyone will take more footage and upload it as a video."
"Really?"
"Very good!"
"Long live the master!"
Except for the eldest disciples, the team is basically composed of relatively fashionable young people.
Hearing the master's decision, he immediately cheered loudly, and the entire lounge was once again in a lively mood.
But didn't notice it.
Under the Honghuang Studio account they follow.
A new news was quietly updated.
...
"What did you say? A new game from Honghuang is about to be released?"
Huanhai Group Headquarters.
Zeng Fuming, who was sitting in his office, immediately received the news of the release of Honghuang's new racing game.
"Yes, Honghuang just issued a new announcement stating that the ban will be officially lifted at noon tomorrow." The employee's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"It's only been a few months, it's a little too fast." Zeng Fuming frowned.
Ever since he lost the vote for the last exhibition, he had always remembered this studio that suddenly appeared, but he had never had time to pay attention to it because he was too busy.
The result was unexpected.
Just over half a year.
They made "Monster Hunter" and a new racing game successively, and quickly grew to a point where even he couldn't ignore it.
And I don’t know if it’s an illusion.
He always felt that this studio had been working against them in Huanhai.
Every time they release a new game, this studio is always there, like a ghost.
But he didn't remember that he had ever had any friction with a man named Chen Lin.
"Did I remember it wrong?"
Zeng Fuming shook his head and shook off these messy thoughts.
"Forget it, the board of directors is now discussing financing with the people above. When the time comes, a large amount of funds will definitely be allocated to quickly occupy the market, but there is no time to take care of these small studios."
Although capital investors do not expect to officially enter the market until the end of the year.
But now a small group of people have begun to make plans behind the scenes and negotiate financing with major game manufacturers.
Wait until a large amount of money flows into the market.
All kinds of games are bound to explode in spurts, and the competition pressure will be great.
So many manufacturers laughed at Honghuang for being so stupid for choosing to release new games at this time.
You do gain a short-term advantage by doing this.
But at that time, all manufacturers are releasing new games, but if you can't bring them out and attract players, how can you be competitive?
"I'm laughing so hard. Do Honghuang people really don't understand or do they pretend not to understand? Shouldn't they keep the game in their hands now?"
"After all, it has just been established not long ago, so I am still too young to know how to observe market trends."
"I guess I want to take advantage of this opportunity to make a quick buck. There is nothing wrong with doing so."
"How good can a racing game made in such a short time be? Let's wait and see their jokes tomorrow."
Almost all manufacturers are not very optimistic about Honghuang's choice to release new games at this time point, thinking that they are too hasty.
And in this weird atmosphere.
The official release date of "Need for Speed" has finally arrived.
This chapter has been completed!