Chapter 370: The Limit
As it turns out, Lin Weidong and Xu Bo's worries are redundant.
An hour later, the hero skin of Luban No. 7, "Fulu Brothers" sold 20,475 on the "Honor of Kings" game store.
As of 12:00 on that day, in just five hours, the Luban No. 7, the Fulu Brothers skin launched by "Honor of Kings" sold a total of 48,765.
Although the skin of Luban No. 7's Fulu Brothers is indeed not as good as Sun Wukong's Western Big Prostitute, there is no gap in grade between the two.
In the following week, Century Games Company took advantage of the hot iron and launched skins of heroes such as Li Bai, Zhao Yun, Cai Wenji, and six heroes such as Angela and Houyi.
Obviously, compared with Sun Wukong and Luban No. 7, the popularity of heroes such as Angela and Houyi is obviously worse.
However, the popularity of new heroes such as Li Bai and Zhao Yun, which will be released in "Honor of Kings", is not inferior to Sun Wukong and Luban No. 7, which is also good news.
December 30, morning.
Lin Weidong held an internal meeting at Century Games Company.
At this meeting, Lin Weidong made an important speech mainly on the heroic skins of "Honor of Kings".
"Don't think that skins worth 8 yuan 8 are not profitable, they are sold too cheaply. We launch skins worth 8 yuan 8 not to make these 8 yuan 8, but to launch skins worth 18 yuan 8, 28 yuan 8, or even 39 yuan 9 in the future."
"In a word, there is a gap only when there is comparison. When the time is ripe, we can launch epic skins, limited skins, and glory collection skins..."
"As long as there are enough players, we are not afraid of not being able to make money. We have some methods and some gimmicks. For example, on December 25 a few days ago, everyone knows that it was Western Christmas. We could have launched several Christmas-themed skins, but due to time issues, we no longer have time to launch this Christmas-themed skin."
"This is just an example I have given. In fact, there are many festivals that can launch higher-grade skins, such as New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Valentine's Day, etc. Only you want, but we can't do it!"
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After the meeting, Lin Weidong and Xu Bo did not leave the conference room immediately, but continued to have a deeper discussion.
So far, "Honor of Kings" has been publicly beta for 45 days.
During these 45 days, "Honor of Kings" launched a total of 14 heroes and 10 hero skins, a total of 754,370 skins were sold, and an average of 75,437 skins were sold per skin.
In other words, throughout December, Century Games sold 10 hero skins to gamers through the game "Honor of Kings", making a total profit of 6.63 million yuan.
Although the monthly revenue of "Honor of Kings" is not as good as the revenue of tens of millions of online games such as "Legend", Lin Weidong is very clear that as long as there is no big accident, it is only a matter of time before "Honor of Kings" surpasses "Legend".
Of course, Lin Weidong is not blindly confident, he also has his own concerns, that is, after "Honor of Kings" becomes popular, other online game companies will definitely follow the trend and plan and launch online games similar to "Honor of Kings".
There is no doubt that among many online game companies, Tencent Games' ability to imitate and copycat is definitely second to none.
Therefore, Lin Weidong was not overwhelmed by the temporary success. He always felt the pressure of unknowns and the competition with later generations.
Unlike Lin Weidong, Xu Bo is much more optimistic.
Obviously, Xu Bo did not understand the style of Tencent's website and said disapprovingly: "Dr. Lin, you are a little worried. I dare not say other game companies. It will take at least one year to copy our "Glory of Kings".
"Besides, Tencent may not have to copy "Honor of Kings". Now that the market is popular, it is not only our "Honor of Kings". I have also watched "World of Warcraft" quite popular recently."
Lin Weidong said earnestly: "Old Xu, you must not think so. You are not unclear about the style of our Chinese people."
"Not to mention Tencent, if "Honor of Kings" has been so popular, maybe companies such as NetEase and Shanda will join the team that follow the trend."
After thinking for a while, Xu Bo nodded with emotion: "Dr. Lin, after hearing what you said, I thought of a joke I've seen before."
"It's quite funny. The story told by that joke is similar to what you said."
Lin Weidong asked with great interest: "What jokes, tell me."
Xu Bo nodded with a smile: "Okay, this joke is about the difference between Jews and Chinese."
"Once upon a time, Jews opened a gas station in one place and the business was very good. Then the second Jews came to open a restaurant. The third Jews opened a supermarket, and the area quickly became a prosperous community."
"And we Chinese have opened a gas station and have a very good business. The second Chinese will definitely open a second gas station, the third, the fourth... The result is that the front and back of the first gas station, the left and right are all gas stations."
After hearing Xu Bo's words, Lin Weidong couldn't help but smile and said, "No, this joke is really fucking vivid."
January 7, morning.
After two months of promotion and operation, the number of online users of "Honor of Kings" has once again broken the record of this game, exceeding 400,000 for the first time, making it one of the five most popular online games at the moment.
Unlike in the past, after "Honor of Kings" broke the record, Lin Weidong did not arrange a celebration banquet.
First of all, because of the busyness, the end of the year is approaching, and Lin Weidong held several meetings of all sizes, including the annual meetings of three companies, and the annual meeting of writers of Century Chinese.com.
However, what Lin Weidong is most concerned about now is the development of Century Games and the company's "Honor of Kings" game launched by the company.
Regarding this, Xu Bo asked in confusion: "Wei Dong, why are you so low-key? You didn't always break the record every time you broke the record."
Lin Weidong smiled and said, "What's the point of 400,000? Students across the country will have winter vacation in a few days. Then, let alone 400,000, 500,000 will not be a problem."
Xu Bo nodded with a smile: "Yes, when the winter vacation comes, there will definitely be more students going to and from Internet cafes frequently. The number of players in "Honor of Kings" will definitely increase significantly in the short term."
Without waiting for Lin Weidong to answer, Xu Bo continued: "Dr. Lin, how high do you think the limit of our "Glory of Kings" can be?"
Lin Weidong was stunned for a moment and asked, "I didn't understand. What is the limit you mean by the limit?"
Xu Bo said seriously: "Of course it is the limit of the number of people online at the same time."
Lin Weidong thought for a while and said frankly: "I think there will definitely be great hope if it continues to develop as the current trend, surpassing the 630,000 historical record of "Legend"."
"As for whether we can break the million mark, it is hard to say, because no one knows whether there will be new online games to replace our "Glory of Kings" in the near future."
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