And when "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" is very popular in China and is in full swing, the trial version launched overseas is not far behind.
Relying on the huge advantage of "free is good" and the reputation effect accumulated by Brandon Green, the "father of battle royale", a large number of players who love the battle royale mode do not mind giving "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds"
a chance.
Even if it takes a while to download, it doesn't cost any money anyway. Who can refuse a free meal?
As long as you are willing to play it, the excellent game mechanics of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and the conscientious game quality at a free price are enough to conquer the vast majority of players.
This may sound exaggerated at first, but if it is the game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", doesn't it feel much more reasonable?
In fact, the original "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" was even more exaggerated. It took only a few months for Brandon Green to be invited to the Blue Hole to create a trial version that is somewhat "shoddy" in today's eyes.
Even so, it achieved an astonishing sales volume of 1 million units in just 16 days after it was officially launched. From then on, it began to kill everyone on the Stim platform, setting seven historical records on the platform in a row.
A phenomenon-level heat wave called the "chicken craze" began at that time and swept the world in the blink of an eye.
Not only did it change the game market in one fell swoop, it even came from behind and became the originator of the "battle royale" genre. As for "h1z1", the previous game that was photographed and died on the beach, it was gradually submerged in the tide of history.
With Blue Hole's limited budget, Brandon Green, the father of the battle royale, can produce a "shoddy" demo version under conditions like a small workshop, which can be a blockbuster and sell out for 1 million in half a month.
set.
Now that Zhou Dongsheng has given a sufficient budget, and with the support of Pig Factory's strong independent research and development technology, the completion of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" has undoubtedly reached a higher level.
What's more, there is the huge advantage of free play, and the quality is better for free. The overseas trial version of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" has undoubtedly started its journey of killing everyone on the Stim platform.
Even the hot-selling "h1z1" can't stop it. After all, people who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes.
In addition, "h1z1" is so good that it has just split the battle royale mode and survival mode into two games and sold them at the same price.
This kind of behavior that ruins one's own reputation is in sharp contrast to "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds". As the saying goes, people will die when comparing with others, and goods will be thrown away when comparing goods.
In comparison, even players who originally purchased "h1z1" are despised by this ugly behavior, especially after experiencing the trial version of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds".
This feeling is even stronger. Even if the game is not as good as others, I am still greedy and want to make two copies of money. In one sentence, disgusting! I will definitely not be able to make money, disgusting! Bah! (Ge You face)
And once they experience the more fun and higher-quality "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", many players of "h1z1", even those who spent money, can't go back.
Among them, Bob is undoubtedly one of the most complete "h1z1" players who defected in the face of battle. He even refused to say anything about his fans. Now he still criticizes "h1z1" all day long for his bad behavior.
As a well-known celebrity in the battle royale community, Bob's withdrawal from fans and backtracking can be regarded as a celebrity effect, and has led many players to join the player camp of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds".
After all, players all share the same hatred. Unless they have received money or really love a game, there are few players who will speak for game manufacturers.
Isn’t it natural to criticize the manufacturers when playing games? On this point alone, there is no cultural barrier between players at home and abroad, and their opinions are unanimous.
After the stunning debut of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" and the unanimous praise it received on the Stim platform, as word of mouth further fermented, sales increased day by day.
After it easily exceeded 10,000 on the first day of launch, the number of downloads started to rise all the way, and it directly exceeded 100,000 downloads on the second and third days.
As the player base grows, the speed of word-of-mouth fermentation and social fission spread is undoubtedly increasing exponentially. On the fourth day, "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" achieved astonishing sales of over 100,000 downloads in a single day.
Even if it is just a free game, this exponential growth in number still easily alarmed the staff of Stim Platform.
With such an astonishing data increase, if it were not for brushing, there is no doubt that the staff of Stim Platform have smelled the scent of a hit game.
Especially since this game is not a game owned by Valve, this is particularly valuable.
As we all know, the Stim platform is a game platform owned by V, and the famous first-person real-time strategy shooting game "Counter-Strike" that has taken the world by storm was created by the original team of V.
It goes without saying that this game is famous, and its copyright value is immeasurable. Ranking it among the most valuable games in the world, it must be a masterpiece that can be ranked among the best.
However, V Club sold the copyright back then and became a laughing stock in the industry for a time. However, V Club took the money and turned around to create the Stim game platform.
At that time, it was still 2002. Now more than ten years have passed, and those people at that time probably couldn’t laugh anymore. However, relying on the Stim game platform, V Agency has also become a heavy-handed game giant in the overseas game market.
Countless game publishing companies rely on the Stim Game Platform as a game distribution channel, and there are also many independent games and game producers who make a living on the Stim Platform.
However, what is regrettable is that after so many years, the vast majority of the hottest and most popular games on the Stim gaming platform are still owned by V.
These include the "Half-Life" series, "CS:GO", "Long 4 Dead", "DOTA2", etc. This result seems understandable.
After all, the Stim platform is V's own territory, so there is nothing wrong with its own games receiving more recommendation resources and becoming the best-selling games on its own platform.
But for V, which wants to build the Stim platform into the largest gaming platform in the world, a dominating situation is obviously not what they want to see.
Only when a hundred flowers bloom and more excellent works compete for beauty on the platform can the Stim platform make further progress!
Originally, the game "h1z1" had such potential, and Stim Platform also secretly provided many recommended resources. Facts have proved that "h1z1" is also worthy of these recommendations.
Not only has the popular "h1z1" achieved a lot of good results, but the Stim platform has also benefited from it.
But after the stunning debut of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", as a platform they obviously need to re-evaluate.
At the very least, as a neutral game platform, it still needs to be balanced. The data of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" is so excellent, so naturally there will be no shortage of recommendations from Stim Platform!
At V Agency, a fat white man with blond hair and a kind face sat in the office. He didn't say a word, just smiled. That smile seemed to be magical, making people intoxicated and unable to extricate themselves. I knew that this time
My wallet is in danger again.
This person's identity is familiar to players around the world. Countless men love and hate him. He is the fat man who created V Club, a fat man who can't count to three.
At this time, he looked at "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" on the computer and couldn't help but smile like a kind father.
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PS: Resume normal updates, I will post an update later, and fill in the holes I dug QAQ
