Game Development Giant

"Boss! As of 3:30, our total sales of "Guardian of Rune Stones" in three and a half hours were 130,000 copies!"

An extremely excited voice came from the other end of the phone.

Three hours, 130,000 copies!

For a PC game, this is simply a mythical number, and it was achieved despite the previous prediction that the number of sales on that day would be up to 200,000 copies. They did not expect the enthusiasm of the players at all, and fortunately Be prepared with plenty of game floppy disks.

Otherwise, if sales continue at this rate, the game may be sold out before dawn.

Of course, even based on the current inventory, it may be enough to support one day's sales. Originally, this was nothing. Because I had miscalculated the players' purchasing enthusiasm, I planned to have less inventory. There is no way around it. .

But here's the problem.

Jester had previously said that only players who purchased the game three days before its release would be eligible to participate in the Battle.net test.

But now it can only be released for one day, so that’s nothing.

Jester was extremely excited after hearing this. This number indeed exceeded his previous expectations. However, he immediately thought of the problem of insufficient inventory, so Jester simply said something on the phone. Hang up the phone immediately.

Then, he immediately called Bai Lang.

White Wolf is now Jester's agent in China. Basically, Jester's investments in China are handled by White Wolf for Jester. Of course, Jester cannot let the other party work in vain. The necessary shares were still given to the other party, although the proportion was not large.

However, you must know that Jester has many industries in the country.

Bailang, on the other hand, is a person who repays his kindness. Jester had saved Mr. Chen, the duck bastard, and White Wolf was even more grateful to him, so he was also loyal.

The domestic industry that Jester values ​​most now is actually Hon Hai Precision, a joint venture with Mr. Guo, which will be the largest OEM factory in the world in the future. Therefore, Bailang is also based in Shanghai all year round. It is daytime in China now. , so it wasn’t long before Jester’s call was dialed.

The white wolf on the other side answered the call.

The content of the inquiry is very simple, it is the production status of the game floppy disk of "Guardian of Rune Stones", to be honest. The remaining 600,000 shares are not a large amount. If Jester needs it, he can temporarily deploy the production line and start working at full capacity, which is just one day.

But after all, we are separated by the Pacific Ocean.

It doesn’t take much time to produce, but more time to ship.

Although according to the degree of attention that Jester now receives in the country, especially after the incident last year, most countries have issued condemnations, and almost all foreign companies have withdrawn investment from the country. But at this time, Jester stood on the domestic side without hesitation.

Not only did they not withdraw their capital, they also made additional investments to express their position.

To know. Jester is not a little-known person. He has appeared on the cover of Time magazine and was a guest on Forbes magazine. Not to mention that he is also a youth idol in the hearts of all American teenagers.

There are such characters to back it up. The country is indeed very grateful.

Of course, Jester also received some criticism for doing this, but. The impact of some criticism on him is still minimal, but it is just something like some fans saying that they will never buy Jester's games again, in Jester's opinion.

His political investment last year will yield much more in the future than what he has lost now.

You must know why Amway was able to exist openly in the country later, but the country would not pay attention to it. The biggest reason is because at this time, Amway firmly stood on the side of the country and did not withdraw funds from the country.

Getting international support is the most important thing.

It is precisely because of this that when Jester went to the mainland a few months ago, he was personally received by the central leadership. Of course, when this leader was just the minister of the Ministry of Electronics Industry, Jester was the first I was also received by him when I returned to China for the first time.

But during the Chinese New Year, his status was no longer what it used to be.

Of course, Jester can also see that this person's complexion is not very good. After all, because of what happened last year, even that person who had three ups and downs had to temporarily retreat to Shanghai and could only rely on Using the pseudonym Huangfu Ping, he published some editorials to express his views.

And what Huangfu Ping meant was the comment from Huang Pujiang.

But it is a pity that the conservative atmosphere in the country began to prevail again at this time. For this reformist leader, life at this time was not so easy.

But Jester also knew that days like this would not last long.

After next year's southern tour begins, all conservative atmosphere will disappear.

Of course, according to Jester's understanding, there are different opinions about the alternation of rights behind this incident. Outsiders can only guess from the few words that have been revealed and the ownership of rights after the dust has settled. Of course, for him The most influential event in our motherland during these magnificent thirty years.

Jester still wanted to borrow Dongfeng.

And according to Jester's current influence in the country, it is not difficult to ask the country to help temporarily deploy a transport plane to fly directly to the United States. Although the transport capacity of the transport plane is limited, it is always enough to transport it several times.

Therefore, Jester didn't waste any time and directly asked White Wolf to contact the aviation department, hoping to get help.

As for money, it's not an issue at all.

After doing this, Jester thought for a moment, and then called Fengyun Publishing. He felt that it would be better to implement the following restrictions when it is released.

"You ask the place where games are sold to set a limit. Each person can only buy up to three games at the same time. If they are dissatisfied, tell them. We miscalculated the players' enthusiasm for buying. We did not expect that there would be so many players. Come to buy, but the inventory to prepare is seriously insufficient. If there are no restrictions, it may be sold at this speed and it will not last for less than three days."

Hearing what Jester said, the person who answered the phone understood what he meant.

Because many people came to buy this time because Jester said they bought within three days to be eligible. However, if everything is sold out, it is a force majeure. I hope all players will have the opportunity to buy. According to the principle, for those who want to purchase too many copies, some restrictions will naturally be made.

These people will definitely be dissatisfied when they hear the restrictions.

But more people hope that this restriction will be implemented, because there are many more people who have not bought than those who are planning to buy.

Moreover, once this restriction is announced, it will be equivalent to Mars Entertainment releasing a very obvious signal to the outside world, that is, our inventory is running out. If you still want to participate in the lottery for Battle.net test qualifications, then Come and buy it quickly.

Sure enough, as soon as this purchase limit was announced at 8 o'clock in the morning, it immediately caused an uproar.

Of course there are dissatisfied people.

There were more voices of support. Of course, there were many more people queuing up to buy a copy.

Richard Garrett also stayed up all night.

He is also always paying attention to the release of "Runestone Guardian".

For him, as long as he can beat one of Jester's games in terms of sales, his reputation can be improved by several levels. Although he only beats the other party in the field of games that Jester is not good at, but for him He later received the GDC Lifetime Achievement Award, which was of great benefit.

Originally he was very confident.

He has naturally played "Rune Stone Guardian". With his status, it is not difficult to get a trial version of this game. Of course, the trial version is not the official version. The game content probably only has the official version. About half the time, admittedly, he did think it was a fun game.

Jester is indeed very talented in game production.

To be honest, Richard Garrett felt that what he said before was a bit excessive. This is indeed a good game.

But that's all.

After all, today's PC gamers, especially RPG gamers, are relatively conservative and old-fashioned. He does not think that this interesting game will gain any recognition among players who like American RPG games.

However, he never expected that Jester would just announce a so-called Battle.net test qualification lottery beforehand.

It actually increased the number of players participating in the starting lineup by at least twice.

Although he is not Jester, he does not know how many copies of "Runestone Guardian" have been sold so far.

But judging from the manpower he arranged and the news coming back from the scene, by the time he had breakfast, he should be able to sell 200,000 copies.

Two hundred thousand!

When he thinks of this number, Richard Garrett's heart will tremble involuntarily. From twelve o'clock last night to about six o'clock when he had breakfast, it was only more than six hours. Probably 200,000 game floppy disks were sold.

So how much does it cost to sell in a day?

How much do you need to sell in a week?

How much do you need to buy per month?

Richard Garrett shook his hands, picked up the steaming coffee he had just brewed, took a sip without paying much attention, and then spit it out violently, leaving the hot coffee in his mouth. It exploded, and the severe pain made him unable to hold the coffee cup steady in his hand, and it fell directly to the ground.

It fell to pieces. (To be continued...)