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It is on sale during the Christmas period, so it is difficult to find out about it like the previous situation of queuing up and waiting to buy it two days in advance.

Because during this period, not only for businesses, but also for ordinary people, it is too busy. After all, if you think about the Chinese New Year, you can understand that for Americans, the period from Christmas to New Year’s Day Time is equivalent to the year of Chinese people, and it has a very special meaning to them.

But half a month ago, Jester made a special contingency.

A plan that is only temporarily implemented in seven major cities in the United States this year will officially start testing when it is released on Christmas. That is, as long as the products purchased at the Mars Entertainment flagship store can be pre-ordered in advance, as long as If the pre-order is successful and the shipping address filled in is within this city, Mars Entertainment will be responsible for delivering it directly to your door.

Of course, during this Christmas period, this measure is free.

If we can get the love and support of players, this measure will be further expanded. Of course, after the trial is over, this service will need to be charged. As for how much to charge, it is still under discussion, but we can guarantee that the price It's absolutely not right.

Even, in the days to come, this plan will be gradually extended to other cities.

Players naturally welcome this.

Especially those in the seven cities that Jester listed as the first batch of implementation scope. Of course, those players who are not in the seven cities will definitely complain a little and express their dissatisfaction.

Jester had nothing to say about this.

Because this is not something that can convince everyone. Moreover, with free delivery throughout the United States, it cannot be said that Jester does not have the strength now, but that he cannot be taken advantage of. In fact, Jester's plan for free delivery is only within five years, and will only be limited to state capitals or particularly important large cities.

Of course, this free home delivery event is not just for "Planet Requiem", but includes all Mars Entertainment products.

Naturally, there is also a certain amount limit. If the amount does not reach a certain amount, Mars Entertainment will not provide free delivery. You can't just buy an amiibo figure worth more than ten dollars and I have to deliver it to your door, right?

This is naturally impossible.

The minimum requirement for free delivery is the price of a new game. For example, if you pre-order "Foreign Lands: Torment", then you can get this considerate service of free delivery to your home. This is not possible for old games, because old games There are usually discounts during Christmas, and the discounts are very strong. It usually takes two or three old games to get the free shipping price.

Of course, pre-sales are not only available at Mars Entertainment’s flagship store, some other shopping malls or retail stores also provide pre-sale services.

Naturally, it is not the flagship store of Mars Entertainment. Of course, it is impossible to enjoy the benefits of free shipping.

Since the pre-sale started, news about the pre-sale of the game has been continuously spread back to Mars Entertainment, because the previous publicity was sufficient and the media commented. And the reputation of the carnival trial is very good, so the pre-sale results are very good.

certainly. Because it’s the type of game.

Therefore, although there is a slight gap in pre-sale numbers with Jester's other games, after all, there are not many fans of American RPGs. Even among Jester's many fans, many do not like this type of game. This is It is understandable, but compared with other similar American RPGs, it is much better, especially after Richard Garrett's article was published in "Game", it once again triggered a controversy. A small climax of batch of pre-sales.

"Three hundred and seventy thousand!"

Two days before the official release of "Foreign Requiem", when major warehouses across the United States began to deliver goods to all parts of the United States, the director of Fengxing Publishing gave Jester a very good news. As of now So far, the number of pre-sales has exceeded 370,000 units, and the current growth rate is still acceptable. If it continues to grow at this growth rate.

On the day of official release, it was not difficult to break through 400,000 units.

"good."

Faced with such results, Jester's mentality has long been stable. In fact, the game he made has such a good reputation now that even Richard Garrett personally came to fan the flames and add jealousy. Otherwise, it would not be sold. If it's good, then it's abnormal.

Through the phone, Jester nodded and said okay, and immediately continued to ask questions.

"The distribution of goods must be ensured. Before the official sale, all sales points must prepare sufficient supply. This time we have prepared a total of three million units of supply..."

Jester explained to the phone very seriously, and he couldn't help but not to explain. Ensuring the supply of goods can be said to be the most important thing for a game publisher, especially a game that has attracted widespread attention and is released at this time. If the players He rushed to the retail store as soon as possible and asked the staff if he wanted to buy "Planeta Requiem". He was told that it was sold out. He must have felt extremely depressed.

And at this time of Christmas, he doesn't want everyone to be depressed.

Therefore, this time, Jester has asked people to prepare a large amount of inventory in advance, not only the Dreambox 2 version, but also the PC version, which can be guaranteed to definitely meet the supply of players.

Because, just for the motherboard, Jester has prepared three million sets for this release, and the PC version has also prepared one million sets.

For more than one American RPG, even for a top American RPG like "Genesis", four million sets of game cartridges and floppy disks are enough for them to sell four generations of works according to the highest sales volume of their series. , for Jester, he did not think that his "Planetary Requiem" would be able to sell four million units during the week of Christmas and New Year's Day.

Being able to sell two million units is the best result.

These four million units actually include the sales plan for the entire next year.

"Can you predict how many we can sell within a week after it is released?" After getting absolutely no problem with the distribution, Jester asked Fengxing Publishing to be responsible for this time's "Exotic Torment". Let gamers predict the game’s weekly sales.

The voice on the other end of the phone was silent for a while, seeming to be thinking. After five or six seconds, he said, "I think there will be about 1.2 million sets."

This number is similar to Jester’s own prediction. If 400,000 units can be sold in pre-sale, then after the release, according to an American RPG game, it is best to sell 800,000 to 900,000 units. However, the sales volume has been high, because the audience circle for this type of game is only so large, and the game "Planeta Requiem" is not the kind of game that makes people relax.

Playing this game is tiring.

You need to think while playing. Playing in this game is not so much about finding the joy of the game as it is about having a deep soul communication with the designer.

This is not something that the average player will enjoy.

There are so many people pre-selling now. In fact, many people only buy because of their reputation. They only buy because of their reputation. At most, coupled with the complimentary words from the media, after the sale, After players play this game themselves, Jester can predict the scene at that time. Those who like him will like it very much and can't wait to add all the words of praise to this game.

Those who don't like it may not say that this game is bad, but will only say that it is a great game, but I don't like it.

Moreover, there will be many such people.

Because there is no essential difference between the "Foreign Torment" that Jester made and the "Foreign Torment" that he knows. They are both the same. He wants to discuss something with the players and move towards A game where players ask something and then wait for their own answers.

Such a game is destined to be unpopular, whether in its own era or in this era.

After a few casual words, Jester hung up the phone.

He still has a very important document to deal with, which is a fax sent to him by Capcom, his largest third-party game developer in Japan. This fax is a request that Capcom wants to provide them with The technical support for hardware is not for arcade machines, although Capcom’s arcade machines are now very popular, but for next-generation home consoles.

It's not that Capcom wants to make a home console. Kenzo Shigemoto is simply not someone with such courage.

Rather, it's about dreambox3.

After this year's E3, after Mark Saini demonstrated that Mars Entertainment will strengthen the processing capabilities of 3D graphics on Dreambox 3 in the future, Capcom also believes that 3D must be the development direction of future games, so, They also want to have access to the specific parameters and architecture of the next-generation console as early as possible, and better design their first 3D game based on these parameters.

Moreover, during Capcom's internal discussions, a group composed of several young people who had just joined the company submitted a game plan that received the attention of the company's senior management.

Jester looked at Capcom and hoped that they would give them three places to study within Mars Entertainment for a year. Most importantly, they hoped that these three people could participate in the development of Dreambox 3 and be able to They have a deeper understanding of the performance of dreambox3. (To be continued...)