Game Development: I Built a Game Empire

Soon, a first-day sales volume for"Minecraft" was released.

Thanks to the early publicity, especially the special architectural videos such as Along the River During the Qingming Festival, the Forbidden City, and Notre Dame de Paris.

All of these made"Minecraft" gain a lot of popularity before it was launched.

In addition, the selling price itself is not high.

This has also led to the sales volume of"Minecraft" which can be said to have reached Fengyun Games' current highest initial sales volume.

《"Minecraft" 24-hour sales: 1,012,686 copies.

Sales of one million on the first day.

To say that it is unprecedented and unprecedented is a bit exaggerated.

But it is a very good result in itself.

Including Tenghua, Interactive Entertainment and Yilong, these three major channel manufacturers, although they are big and have big businesses.

But the number of games that can reach millions of sales on the first day in a year will never be counted on one hand.

Although the price of"Minecraft" is only the standard for an independent game, a million sales is a million sales, and this has not changed.

And the most shocking thing is the first-day evaluation of a player of"Minecraft".

Basically, they all receive rave reviews, and it is foreseeable that subsequent sales will definitely increase little by little.

As for which step it takes, it depends on the game itself and the market.

Regarding the sales volume of"Minecraft", Chen Xu did not hide anything, but openly announced it.

On the one hand, it is to add fire to"Minecraft".

On the other hand, there is no use in hiding it.

Because now Chen Xu and Fengyun Games are no longer the small families they used to be.

His every move is also watched by the gaming industry.

Regarding the sales situation of"Minecraft", it is estimated that third-party estimation websites have already been estimating it.

This information cannot be hidden. Even if there are errors, people in the industry know the middle ground very well and know it well.

So it’s better to announce it openly.

After the news spread that"Minecraft" entered the million-sales club on its first day.

The industry was also shocked.

Although it was said that it was because of the strong promotion of"Minecraft" before, and it also formed a circle-breaking effect.

Even many people who are not players know that there is a game"Minecraft".

Many designers in the game industry are conducting an analysis, and it is possible that"Minecraft" will have higher sales on the first day.

But once the million-dollar sales came out, it really shocked everyone.

You must know that the sales volume of one million on the first day is completely enough for Chen Xu to recover the cost and even make a profit.

After all, although"Minecraft" is compared to ordinary pixel games, its textures and light and shadow are indeed extraordinary.

But they all work in the game industry, so they have a rough idea.

After this data came out, some of the game designers who went online at the same time and prepared to step on the corpse of"Minecraft" to preach, all turned pale.

Even if they are not of the same type, but they are launched at the same time, and the sales of"Minecraft" are still so good, it will be affected to some extent.

Not to mention anything else, just the heat.

How many of these games launched at the same time as"Minecraft" can surpass the popularity of"Minecraft"?

The gaming industry was also shocked by this.

"Oh my god, isn't Chen Xu too fierce? A pixel block game directly sells millions of copies?"

"The first-day sales actually don’t count. After all, the early promotion of"Minecraft" was really strong, and the price was the same as that of an independent game."

"Yes, if you look carefully, you will find that the popularity of"Minecraft" in the early stage is not even less than when Tenghua and others promoted their 3A masterpieces, but Chen Xu invested much less resources."

"By the way, have you discovered it? For every game, Chen Xu has something in his promotion!"

"《The break-through publicity of"The Coast of the Earth" was already considered a textbook. This time,"Minecraft" is so good that it can be written into the lesson plan."

"There is also"Warcraft". The production of more than 80 million CG is very shocking, but if you think about it carefully, it is actually quite worthwhile just for the promotion."

"The most annoying thing is that these methods cannot be learned!"Minecraft" and"Land of the Earth" are based on game mechanics."Warcraft" really needs to learn that if it fails, you will lose everything."

"Moreover,"Minecraft" seems to have good reviews, and subsequent sales are expected to be very impressive."

"Sales of a follow-up product in the short term should be guaranteed, but I feel that the popularity of"Minecraft" is only coming in waves, and it should subside after a while."

"Yes, I think so too. After all, it is a pixel game. The content can be as rich as possible, and not everyone is a master architect."

"But after all, the games that were launched at the same time during this period were unlucky."

"Who told them not to believe in evil?"Minecraft" is so popular, you still have to try it"

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Yilong Games’ project interior.

After receiving a piece of data news about"Minecraft", Xiang Dongliu breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little lucky at the same time.

At the beginning, when he learned that"Minecraft" is a pixel building type game, he actually had an idea at the same time.

But later, because of Chen Xu himself and the shock brought by"Warcraft", he restrained himself.

Choose to promote and launch"Minecraft" half a month later.

Looking at it now, this can be said to be a wonderful move!

After all, the gaming industry can be a very magical industry.

No one can say what will happen. A high-profile masterpiece may suddenly fail, or some small-scale games may suddenly become popular and spread all over the world.

This kind of case basically happens every year, just like Chen Xu's"Under the Legend".

Moreover, Chen Xu himself has an amazing record and has created many miracles.

Who can guarantee that this version of"Minecraft" will fail?

Therefore, it is more cautious to flow eastward.

At present, it seems that he can be said to have left no stone unturned!

Everything is under control.

In addition,"Minecraft" is a pixel block-style game after all.

In half a month, almost all the popularity of"Minecraft" has passed.

However, to be on the safe side, Xiang Dongliu decided to postpone the date by another five days to ensure full certainty.