Super Game Empire

During the big promotion period before the Christmas holiday, dc2 only conducted regular promotions. The Christmas promotion price on the Longteng game battle platform was as low as 40% off the usual price. Many game masterpieces fell below the freezing point in price, with joint bundle promotions and free trials.

Lifetime free upgrades, buy one get one free, and various tempting promotion methods have made the pockets of European and American players more and more deflated. (

Microsoft's XWave x360 is getting closer and closer to the market. Before Christmas, most of the 10 million users of XWave

You can get the corresponding 80% discount.

Microsoft carefully organized 5,000 players to go to the southern Mojave Desert in California to hold a "zero-hour" event, which also allowed players to experience the joy of next-generation games in advance.

December has just entered, and someone sent Long Teng a ticket for the "Zero Hour" event. It is said that this celebration will be held at an airport in the southern Mojave Desert in California, with a hangar that can park a Boeing 747.

Renovated, the venue is full of x-wave x360 trial points, as well as performances by many famous North American artists and game master competitions.

Yang Yun smiled, handed the ticket to the secretary for processing, and then signed his name on a fund application form in front of him. This was an application to transfer the president's special fund of 50 million US dollars, specifically for the Christmas period.

Specifically against x-wave x360.

The money was quickly transferred to Japan, South Korea, North America, Europe and other countries and regions, and was broken into parts. Under the operation of multiple agents, in the name of companies, individuals, groups, etc., it was officially booked from Microsoft

There are about 12,000 x-wave x360 consoles. Although it has increased some sales for Microsoft, the money is well spent.

On the surface, these customers who purchased the XWave

The person in charge of the enterprise trade union, etc.

These group purchases are often in the name of company benefits or employee group purchases. They are very covert and deceptive.

In this regard, Microsoft has not found any problems. The number of pre-orders for the x-wave x360 before Christmas exceeds 490,000 units. This number makes them unhappy or sad. It is far from reaching their expected 1 million units, and it is not less than 300,000 units.

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Everyone in the Microsoft game department breathed a sigh of relief. This year has finally passed without any danger. If anything happens next year, the Christmas holiday will still go on. But the people who almost went crazy are the hardware engineers and factories. There is only one of them.

After one o'clock in the month, let alone 490,000 units of x-wave x360, they will not be able to produce even 200,000 units by Christmas Day.

When players discovered that the success rate of reservations on Microsoft's official website was getting lower and lower, and the estimated arrival time was actually delayed to late January, conflicts suddenly broke out.

"Please be careful when buying x-wave x360!" - The famous American video game magazine "Game Pass" issued a warning. They did not have any tendency or intention to protect Microsoft. Instead, they published David, a well-known commentator on the North American game industry and a senior analyst at Downhill Consulting Company.

Article by Komas.

"Microsoft's X-wave has dropped to US$149. Bill Gates has won again. He has enough money to do whatever he wants. They don't care if an X-wave loses US$150. Anyway, they can benefit from game software and online live services.

To obtain benefits, this is to exchange price for market. Now X wave has occupied 1/4 of the United States. But please be wary of the rush to launch X wave

The x360 may not be stable. Judging from the published data, the x-wave x360 is a console slightly higher than the Longteng DC2. In order to seize the DC2 market, judging from Microsoft’s tycoon approach, selling an x-wave

The loss of x360 is very likely to be as high as 150-200 US dollars, which is why Microsoft cannot supply large quantities, and it lost 100 million on Christmas Day."

David Komax's warning is not groundless. Microsoft's tycoon sentiments are well known to the world. Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer have made statements on many occasions. Microsoft does not care about money. They are very rich.

, initially Xwave suffered a loss of US$3.7 billion in the first year, but they later recovered a loss of US$1 billion by relying on live and game software.

The current 400 million R&D funding and 800 million promotional funding for x360 are proof that Microsoft’s huge spending is staggering.

"This year has been the third consecutive year of losses for Microsoft's game department. It only took less than three years for the x-wave x360 to be developed. They must be recognized by the market and take back part of Longteng's DC2 market. But in six years

Compared with the X-wave x360, which was developed in 3 years of intensive development, at least the developer’s level of care can be seen.

It can be seen that 75% of the games on the market are from the Dragon camp, and 10% are from Newsonic. Can Microsoft, which only accounts for 15%, make a good turnaround through x-wave x360? We doubt whether the effect of x-wave x360 is

It's as advertised." - Asimov Quillian, Vice Chairman of the U.S. Game Industry Rating Board said.

X Wave

port, optical port, video A/V cable, DVD drive, 3 USB interfaces, supports wifi, supports 16:9 screen resolution, 720p and 1080p high-definition display, anti-aliasing processing, these basic configurations can allow players to play games normally.

In addition, the enhanced luxury version priced at US$399.99 includes a 20g removable hard drive, wireless handle, headphones, wireless TV remote control, optional memory card for US$39.99, charging set for US$19.99, and wireless hub for US$99.99.

Routers and accessories are not cheap. Maybe these are offset by selling a host at a loss!

Microsoft has opened an XWave

Money is flowing out, but they don't think of ways to increase production.

What’s even more intriguing is that only a small number of Microsoft employees purchased the x36 as a Christmas reward, and Microsoft did not distribute the x360 as a gift to every employee.

Some people find it strange that if Microsoft sends one to each of its corporate employees, there will be orders for tens of thousands of units. An x-wave x360 only costs US$300. Even if it cannot be delivered for use now, at least the data of the x-wave x360 will be

More beautiful.

Microsoft did not respond to this question. Regarding the Christmas reservation but the delivery time will not be until late January, it only said that it will try to increase production and deliver the game console to every player as soon as possible. There is no other explanation.

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When the time entered 2004, Microsoft's x-wave x360 had delivered 350,000 units, and there were still 250,000 hosts in the order queue.

Scalpers are infested in the market. A brand-new console has been sold for five times the price. It is still being snapped up by American players. Especially on Christmas Eve, some people want the X-wave x360, which costs 3,000 US dollars. Children's long tube

There must be this gift inside the socks.

A large number of British players crossed the English Channel and went to France to snap up x-wave x360. A cargo ship carrying x-wave x360 containers bound for Brazil was stopped by the customs. As a result, Sao Paulo citizens besieged the General Administration of Customs.

Many Chinese hackers have attacked Microsoft-related websites. Chinese players have gone to Microsoft China to question why the X-Wave

In the gaming industry, players all over the world behave differently. Microsoft's x-wave x360 became the first heavyweight television game console to disrupt the gaming industry in 2004, attracting the attention of the world.

"What is Long Teng doing?" Some players expressed doubts.

"Yes, they have been promoting games for a while during Christmas. There was no shocking news at the carnival, and they didn't hear about any development plans such as DC3. Don't they want to take a sniper at Microsoft?"

"The same goes for Japan's Newsonic. Their ps2 has been on the market for two years. They don't say when they will launch ps3. However, because of the strong support of the Japanese cabinet for them, news about Japanese politicians promoting ps2 often appears in the media. The sales volume of ps2 is in

Japan is rising steadily!”

"Speaking of PS2, just at last year's APEC meeting, Junichiro Koizumi also revealed that he likes to play PS2 to relax his brain during breaks, and then gave a PS2 to the leaders of China and South Korea. The Chinese leaders gave back

For "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3", the Korean leader gave back a DVD of the "StarCraft" Korean players' video highlights!"

"Let's look at the data. Perhaps according to the statistical report in February, the market share of DC2 and PS2 will definitely decline. The rise of Microsoft game consoles is unstoppable!"

When the whole world is singing the praises of Microsoft and the decline of Longteng and Newsonic, China ushered in the traditional festival Spring Festival. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!