Chapter 114: Eternal Life, Also a Curse
In just one week.
The popularity of "Sekiro" has completely exploded.
As long as you enter the live broadcast room of the game area of the major platforms, you can hear all kinds of blacksmithing sounds, as well as cursing and shouting.
Don’t know.
I thought all the anchors changed their careers to become blacksmiths.
And as the first anchors to enter the game continued to work hard, the entire story of "Sekiro" also surfaced.
turn out to be.
The place where the protagonist is located is a cursed country.
In ancient times, a giant dragon named Sakura Dragon fled here due to serious injuries and has taken root here ever since.
The Sakura Dragon possesses a powerful immortal power.
Because of the injury, this power leaked out from the wound, polluting the surrounding water sources and allowing nearby residents to gain immortal power, also known as the power of Dragon's Heritage.
So people built the Palace of Source at the source of water and worshipped the Sakura Dragon as a god.
But gaining immortality comes at a price.
The longer the time is, the more obvious the changes in the body will become, and in the end the body will even turn into a monster that is neither human nor ghost.
Losing my mind not to mention.
The body will also be eroded and controlled by various poisonous insects.
However, even so, people are still madly pursuing immortality and looking for ways to achieve eternal life, and Genichirō is one of them.
He wanted to obtain the power of immortality so that his grandfather, the strongest man in the country, could gain eternal life.
In this way, their country will never perish.
But there is only one person in the world who truly possesses the power of immortality and will not mutate, and that is the Son of God who obtained part of the power of the Sakura Dragon, the young man served by the protagonist.
The story in the game also unfolds from here.
"I see. I was wondering why this guy kept targeting a boy and captured him again and again. It turns out he wanted to make his grandfather immortal and save this country."
After reading about the game’s plot excavation online, Old E couldn’t help but admire it.
I didn't expect that this game that tortured me to death actually had such a huge background story.
No wonder the monsters we encounter later become more and more twisted.
This made him think of the words on the promotional poster of Honghuang.
[Is eternal life really a blessing? 】
He didn't know what it was when he first saw it, but now he finally understood.
really.
Immortality sounds like a good thing.
But if you think about it carefully, isn’t it also a kind of curse?
Watching your relatives and friends leave you one by one, the times are changing, and the feeling of loneliness of being abandoned by the world is not something that most people can understand.
Pull the interface down and comments will emerge one after another.
[Xia Yilang is a real man, but unfortunately he used the wrong method. 】
Does it matter? It doesn’t affect him from mocking you. (Laughs)
[Highly recommended! This game is easy to play, with few buttons, suitable for people with poor hand skills. It is very easy to pass the level with one life. ]
[I bought this for my child. We agreed to study for five minutes every time we died. Now he has been admitted to Peking University.]
[Why do I think the word death looks a bit like the word vegetable now? ]
[Get out! Get out of my computer! ]
Looking at the comments below, even Old E laughed.
It turned out that he was not the only one who was being abused during this period, so he felt much more relieved now.
"We've only been on break for a few days, but someone has already finished the game, and I heard there's a second round, so let's continue playing this game today."
After closing the interface, he quickly adjusted his state and entered "Sekiro" to begin a new journey of masochism.
…
The other side.
Inside the Honghuang studio.
As soon as the new week arrived, Lao Song asked someone to count the sales of "Sekiro" for the week and print it out in a table.
"How's it going? What's the weekly sales volume?"
At this time, Lao Li and several other team leaders were already waiting on the side, staring at the printed report.
When Old Song picked up the report and took a look, he couldn't help but gasp.
[First week sales of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice: 330,000 copies]
330,000!
His arms trembled slightly and he could hardly believe his eyes.
Looking down, one-fifth of the sales were provided by Xiao Rizi, which was more than they expected.
Based on 218 yuan per share and a 70% share, that's almost equivalent to a profit of 50 million yuan.
The production cycle of "Sekiro" was greatly shortened because of its self-developed engine and the complete solution provided by Chen Lin.
Including publicity and promotion investment and human resources, the cost is just over 100 million yuan.
That is to say.
Payback in two weeks!
This speed is extremely exaggerated even in the entire single-player game industry, not to mention a game with such a large investment.
And just as he was stunned.
Lao Li and others nearby also came over and looked at the numbers above.
"What the hell! 330,000!?"
"Are you sure this is not a mistake?"
Several people widened their eyes, looked at the report, and then looked at Lao Song.
The employees who were busy nearby heard their exclamations and looked over in confusion.
"It should be correct. I have asked someone to count the data twice."
"And it's not just this game. Our previous games Monster Hunter and Need for Speed also broke through 2 million and 1 million in sales."
There was still a strong sense of shock in Lao Song's words.
Generally speaking.
As a game is released, its sales will grow more slowly towards the end because the player base has reached saturation .
However, instead have been growing more and more rapidly, and they are likely to reach sales of 5 million.
This was something they had not expected.
But it makes sense.
"Mr. Chen is right. The game market is starting to develop slowly, and even the sales of games are much higher than last year."
“It seems that the entry of capital is not all bad. It just depends on whether we can seize the opportunity.”
"Indeed, it is still just the beginning. I can't imagine what it will be like in the future."
Lao Li and several team leaders were both happy and worried, fearing that the impact of the game market would have on the studio, but at the same time they hoped that the industry would grow bigger and bigger.
This way they will have more opportunities and make more money.
Pain and happiness at the same time, perhaps this is the true reflection of their mood at this moment.
In comparison.
Old Song is relatively calm.
He analyzed in a low voice: "No matter what, the market is getting bigger and the pie is getting bigger, which is always a good thing for us."
"What we need to do now is to quickly establish our reputation and occupy the market, so as not to be outdone by other competitors."
"That's right." Old Li nodded. "Then let's work harder during this period, update and maintain the game more diligently, and try to increase sales."
After saying that, he took the team leaders back.
At the same time, it also brought back the first week results of "Sekiro" .
For a moment.
The entire production team cheered.
Without even needing to be urged, they all sat back in their seats and got busy.
Because the better the sales performance of the project, the higher the bonuses and dividends they can get, so won't they work harder?
As for Chen Lin, Old Song went there personally to report the results that had just been counted.
