Chapter 145: This game's comment section is a bit weird

"How's the sales data for the new game Honghuang? Have you released it yet?"

Inside a game manufacturer.

A senior executive approached the subordinate who was in charge of statistics.

Now, one night has passed since the release of the new game Honghuang.

Even their competitors are very concerned about the sales of this game. After all, it is the only relatively large-scale FPS game released overseas this year.

"Director, we've calculated that in the first 12 hours, only 10,000 copies of their game were sold across all platforms combined."

The employee opened a form and spoke slowly.

"10,000 copies? So few?" The director raised his eyebrows, a little surprised. "It seems that Honghuang is too arrogant this time. He actually wants to share the FPS category cake."

10,000 copies in half a day, even if it doubles in 24 hours, it will only be 20,000 copies. I don’t know when I can get my money back.

Taking the time cost into account, the game Honghuang is basically completely cool.

Other manufacturers who received this news also began to gloat over the misfortune.

"Hahaha, I said that the FPS market is already saturated and oversaturated. Entering it is a dead end."

"Why do you have to make an FPS game when there are so many apocalyptic themes? The current market for shooting games is no longer what it used to be."

"Do you really think that you can choose any genre you want just because there are a few popular games? Honghuang is still a little naive."

"In the end, the game industry still relies on adapting to the market. If players don't buy it, it's useless no matter how good it is."

Now is the era when many heroes emerge.

No manufacturer has yet completely dominated the gaming industry, so it's naturally impossible for them to make games as they please.

The failure case of Honghuang made them understand this truth and completely dispelled their idea of making FPS games.

…

The other side.

Inside the Honghuang studio.

Old Song, who had just started working, also received the sales data collected by the employees and sighed.

After all, this is their first FPS game.

It also uses the recently popular doomsday theme.

Of course I hope the sales data looks better, or at least not too bad.

This way they can at least gain a foothold in this large market and let players know that they have the ability to make this type of game.

However, the estimated result of 20,000 copies on the first day was still far from his previous estimate.

It's not even half of the 60,000 sales of "Sekiro" on the first day.

You have to know that in order to open up the market, they kept the price of the new game very low and put it on all platforms.

Now we can’t even recover the production costs.

Was the decision to forcefully enter the FPS market a mistake?

"What should we do now?"

Old Song looked at Chen Lin standing beside him.

"What else can we do? Just ignore it." Chen Lin shrugged. "We have done what we should do. There is nothing we can do if the game cannot be sold. Let's just treat it as a lesson learned."

In fact, he didn't expect that the new game's performance would be so terrible.

After all, the movie "Resident Evil" is quite popular and has generated a lot of discussion. Logically, the first-day sales should not be too bad.

At this rate of increase, it would be difficult to recoup the investment within half a year.

Is it true, as other manufacturers say, that FPS is a death category?

Or is the conversion rate between moviegoers and gamers not good?

If that's the case.

Then he would have to make some changes to his plans for the second half of the year.

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Song, the new sales data is out! Come and take a look!"

Just as they were thinking, a shout came from a distance, interrupting their conversation.

"Why are you shouting? It's only noon now. Can the sales volume increase several times in half a day?"

Old Song raised his head and glared at the employee.

He is feeling upset right now, so he has no mood to look at these things.

"No, Boss Song, come and take a look. Sales... sales have really increased!"

The employee stood up from his seat and stared at the computer with wide eyes, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

It didn't look like a trivial matter, and finally Chen Lin and Lao Song began to feel suspicious.

He put down the documents in his hand , hurried to the computer, and saw the newly updated sales data at a glance.

Resident Evil: Village

【Total sales in 24 hours: 34,000 copies】

"34,000 copies? How come there are so many suddenly?"

Old Song was stunned for a moment, his expression filled with surprise and doubt.

According to his estimate, the game's first-day sales would be only about 20,000 copies.

Now there are 14,000 more copies.

Even overseas countries, which did not invest much resources in promotion, contributed to some sales.

Although this result is not too impressive, it is still acceptable.

Thinking of this, he suddenly came to his senses and said hurriedly: "Look at the rising trend in the past 24 hours!"

"good."

The employee responded, quickly sat back in his seat, opened the spreadsheet, split the entire day's data into 24 segments, and made a trend chart.

Chen Lin looked at the chart and found that the sales trend in the first 12 hours was very flat, almost a straight line, and the sales volume every hour was almost the same.

Can be extended beyond 12 hours.

Sales suddenly began to increase slowly, from a straight line to an upward curve, and the rate of increase became larger and larger.

Especially in the last few hours, it was several times higher than before!

"What is going on?" Old Song was full of confusion.

"It's like this. I just read the reviews of the new game and found that many players watched anchors play it yesterday, and only started buying it to play it themselves today."

"Part of the reason is that... there are a lot of clips of Hachishaku Madam appearing online..."

The employee explained with a strange expression.

After listening to this, Old Song was full of questions, while Chen Lin suddenly understood.

It seems that no matter which world the players are from, their hobbies are the same and they have a lot in common.

After hearing the news, his original disappointment completely disappeared.

He should no longer need to worry about the sales of the new game.

…

Just as Chen Lin expected.

The sales of "Resident Evil: Village" are not explosive, but they have strong staying power.

34,000 on the first day.

42,000 the next day.

49,000 on the third day.

55,000 on the fourth day.

In just one week, it broke the first-week sales record of "Sekiro" by virtue of its lower price advantage, reaching an exaggerated result of 350,000 copies!

The rapid growth momentum stunned all the manufacturers who received the news.

"What's going on? Didn't they say that Honghuang's new game is a complete failure?"

"This daily sales increase is too exaggerated!"

“It seems that even players of other similar games have been attracted here.”

“Is it really possible to combine FPS with a doomsday theme?”

The manufacturers were very puzzled.

I clicked on the "Resident Evil" game review page to collect player feedback, but ended up seeing a very strange scene.

【It’s really big! 】

[Help, I can't get out! ]

[Sooner or later I will be suffocated to death in this game. ]

[What type of T virus is so effective ? I want to buy one for my girlfriend, please pay a lot! ]

【God knows how long I was hanging from the ceiling.】