Chapter 224: Disorganized People
Very hard, branch company, conference room.
"Mr. Wei, are the first day sales figures out?"
Carter sat on top and asked Weimer below.
At this point, 24 hours had passed since their annual exclusive launch, and first-day sales had basically been fixed.
So as soon as the time came, a group of senior executives held a meeting to prepare for this exciting moment.
"Yes, Mr. Carter."
Weimer slowly stood up, holding a report in his hand, and projected the form on the tablet onto the big screen.
"According to my statistics, the sales of our annual exclusive in the first 24 hours were... 1.8 million copies!"
His voice was so inspiring that it echoed throughout the conference room.
The senior executives were silent for a moment, and then suddenly became excited.
"1.8 million copies?!"
“It’s over 1 million?”
"Breaking one million on the first day, good! Very good!"
"OMG, this is better than our last annual!"
Everyone present was shocked by the sales volume, but also excited.
Their game is not like the early access version of Honghuang, it is a completely full-blooded version, and the price is twice as much.
Weimer, who was in charge of reading the speech, finally put aside his worries and smiled.
Although the first-day sales of "Red Dead Redemption" broke the record of 3 million, it was only a half-price early access version after all.
Based on his past experience, if half of the players could renew their subscriptions at double the price of the full version, it would be considered good, which is 1.5 million.
All in all, they achieved an additional sales of 300,000.
Anyone who has worked in the gaming industry knows this.
With adequate promotion, sales of most games will be highest on the first day, and will then remain at a certain level for a while before slowly decreasing.
This is player saturation.
It would probably not be easy for Honghuang to catch up with them.
"Very good, this result is a bit higher than I expected."
Carter was in the first position, his face beaming.
With this result on the first day, there is still hope of achieving sales of tens of millions as long as we increase publicity.
By then, they will be able to surpass Suoni and Rentiandi and become the largest console platform in the country, and they will not have to take Honghuang seriously.
Once the headquarters knows the news, they will definitely reward him.
By then, it would not be impossible for him to rise rapidly and enter the board of directors in one fell swoop.
In a good mood, he asked again: "How are the other games doing?"
Weimer: "For other games, because of less promotion, the first-day sales are generally between 20,000 and 100,000."
"Well, not bad, twenty games combined make almost a million."
For Carter, these twenty games were just to make up the numbers and he didn't have high hopes for them.
As long as the annual exclusive results are high enough, everything else doesn't matter to him.
"What about the sales of the other two companies and Honghuang? Any news?"
“Not yet, because their game will be released later than ours.”
"Okay, I understand. Keep paying attention."
Carter smiled slightly, not panicking at all.
Last year, the first-day sales of their three annual blockbusters did not even reach a million.
This year their performance has doubled. What can those people use to compare with them?
It turns out that spending huge amounts of money on publicity is very effective.
…
And at this time.
There are also player circles in each major live broadcast room.
After a day of hard work yesterday, I chose my favorite game and am rushing to finish it.
"Brothers and sisters, let's continue playing Red Dead Redemption today."
Station B.
Ouyang Xiao, who had just started the live broadcast at noon, had dark circles under his eyes, looked listless, and yawned continuously.
As a former fitness UP host, she is rarely seen staying up late.
But now.
I actually played the game "Red Dead Redemption" from day to late at night, and the more I played, the more addicted I became.
I spent more than ten hours just to see the ending as soon as possible.
I didn't log off until I couldn't take it anymore.
"Haha, I said this game can't be completed in a day."
"This is just the first two chapters released early. If you start from the first chapter, you probably won't even be halfway through now."
"I've only reached the third chapter now."
"The 150GB of content is really not exaggerated."
"I went around and saw that many of the hosts who broadcast Big Cousin had dark circles under their eyes. It made me laugh to death."
Compared to the host who has to concentrate throughout the whole process, the audience is much more relaxed and rushes into the live broadcast room in high spirits.
After adjusting his state, Ouyang Xiao did not waste any time and opened the Steam platform to enter the game.
The moment she saw the game screen appear, she was shocked and became much more sober.
"I almost finished the fifth chapter yesterday. I have to finish it to the finale today no matter what."
In one night, she had advanced the plot to the end of Chapter 5, eliminated the guards on the island, and successfully boarded the merchant ship.
As soon as the game opens, the perspective appears on the ship.
Dutch was gathering them together to discuss future plans. They were preparing to rush back to the original place, find the others, make some more money and leave immediately.
"ah?"
Hearing what Dutch said, Ouyang Xiao and the audience were stunned, and so were the other gang members.
"No, you are already in this state, and you are still thinking about making money?"
Ouyang Xiao didn't understand at all.
Even the protagonist Arthur frowned for the first time and began to doubt Dutch's decision.
After all, it was because of Dutch's wrong decisions that they ended up in this situation and lost so many companions.
But Arthur still respected Dutch, so he didn't say much, but just turned his head away with a depressed look.
With the red skin, chapped lips, and bloodshot eyes from sunburn on the tropical island, everyone felt very distressed.
"It's so hard. I've suffered so much along the way, but in the end I got nothing."
"If it were me, I would have run away long ago."
"I should have run away from my ex-girlfriend before."
"There's nothing I can do about it. He said it himself. He still has friends he's worried about."
"I would rather Arthur be an unforgivable villain than have this useless kindness."
Along the way, they have come to understand Arthur's personality.
As Dutch was the one who raised him, he would not betray him so easily.
Plus, there are so many people in the gang that he cares about, so it's impossible for him to just leave.
"Forget it, let's just take it one step at a time. If there is an option to leave, I will be the first one to click it."
Ouyang Xiao said indignantly, continuing to advance the plot.
soon.
They took a boat back to Westworld.
In order not to attract attention, they chose to split up and search for their companions.
Needless to say, she "borrowed" a horse from someone passing by and headed straight for the camp.
This journey was definitely the longest one I had ever taken, and it took nearly five minutes in total.
But Ouyang Xiao had no intention of fast forwarding.
Looking at the buildings and jungles passing by on both sides and listening to the leisurely music playing in the background, she even hoped that the process could last a little longer.
This is the change that this game has brought to her.
No longer blindly pursuing a fast pace like before.
Instead, I calmed down and appreciated the scenery along the way that I had never noticed before.
It's like running in the wilderness, seeking a rare freedom in this life full of constraints.
What a pity.
This peace only lasted for five minutes.
The former makeshift camp came into view.
Ouyang Xiao controlled the character to enter the house and found the secret letters left by the members.
The widow Sadie, who was rescued on the snowy mountain in the first chapter, wrote to her uncle in the tone of a niece, saying that they had moved to a small town north of Saint Denis.
"It seems that all the members in the camp are fine." Ouyang Xiao said in a low voice.
Following the clues, she quickly arrived at a small town in the north and finally found the other members hiding in the suburbs.
Then Dutch and his friends arrived one after another to reminisce and exchange information.
However, just when everyone thought it was over.
The idiot who arrived last exposed his whereabouts by asking people everywhere, which attracted the agents' troops and they started to hunt them down.
"Ahhh! I really admire this old man. Can't he be more careful when doing things?"
Ouyang Xiao was so angry that his lungs were about to explode.
He quickly took out his weapon and started shooting at the agents outside across the house.
With great difficulty, they took advantage of the cover of night and heavy rain to go around the enemy's rear through a secret passage, seized a machine gun, and drove the enemy back.
[Arthur: "What should I do next?"]
[Dutch: "We just need a little time... We can't go east now, so I guess we have to go north? I need someone to buy me some time, damn time, anyone of you can do it."]
Having lost Hosea, his think tank, Dutch seemed a little hesitant, which could be clearly heard from his words.
【 Arthur : "What about John?"】
[Dutch: "John? I...we will go save him, but it's not...not yet."]
[Arthur: "But they'll hang him."]
[Dutch: “That’s not the case.”]
After saying that, Dutch turned around and left, avoiding the topic.
He obviously no longer had the heart to rescue John who was captured, but he had to say something to comfort the members for their own good feelings.
In the end, only the protagonist Arthur and the widow Sadie were left, and they planned to rescue their companions.
"I knew that Dutch was a selfish guy."
"Haha, you're not even as good as a widow I rescued along the way."
"It's understandable, actually. As a leader, he must be exhausted both physically and mentally after encountering so many unexpected events all at once."
"How can two people save someone? That's a prison."
"I'm afraid I'm going to die again."
It seems like a fantasy no matter how you think about it for two people to rescue someone.
But this is a game after all, so Ouyang Xiao didn't think much about it and continued to follow the team, and soon moved to the new camp.
As a result, at this moment, a member named Molly got drunk and scolded Dutch, and accidentally revealed that it was she who told the secret to the agent, which caused their St. Denis plan to fail.
“It’s her!”
When everyone learned the truth, they suddenly understood.
They had previously guessed that there was a traitor in the team, and it turned out to be true.
When the gang members heard the news, they were shocked. Dutch even raised his pistol and wanted to shoot her.
But because the other person loved him, he couldn't bear it, and there was a possibility that he was drunk and talking nonsense, so he hesitated and didn't do it.
In the end, Aunt Susan, who was standing nearby, picked up the shotgun, and with a "bang", Molly fell to the ground.
【Susan: "She should know the rules."】
The cold voice echoed in the camp.
The comments in the live broadcast room suddenly became lively.
"Aunt Susan is awesome!"
"That's what traitors deserve."
"How could he survive after killing so many people?"
"This shot was a bargain for her."
The traitor was found and everyone finally got rid of their anger.
But various problems followed.
It can be clearly felt that Dutch's prestige in the gang is no longer as high as before, and other members also have their own ideas and begin to split into small groups.
Because what Molly just said was actually exactly what they wanted to say.
The leader Dutch did not give them the life they wanted. Instead, they were forced to walk on the brink of death every day, fleeing everywhere and having no place to live.
Anyone would have complaints.
People's hearts are scattered.
The group disbanded.
I'm afraid this team will fall apart soon.
"Will it still end up disbanding?"
Recalling the singing and dancing and the harmonious atmosphere when they had just come down from the snowy mountain, Ouyang Xiao felt a pang of regret.
She didn't understand how it had come to this.
All we can do is watch helplessly as our former team gradually goes to the end.
Arthur sat in the camp, also upset, and recorded everything in his diary.
【What a mess... all this. 】
【I don’t know what will happen next.】
“This whole thing has been hard for all of us.
[But the hardest one is Dutch. Everything we've been through seems to have driven him into a semi-crazy state...]
This feeling of confusion really made the audience empathize.
No matter who it is, if they encounter so many things in a row, they will be at a loss even if they don’t collapse.
The strong sense of substitution made them start to worry about the future fate of these people.
Then the picture froze and gradually turned into black and white.
Chapter 6: Beaver Cave
