Chapter 243 This Game is Too Hardcore
Time flies.
In a blink of an eye.
It was the day after all the science fiction games were launched online.
While players were immersed in the game, major game manufacturers were also busy counting the first day's sales data.
After all, it is an emerging subject and has state support.
I can’t say that it will reach the level of a popular topic right from the start, but at least it shouldn’t be as bad as before, making it difficult to even make a profit.
"Director, the statistics are out!"
At the Midnight Sun game headquarters, a shout rang out.
As one of the science fiction manufacturers, they also participated in the Ministry of Aerospace's investment promotion, and it was also one of the science fiction games that received the most attention in the past few months.
The game they made, "Galaxy Fighter: Mecha Rise", is based on space warfare and mechas as the main gameplay, and is definitely considered the mainstream of current science fiction.
Therefore, we attached great importance to the release of this game and invested a lot of money.
"Have you figured it out? Bring it to me now."
Director Polar Day, who had been waiting on the side, came hurriedly and picked up the freshly printed form to examine it carefully.
Then, his eyebrows slightly raised.
"48,000 on the first day? Not bad."
It can be heard that he is very satisfied with this result.
At this rate of growth, unless there are any serious bugs, sales in the first week will definitely exceed 200,000.
Spend a month or two promoting it several times.
There is every chance that the final sales volume will reach one million.
With the current cost of a medium to large stand-alone machine generally being around 100 million, a million sales volumes would be more than enough to recoup the investment, and there would still be some profit.
"It seems that the science fiction market is indeed better than before."
The man nodded and looked down.
When he saw the estimated sales of other competing products in the same period, the corners of his mouth suddenly curled up.
Because apart from their game, the first-day sales estimates of other games are basically below 40,000, and they are no longer qualified to compete with them for million sales.
Even the most promising Honghuang Studio is estimated to have only close to 40,000.
"Sure enough, no matter which company it is, it will have its own shortcomings."
"We can't compare with Honghuang in other fields, but in the field of science fiction, which we are most familiar with, we are still a little behind."
As the saying goes, every profession has its specialties.
They have been in the science fiction field for so many years, and at least this kind of player base is a huge advantage, and they have also established a certain reputation.
It is not easy for other new manufacturers to surpass.
And this idea.
This is exactly what the senior executives of science fiction manufacturers are thinking at this time.
When they learned that the Honghuang game had suffered a Waterloo, they all had an expression of "as expected" and were not too surprised.
Because science fiction is different from other themes .
Players have high demands on games.
In addition to the gameplay graphics, the game must also have rigorous logic and be technologically advanced. More importantly, it must rationally construct a fantasy world based on technology.
Otherwise, players will definitely not buy into those shooting games disguised as sci-fi games, or games that have a strong sense of incongruity.
This is what makes science fiction different from other genres.
Those who can survive in this category basically have some skills.
"Although it's a pity, Hong Huang is destined to be our foil this time."
When they thought about the fact that the popular Honghuang was suppressed by themselves, several manufacturers with decent sales volume put their best efforts and stepped up their publicity efforts.
They want to step on the primitive world to rise to the top.
Increase your market share in emerging fields!
…
soon.
This news also began to spread rapidly on the Internet in various ways.
When many they couldn’t help but feel a little regretful.
They had all watched the live broadcast before.
The game is really well done.
Especially in terms of special effects and planet design, they are absolutely top-notch, there is no doubt about that. Many people even buy it just to experience the various planets.
But there is one thing that confuses many players.
That's the exploration aspect of the game.
A whole day.
None of the anchors who broadcast this game live have found the key clue to escape the solar system.
Yes.
Not one!
Because the information contained in this game is too huge, and it adopts non-linear exploration and lacks guidance.
Information is scattered in every corner of each planet, making it extremely laborious to piece together.
In addition, each planet has its own unique landing requirements, and many players have even played for nearly two hours without successfully accessing any useful information.
It can only run around as the sun goes into supernovas over and over again.
This will undoubtedly greatly increase the players' sense of frustration.
They refunded their money just to experience it.
It's not because it's bad.
But it's too hardcore!
The Light Quantum Knowledge Tower and understanding the state of quantum entanglement stumped more than half of the players.
Some even spent more than an hour practicing just how to pilot a spacecraft to land on a planet.
Not to mention going to the Sun Station which stumped a lot of people.
"Hong Huang miscalculated this time. He overestimated the players' patience."
In the live broadcast room.
Old E also received the news and said with regret.
As for himself, he must like this game very much and has plenty of time to complete it.
But it's really too hardcore.
Ordinary players probably can't accept it.
And there are so many adventure and exploration games on the market, so there is no shortage of this one.
"It doesn't matter if the sales are not good, I have already bought it anyway."
"Indeed, the one hundred bucks alone for the planet design is worth it."
“It’s good to play it as a sightseeing game.”
"Hehe, I plan to wait for the anchors to finish the game and then go through the story myself. At least I won't be frozen to death outside then."
"You mean the time the anchor flew out of the solar system?"
The audience laughed when they thought of Old E’s previous amazing move.
They thought that they could escape the supernova explosion by flying out of the solar system.
But the result is.
As soon as the spacecraft reaches the edge of the solar system, the surrounding air will quickly freeze, freezing the character to death on the spot.
There were two other times when the anglerfish were hiding in the sea of the Deep Giant and in the lair of the Blackthorn Star, but they were both instantly evaporated by the terrifying energy of the supernova.
In short, I have tried everything.
You will die when it's time to die.
No wonder players say it’s too difficult.
Even many anchors were discouraged by the difficulty and switched to broadcasting other starship cannon and space mecha games.
The only ones who are still persisting in the entire B station are Lao E, Ouyang Xiao, and a few low-level artists under Su Peng.
But even so.
In the face of decreasing heat.
They still came up with the idea of changing the game.
…
"Host, how about we switch to other games?"
On the other side, in Mo Ziyan’s live broadcast room.
Fans also suggested that she change the game.
As a small anchor on Bilibili, Mo Ziyan is also one of the contracted artists under Su Peng.
However, compared with the popular Ouyang Xiao, she is still far behind, with only tens of thousands of followers.
With Ouyang Xiao's current status, people will watch him even if he plays crappy games.
But she is different. She has to go to a popular place to have a chance to get more attention, otherwise she can only stay at the bottom.
"Or... forget it? I want to try this game again."
In front of the camera, Mo Ziyan smiled awkwardly, picked up the boiled water and took a sip.
She can't say that she doesn't have that much money and is unwilling to spend it to buy other games, right?
After all, as low-level artists, they all get a fixed salary.
Don’t even think about making a share from live streaming. A few hundred a month is considered good, but it’s only enough to buy two or three games.
And she also has selfish motives.
Because Manager Su had said before that Honghuang would be their important ally in the future.
Perhaps if I support the Honghuang game like this, I might be noticed by Manager Su.
Even if she can't rise to prominence like Ouyang Xiao, giving her a chance for a commercial performance or a trial broadcast of a new game would be better than being unknown now.
Yes.
People like her.
There are countless of them in the B station branch.
It's not because of lack of ability.
On the contrary, many people’s abilities are no weaker than those big anchors, they just lack opportunities.
A chance for them to express themselves!
"Don't look at me like this. I may not be strong in other aspects, but my patience and concentration are unmatched by everyone."
Smiling at the camera, Mo Ziyan controlled the character again and continued exploring.
She is now on a planet called "Broken Sky", which is located in the third orbit of the solar system.
The structure of this planet is very strange.
The surface collapsed, and there was a volcano-like satellite that intermittently dropped lava fireballs onto the Sky-Breaking Star, causing the ground to collapse.
There is a small black hole in the center of the planet, which will swallow up the collapsed land, which looks very scary.
Once she accidentally fell into a black hole and was almost frightened to death. As a result, she was teleported to a white hole at the other end of the solar system and died of deprivation of oxygen.
But it's relative.
There is also very important information contained here.
The former civilization "Nomai" received a signal from the Eye of the Universe, an existence older than the universe, and flew over from other galaxies in spaceships.
As a result, during the space jump, they were unfortunately stuck on the vines inside the Blackthorn Star and were besieged by anglerfish. They were forced to escape from the Blackthorn Star in three escape pods.
One of the escape pods fled to this Broken Sky Star.
And because fireballs often fall from the surface, a suspended city is built below the surface, that is, above the black hole, as a temporary residence.
This is how the remaining buildings and aviation technology they saw came about.
This is also the starting point of the story of this game.
"Now that we have found the starting point of the clue, we just need to follow the clues step by step and we should be able to find the key clues."
"Perhaps we can use the Nomai spaceship to escape from this solar system?"
Mo Ziyan's eyes became brighter.
It seems that the key information has finally been discovered.
This is definitely the most crucial thing they have discovered in the past two days!
The only thing that bothered her was that there was a quantum knowledge tower in the suspended city, but she couldn't get up there with a jet pack because the gravity slab was broken.
But there was a hint below that there was something inside the tower, so she wandered around there for several minutes without finding any clues.
"Now I finally understand why so many people were persuaded to quit..."
A barrage of comments flashed across the silent live broadcast room.
But the next second.
With a loud bang, a huge fireball fell from the sky and hit the ground above the Knowledge Tower.
The huge impact force caused the entire ground to collapse, and the Quantum Knowledge Tower was pulled over by the black hole in the center of the planet.
Mo Ziyan was shocked when he saw this scene.
"Could it be that..."
Swish!
The picture flashed.
She was swallowed by the black hole again and appeared outside the white hole at the other end of the solar system.
Floating beside.
It was the quantum knowledge tower that she couldn't climb up no matter what!
The live broadcast room was quiet at first, and then a large number of comments flashed across.
"We were actually teleported into outer space together?"
"I see! We have to wait until the tower falls into the black hole together before we can fly into the tower through the weightlessness of space!"
"Awesome! This design is amazing!"
“It’s a pity that a designer could come up with this!”
Although there were only a few hundred people watching in the live broadcast room, it was extremely lively at the moment, and everyone was amazed by the novel design.
No wonder the ground of that planet has been collapsing continuously. It turns out that the mystery can be solved through the weightlessness of outer space!
"I think I roughly know how to play this game."
Mo Ziyan took a deep breath, his eyes sparkling with excitement.
This game called "Outlander" is far better than she imagined!
No more nonsense, just as the sun is about to explode, he controls the jetpack and flies into the tower to collect other clues.
