Chapter 58 No matter how fast the 86 is, it can't catch up with the Mercedes-Benz
The pre-sale initiated by Honghuang Studio was much more popular than expected.
Just one week.
More than 20,000 copies were sold.
Although not as exaggerated as "Monster Hunter", it is already a very good result as a pre-sale.
This finally put Lao Song and the Liming team's minds at ease.
"We've sold more than 20,000 copies in pre-sales alone. Is this really the racing game we made?"
An old employee said in disbelief.
After working so hard for so long, are they finally going to break the curse of the racing game's doom?
“Is it possible that the game hasn’t even been released yet, and they’re actually going for the CG animation?”
Unexpectedly, another employee suddenly poured a basin of cold water on him.
The faces of the people who were originally excited fell, and they all cast unhappy looks at him.
The employee shrank his neck and felt a chill all over his body.
"Okay, as long as the game is sold , it doesn't matter what promotional methods are used." Old Song at the side stepped forward to help.
For him, it doesn't matter what method is used to promote the game, as long as the game sells.
After all, what you get is real money.
Who would complain about having too much money when doing business ?
The only thing giving him a headache now is the situation with the customer service.
Because Chen Lin did not release all the CG animations, but reserved the climax of the last six episodes, which will have to wait until the game is officially released.
The last three episodes require entering the game and clearing specific levels before they can be unlocked.
This really kept the customer service busy.
Almost every day a large number of netizens called to complain, forcing him to hire a few more customer service staff.
"Alas, it seems that we have no choice but to launch the game as soon as possible. You can do one last round of testing, and then send out a notice to inform players that the game will be released at noon tomorrow."
"receive!"
"clear!"
After a response, the employees returned to their seats and began the intensive testing work.
…
And at this time.
After a week of fermentation.
The subsequent plot of "Initial D" has also been gradually revealed, and the entire comment section has become extremely lively.
[Damn! The songs in this animation are addictive! I was listening to it while driving, and I drove at 120 mph without realizing it. What should I do if I get stopped by the traffic police? Waiting online, urgent!]
[Hahaha buddy, I'm the same as you, I was driving and suddenly I learned to drift like in the animation, now I'm on an IV.]
[Are you as miserable as me? I just picked up my new car and it flipped into a ditch. ]
[No matter how fast the 86 is, it can't catch up with the girl who loves to ride in a Mercedes. (dog head)]
[Natsuki, I'm going to start speeding up! ]
If we were to ask who are the most popular people to watch this animation, it would undoubtedly be the veteran drivers.
Even many professional racers came here to watch and uploaded their own drifting videos imitating the animation, which attracted a large number of netizens to watch.
Among them were the five masters and apprentices who had previously worked with Honghuang.
"Master, look! The number of views has increased again, and it's almost breaking 500,000!"
In the team lounge, the youngest apprentice shouted loudly and looked at the playback data on the computer excitedly.
"Alright, alright, stop shouting, I'm watching."
The master sat aside smoking, his eyes fixed on the screen, puffing white smoke one after another.
I could feel his hands trembling.
He's just a reserved person and doesn't show it.
He was strongly opposed to doing this at the beginning.
But as time went by, he gradually realized that he was wrong, and extremely wrong.
Today is an era of rapid development of the Internet.
It is undoubtedly very unwise to stick to the old ways and only develop in a narrow racing circle, especially for a team like theirs that is not very well-known.
Exhaling a puff of white smoke, he finally spoke slowly: "It's decided. From now on, the team will transform and take the self-media route. During normal practice, everyone should take more footage and upload it as a video."
"Really?"
"Very good!"
"Long live the Master!"
Except for the eldest disciple, most of the people in the team are fashionable young people.
When they heard the master's decision, they cheered loudly and the whole lounge became lively again.
But I didn't notice.
Under the account of Honghuang Studio that they follow.
A brand new dynamic was quietly updated.
…
"What did you say? Honghuang's new game is going to be released?"
Huanhai Group Headquarters.
Zeng Fuming, who was sitting in the office, was the first to receive the news of the release of Honghuang’s new racing game.
"Yes, Honghuang has just issued a new announcement stating that the ban will be officially lifted at noon tomorrow." The voice of an employee came from the other end of the phone.
"Only a few months have passed. It's a bit too fast." Zeng Fuming frowned.
Ever since he lost the vote at the last exhibition, he had always remembered this studio that suddenly appeared, but he had been too busy to pay attention to it.
The result was unexpected.
In just over half a year.
They successively produced "Monster Hunter" and a new racing game, and grew so quickly that even he could not ignore them.
And I don’t know if it’s an illusion.
He always felt that this studio was always working against them.
Every time they release a new game, this studio is always there, like a ghost.
But he didn't remember having any friction with a man named Chen Lin.
"Did I remember it wrongly?"
Zeng Fuming shook his head and shook off these messy thoughts.
"Forget it. Right now the board of directors is discussing financing with the people above. When the time comes, they will definitely allocate a large sum of money to quickly occupy the market, but they don't have time to care about these small studios."
Although investors are expected to officially enter the market only at the end of the year.
But now a small group has already begun to make plans behind the scenes and negotiate financing with major game manufacturers.
Wait until a large amount of funds flow into the market.
Various types of games are bound to explode, and the competitive pressure will be great.
So many manufacturers laughed at Honghuang for being so stupid that they chose to release a new game at this time.
This does provide a short-term advantage.
But when that time really comes, all manufacturers are releasing new games, but you can't produce any and can't attract players. How can you be competitive?
"I'm dying of laughter. Do Hong Huang and the others really not understand or are they just pretending not to understand? Shouldn't they just hold on to the game now that they have it?"
"After all, it was established not long ago and I don't know how to observe the market trend. I am still too young."
"I guess he wants to take advantage of this opportunity to make a quick buck. There's nothing wrong with that."
"How good can a racing game made in such a short time be? You'll just have to wait and see their jokes tomorrow."
Almost all manufacturers are not optimistic about Honghuang choosing this time point to release a new game, believing that they are rushing into it.
And in this weird atmosphere.
The day when "Need for Speed" is officially released has finally arrived.
