Volume 3: Taking Roots 2016 Chapter 507 Overseas Markets Are Crazy
While the popularity of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is at its peak in China, the trial version launched overseas is also unwilling to lag behind.
With the huge advantage of "free and great", plus the word-of-mouth effect accumulated by Brandon Green, the "Father of Battle Royale", a large number of players who love the battle royale mode don't mind giving "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" a chance.
Even if it takes a little time to download, it’s free anyway, so who can refuse a free meal?
As long as you are willing to play it, the excellent game mechanism of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" and the conscientious game quality at a free price are enough to conquer the vast majority of players.
This may sound exaggerated at first, but if it is about the game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", doesn't it feel much more reasonable?
In fact, the original "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" was even more exaggerated. In just a few months, Bluehole invited Brandon Green to create a trial version that seems somewhat "shoddy" today.
Even so, it achieved an astonishing sales volume of 1 million sets in just 16 days after its official launch, marking the beginning of its dominance on the Steam platform and setting seven historical records in a row.
It was at that time that a phenomenal wave of heat known as the "Chicken Eating Craze" began, sweeping the world in the blink of an eye.
Not only did it change the gaming market in one fell swoop, it even surpassed others and became the founder of the "Battle Royale" genre. As for its predecessor "H1Z1", which was killed on the beach, it was gradually submerged in the tide of history.
With Bluehole's limited budget, Brandon Greene, the father of the battle royale, was able to make a sensation with his "shoddy" trial version made under conditions like a small workshop, selling 1 million copies in just half a month.
Now that Zhou Dongsheng has given enough budget, and with the strong independent research and development technical support from zhuchang, the completion of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" will undoubtedly be taken to a higher level.
What's more, there is the huge advantage of free play, which is of better quality and free of charge. The overseas trial version of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" has undoubtedly started its journey of killing all opponents on the Steam platform.
Even the best-selling "H1Z1" cannot stop it. After all, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes.
In addition, "H1Z1" is unfortunately not going to die. The battle royale mode and survival mode have just been split into two games, and they are sold at the same price.
This behavior of damaging its own reputation is in stark contrast to "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds". As the saying goes, if you compare yourself to others, you will die; if you compare goods to others, you will throw them away.
In comparison, even the players who originally purchased "H1Z1" were disgusted by this ugly behavior, especially after experiencing the trial version of "PUBG".
This feeling is even stronger. Not only is the game not as good as others, but they are also greedy and want to make two bucks. In one word, disgusting! There is definitely no money to be made. Disgusting! Pah! (Ge You face)
Once they have experienced the more fun and higher quality "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", many players, even those who have spent money on "H1Z1", will never go back.
Among them, Bob is undoubtedly one of the "H1Z1" players who turned against the game most thoroughly. Not only did he simply stop being a fan, but now he also denounces the bad behavior of "H1Z1" all day long.
As a well-known celebrity in the battle royale community, Bob's unfollowing and backtracking has played a role in the celebrity effect, driving many players to join the "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" player camp.
After all, players all share the same hatred for the enemy. Unless they have been paid or really love a game, there are few players who will speak for the game manufacturers.
Isn't it natural to criticize the manufacturers while playing games? Only on this point, players at home and abroad have no cultural barriers and their opinions are unanimous.
After the stunning debut of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, it received unanimous praise on the Steam platform. As word of mouth continued to spread, sales also increased day by day.
After easily exceeding 10,000 downloads on the first day of launch, the number of downloads began to rise all the way, and on the second and third days it directly exceeded 100,000 downloads.
As the player base grows, the speed of word-of-mouth fermentation and social fission propagation is undoubtedly growing exponentially. On the fourth day, "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" achieved an astonishing sales volume of over 100,000 downloads in a single day.
Even though it was just a free game, this exponential growth in numbers still easily alarmed the staff of the Steam platform.
With such an astonishing data increase, if it is not fake, there is no doubt that the staff of the Steam platform have smelled the scent of a hit game.
This is especially valuable because this game is not produced by Valve.
As we all know, the Steam platform is a game platform under Valve, and the famous first-person real-time strategy shooter game "Counter-Strike" that has swept the world was created by the original team of Valve.
Needless to say, this game is very well-known, and the value of its copyright is immeasurable. If it is ranked among the most valuable games in the world, it must be a masterpiece that ranks among the top.
However, Valve sold the copyright that year and became a laughing stock in the industry for a time, but Valve took the money and turned around to create the Steam game platform.
At that time, it was still 2002. Now, more than ten years have passed. Those people back then probably can’t laugh anymore. Valve, relying on the Steam game platform, has become a gaming giant that has a firm foothold in the overseas game market.
Countless game publishing companies rely on the Steam game platform as a game distribution channel, and many independent games and game producers make a living from the Steam platform.
However, it is regrettable that after so many years, most of the hottest and most popular games on the Steam gaming platform are still owned by Valve.
These include the "Half-Life" series, "CS:GO", "Left 4 Dead", "DOTA2", etc. This result seems to be understandable.
After all, the Steam platform is Valve's own territory, so there is nothing wrong with its own games getting more recommended resources and becoming the best-selling games on its own platform.
However, for Valve, which wants to build the Steam platform into the largest gaming platform in the world, a monopoly is obviously not what they want to see.
Only when a hundred flowers bloom and more excellent works compete with each other on the platform, can the Steam platform make further progress!
The game "H1Z1" originally had such potential, and the Steam platform also secretly provided a lot of recommended resources. Facts have proved that "H1Z1" is worthy of these recommendations.
Not only did the once popular "h1z1" achieve a lot of good results, but the Steam platform was also a natural beneficiary.
However, after the stunning debut of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, as a platform, they clearly need to re-evaluate.
At the very least, as a neutral gaming platform, it has to treat everyone equally. The data of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is so excellent, so naturally, the Steam platform will give it plenty of recommendations!
At Valve, a fat, blond, white man with a kind face sat in the office. He said nothing, just smiled. That smile seemed to have magic, making people intoxicated and unable to extricate themselves. I knew that my wallet was doomed again this time.
Players all over the world are familiar with this man's identity. Countless men love and hate him. He is Gabe Newell, the man who created Valve, a fat man who can't count to 3.
At this moment, he looked at the "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" on the computer and couldn't help but reveal a kind smile like a Godly father.
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