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Immediately, Miu Miu blushed again, the girl was out of ignorance, and probably knew what the lesson Simon said might be.

The game installs quickly.

Simon casually logged in and entered the interface, but he didn't start directly. After creating a character at random, he looked around and quickly clicked on a list.

List.

There must be a list.

This is one thing Simon insisted on during the development process.

It also includes a check-in system, military rank system, and task system. Although the game is a direct buyout, players can still obtain some special props through these.

This is actually an effective way to increase user stickiness.

In the era of online games, no matter how the charging method is, popularity is fundamental.When there are more people playing, it is easy to produce the Matthew effect, making more and more users.

It has to be said that the development team did a pretty good job of enforcing Simon's will.

At this stage, there are only two types of classic blasting mode and team competition with five maps for the time being, but the team has made a total of 10 lists, which are divided into overall list, monthly list and weekly list.

Looking at the data, the players are very active. Among them, the most simple and direct head list counts the total number of kills in all gameplays. Since the game was officially launched at 12 o'clock this morning, in 1700 hours, someone has already completed 100 kills. , and the ranking of 1000 people on the first page is at least [-] kills or more, which shows how fierce the competition is.

Good competition.

However, Simon quickly thought of cheating, quit the game temporarily, and sent an email to Nancy Brill, asking her to pay special attention to this issue.

Game experience is very important.

Special attention must be paid to this point, such an excellent start cannot be ruined by cheating.

Simon also talked to Nancy about the suggestion of a special cheat server in a wicked way. The guy who opens the cheat should be stuffed into a server, and he can go to cultivate immortals at will, as long as it doesn't affect the experience of ordinary players.Moreover, when the time is right, this operation can also be used as a publicity stunt.

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Chapter 1263 is too much

Daenerys Entertainment invested a total of US$5000 million in the project, of which US$4000 million was development costs, including a 3D game engine developed specifically for this game, code-named 'Eden', and also for a custom network operation platform.

The other $1000 million is for publicity expenses.

In the current era when one computer can make a game by one person, this is a very huge expense.

The most intuitive comparison, the previous total investment in production and publicity was only 1500 million US dollars, and this has exceeded the average level of this era.

Therefore, the Daenerys game department still has some complaints about Simon's strong request to advance the OL project as soon as possible.

A total of 2.0 million has been invested in the 1500 version, which was launched in March last year. The North American price is 3 US dollars, and the overseas average price is basically the same.Up to now, more than 49 million copies have been sold worldwide, and the income is about 130 million US dollars. Excluding the final tax cost, the net profit is close to 6500 million, and the return on investment exceeds 2000%.

Even if it is not phenomenal, it is very successful.

The point is that games are not movies. Although movies also have long-tail benefits, they often become more and more dispensable later on.The life cycle of the game is very long. It sold 130 million copies in less than two years. If there is no sequel, it will continue to sell. In the next two or three years, it is not impossible for the total global sales to exceed 200 million copies.

The cost has been fully recovered, and there is no need for further investment in the future. If you sell one share, you will make a net profit.

This is actually why the sequels of many popular stand-alone games are always delayed and difficult to produce. Basically, it is not the reason for the development, but the previous ones are sold too well. If the sequels are launched too early, the result can be imagined, which is equivalent to ending the previous ones in advance. The life cycle does not conform to the principle of maximizing interests, and game companies must of course procrastinate.

This phenomenon has even led to some ironic industry talks, for example, because it is too popular, the official has been reluctant to launch a sequel, which has caused some desperate fans to openly encourage everyone to play pirated versions, and all kinds of chicken feathers are messed up. fly.

The same goes for the current series.

The original sales forecast of 200 million copies, because Simon requested that 3.0 be released as soon as possible, the life of version 2.0 will basically end, which is equivalent to giving up 3500 million US dollars in sales revenue.

Coupled with the huge total investment of up to 3.0 million US dollars in version 5000, if it is not successful, it will definitely become Simon's biggest decision-making mistake.You know, with an investment of 5000 million US dollars, even if the price of the 3.0 version is increased to 69 US dollars, it will need to sell 150 million copies, which is about 1 million US dollars in revenue, to achieve a balance of payments. After all, this time also includes server operating expenses.

150 million, which is already a popular level among the top ten global game sales for the year.

It is always easy for people to see those super phenomenal games with sales exceeding tens of millions, but they ignore one point. Behind these games are hundreds of failed games that are unknown to the point of failure, and the standard ones will succeed. , Therefore, 150 million sales volume is not so easy to achieve.

In order to control risks as much as possible, this time, it is only launched in the North American market first, and plans to sell it overseas based on market feedback.After all, this game is no longer a stand-alone game. As long as it is launched in overseas markets, it will require an additional server platform and an operation team.

Save a little if you can.

When Simon was playing games with a little girl on the east coast, it was just in the evening on the east coast. Daenerys went up to Amy Pascal and down to many ordinary employees of the game department, and they were all paying close attention to the development of this game. sales data.

For several months of announcements, not only related expenses of 1000 million US dollars, Daenerys, Igret and other Westeros system subsidiaries also provided a lot of free media resources for the promotion of this game, such as Igge Various promotional soft articles promoted by Ritter Portal to potential game users, internal videos pushed on the YouTube platform, and game live broadcasts invited by Internet celebrities on the live broadcast platform Twitch, etc.

The value is incalculable.

In short, in the first week of release in the North American market, if the sales volume is less than 10, it is a failure.

The first week is expected to be 10. In the next year, the local sales volume is expected to be 100 million. Counting overseas, based on 50% of the local sales, the cost will be recovered within one year.

This is just the minimum expectation of everyone.

After all, any business hopes to make money, but no one has the idea of ​​no loss or no profit from the beginning, so there is nothing else to do.

However, for the super phenomenal level with sales reaching tens of millions, not many people have any expectations, and the phenomenon level is not so easy to achieve.

With such a mentality, it was released for 12 hours, and things obviously exceeded many people's expectations.

Of course not too bad.

But...better than expected.

So much better!

In just 12 hours of release, according to West Coast time, from 7:24 am to 10:[-] pm, the number of people who have activated this game has already exceeded [-].In half a day, the sales volume was already close to Daenerys' official minimum expectation for a week. It is conceivable that it is more than enough to exceed [-] in a full [-] hours.

Nancy Brill was still in her office when she received Simon's email about cheating, had just called Amy Pascal to announce the good news, and was about to speak to Larry Probus, the head of the gaming department. Let me talk about the emergency expansion of the server, and the follow-up publicity strategy while the iron is hot.

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Prior to this, the plan prepared by the team is to accommodate up to 25 activated users in the first week, which is also everyone's best expectation.

Now, at least double that.

Fortunately, it is running on Eaglet's cloud computing platform, and expansion is not difficult, and it can be done after working overtime tonight.

Knowing that her boss has won another hit, Nancy received the email and directly sandwiched the problem of cheating in the next communication with Probst. After thinking about it for a while, she wrote a reply letter to announce the good news , Then, in a strange way, instead of talking about work, he asked what his boss was doing?

A very homely conversational tone.

After sending it, Nancy felt a little regretful, thinking whether to withdraw the email, sat blankly in front of the computer and waited for a while, but there was still no return of the read reminder, and she felt a little inexplicable.

He must be fooling around with some woman.

So he simply ignored it and asked the outside assistant to connect to Larry Probst's call and talk about business.

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It has to be said that it has indeed achieved the ultimate based on the current hardware and software, the excellent game experience, and the unprecedented multiplayer online confrontation, so that Simon and Miu Miao, a big and a small, quickly immersed in it. When Miu Miu's mother Shirley I couldn't help running to knock on the door, it was already past eleven o'clock in the middle of the night.

Seeing that the man and her daughter were just playing games, even though the girl's face was flushed, Xue Li was still relieved.

Shirley is not stupid, of course it is impossible not to feel a certain attitude of men towards their mother and daughter.

It's just that this man's status is too high. As two weak vines climbing on this towering tree, a woman really can't resist much, and occasionally wants to leave.However, getting used to the current life, it will be so easy to leave.

What's more, will the man let them go?

Thinking with a little bit of regret, Xue Li put down the fruit plate in her hand as an excuse, walked around the desk, stood behind the leather chairs of the man and her daughter, and looked at the computer screen.After watching patiently for a while, he said softly: "Simon, it's already late, why don't you rest first, Miu Miao can't play for too long."

Before Simon could speak, the girl had already complained: "Dad, look, mom is like this. I usually keep talking after playing for a while."

Simon nodded: "Well, I haven't forgotten, I will help you clean up your mother later."

Hearing this, Shirley's face immediately turned red, and she really wanted to grab a certain little girl and spank her ass hard.

The girl also seemed to realize that she had slipped her words, and carefully glanced at her mother behind her: "Dad, I didn't mean that, and I also know that it is for my own good that my mother doesn't let me play games."

While talking, Simon, who had completed four kills on the computer screen and was about to create a higher achievement, was accidentally besieged by two people, and immediately became a sieve. He returned to the resurrection point, and started again while laughing: "I didn't get five kills. I'm going to punish you."

Miao Miao twisted her small body in Simon's arms, and she coquettishly made no excuses, but stretched out her hands, "Dad, I'll come, I'll come."

Simon gave the control to the girl, and then he glanced at the fruit plate that the woman had just brought in, and gestured.

Xue Li hurried over, picked up the fruit plate and moved forward, seeing the man looked like a gentleman, she didn't intend to do it herself, so she carefully twisted an apple on a toothpick and put it in the man's mouth.

Miu Miao's skills are obviously not as good as Simon's. He was sent back to the resurrection point not long after rushing out of this nuclear power plant map with the most complicated terrain. He yelled and raised his face: "Mom, I want to , I want a pineapple."

Shirley had to act like a nanny, sending fruit piece by piece into one big and one small mouths, and at a certain moment she felt like a hard-feeding mother bird. If someone didn't sneak over, she had to frequent Pay attention to your daughter's movements to prevent her from seeing pictures she shouldn't see.

After playing for a while, a plate of fruit was finished, and the time came to 12 o'clock.

The girl wasn't sleepy yet, but it was impossible for Simon to continue.

Tomorrow Saturday, there are still many things to do.

Seeing this, Shirley, whose blush had spread to her neck unknowingly, hurriedly called a waitress and asked her to take the reluctant girl to rest. During the period, she was still a little worried, afraid that the man would stop her, so she would do some more. what.

Fortunately not.

However, Shirley herself was left behind by Simon, who was also hugged in her arms, jokingly said to continue, and asked the woman to complete a triple kill before leaving.It's a pity that Shirley couldn't finish it until after one o'clock in the morning, because she didn't even have the strength to hold the mouse.

Chapter 1264 Tang Yun

Because Simon was here, Shirley, who wanted to sleep and woke up naturally, insisted on getting up early with the man.

For this reason, I am a little envious of my daughter who can sleep late.

Simon checked his e-mail before breakfast and saw Nancy's e-mail, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He replied routinely and then turned to other things. Among the newspaper news sorted out by Girl A that needed Simon's attention, the most eye-catching one was the news that the sales of "Counter-Strike OL" exceeded 15 within 10 hours of its release.

Although the relevant announcements definitely have Daenerys' marketing and public relations elements, but this news is indeed worthy of being on the hot topic of current affairs.

The sales volume exceeded 15 within 10 hours of its release. According to the accompanying game department report, it is conservatively estimated that the sales volume in the first week can reach more than 50, which basically locks in the phenomenal attributes of "Counter-Strike OL".

With the news out, it's not hard to imagine, first of all, that no one in Daenerys will doubt Simon's decision anymore.

As for the total sales volume, compared with ordinary games, it can often be inferred more accurately based on the initial sales volume. For "Counter-Strike OL", once it reaches the phenomenal level, it is difficult to predict the follow-up trend.

However, even based on the conservative 50 sales in the first week, it will not be too difficult for the global sales to exceed 1000 million.

One of the prerequisites is that Simon is no longer in a hurry to launch 4.0.

The truth is, Simon was in a hurry.

For games, Simon also hopes to achieve a saturated and comprehensive distribution model similar to the current mainstream movie promotion that stimulates the market potential as soon as possible, and reaps the most returns in the shortest time.Of course, compared with the effective theater cycle of about two months for movies, the saturated release period of games must still be longer.

Specific to "Counter-Strike OL", the time limit of Simon's plan is two years.

Two years later, 4.0 should be launched.

At that time, with the further improvement of the software and hardware environment, further improvements can be made to the charging model, such as adding item charges.

Now, it depends on the situation.

If the game is still so popular two years later, Simon will not forcefully introduce new ones. After all, the follow-up sales of 2.0 million U.S. dollars in 3500 can be given up, but if it is 3 million U.S. dollars, there is no need to consider how to choose.

Therefore, Simon once again thought of the joke that the diehard fan encouraged players to play pirated versions.

One of the reasons why the sales of "Counter-Strike OL" is so good this time is that piracy is basically eliminated.

Any player, unless he is willing to play single player all the time, as long as he wants to use the online mode, he must use the activation code purchased with money to activate, and an activation code can only be used once. After activation, the account is directly bound and wants to share It's impossible.

As for situations like Microsoft systems or popular software where the activation code is cracked, it is easy to prevent it when you are connected to the Internet.

Because this game is mainly sold on Westeros system platforms such as Igret’s Steam mall, Daenerys’ official game mall, and Tinkber iMac’s software mall, if the player’s account has no actual consumption, the game will To be activated, for Daenerys, it is actually clear at a glance.

One of the most important reasons why all kinds of software can be cracked is the same as stand-alone games, the key lies in 'stand-alone', not connected to the Internet.

All in all, the conservative sales forecast of tens of millions means that "Counter-Strike OL" is expected to bring nearly 7 million US dollars in revenue to the game department in the next two years.For software, as the sales volume increases, the average cost will only become more diluted. Therefore, even if there is only 1000 million US dollars of 7 million sales, the gross profit will reach more than 5 million.

This level of revenue and profit has reached a very conspicuous level in Daenerys Entertainment's financial report.

Simon has been promoting the game business to become the next growth point for Daenerys Entertainment after reaching the ceiling in film and television. Now, just one "Counter-Strike OL" with tens of millions of sales can become Daenerys Entertainment's future. A strong support for continued growth.

Shirley served the breakfast herself, and Simon, who quickly wrote some notes for Girl A, took a break from work.

In the afternoon, a temporary video conference with Los Angeles will be arranged to discuss more details related to "Counter-Strike OL".

When Shirley sat down together, feeling the faint fragrance from the woman, Simon remembered something and asked, "Why didn't you go back to China with them this time?"

Having received an invitation from CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala earlier, a group of girls from the Guofeng Art Troupe had returned to China some time ago and began rehearsing for the 1998 Spring Festival Gala.

Because it is a pre-determined project, it is actually very easy here. It takes a year and a half for others to prepare a program. The girls of the Guofeng Art Troupe only need to participate in the last three months of rehearsals, and they mainly work with the Spring Festival Gala team. "Caiwei" is very familiar to most girls.

Due to the relationship with Simon, Shirley has gradually become the daily director of the Guofeng Art Troupe when Chen Qing is away.The Spring Festival Gala has a very high status in the minds of a generation of Chinese, and it is a great honor to be able to participate. Shirley did not go back to China this time, which really made Simon a little confused.

Seeing the man asking about it, Shirley felt a little guilty. She had participated in various domestic cultural programs in the past, and knew all about them.Even though the Guofeng Art Troupe is special and has all kinds of green lights, as the person in charge, if she really has to go back together, she will definitely have to work hard.

She is used to the comfort now, so she doesn't want to make such a fuss.