Chapter 401 Public Opinion Crisis
The mysterious guest of Indiscriminate Death Racing Competition - Boss Lin, is still playing the DLC of his rival tirelessly.
He is truly "tireless", after all, he is playing in a virtual world.
Outside the virtual world, players, media, and even many netizens are discussing the information revealed in the program.
""John Wick" sales exceeded 32 million."
"League of Assassins lost 17 million online players."
"Summary of Yunmeng Honorary Player Selection Criteria."
"The changing relationship between the two show hosts."
"The first person to speed through the main storyline of "John Wick" has finally been revealed."
"Death Race's mysterious guest prediction."
"Will it be more difficult to rob casinos in the future?"
...and so on, the related topics are surprisingly popular.
Especially those who were among the first batch of honorary players, happily posted about the title they had just received online.
Not everyone was happy that night.
At least the people at NetDragon are very unhappy.
Yu Gu stared at the declining player online rate with a frown.
It was not until evening that the players officially entered the weekend rhythm. A large number of new players were free and joined the game again, so that the players' online data did not look so ugly.
At the same time, Yu Gu was also very happy to see that on the [Rank-Popular Rating List], the ratings of "Fire 3" also began to rise slowly.
The previous score of "Fire 3" has dropped to an outrageous 3.2 points, which is extremely eye-catching compared with the previous game's generally above 8 points!
But after today's word-of-mouth recovery, it has climbed to 4.4 points.
Yu Gu adjusted the display mode and arranged it in a timeline. The latest comments were all high-scoring reviews.
As for the DLC score alone, "Fire 3: Red Flame" received a high score of 8.6.
This made him feel extremely gratified.
Because no matter what the result is, this player's reputation has proven that his efforts were not in vain.
Next, it depends on whether Zhang Heying can seize the opportunity of word-of-mouth counterattack and start marketing.
At this time, Zhang Heying was still sighing because of the loss of public opinion.
He doesn't know yet that there will be many things for him to sigh about in the next few days.
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When Lin You returned home, he immediately bought several classic VR games such as Desert Island and Flying Fox, intending to try them all out.
Through NetDragon's DLC this time, Lin You discovered that even if the role of the device in exercising is excluded, VR games alone have merit.
So I plan to ask Zhong Chang to go to Desert Island and Feihu to discuss cooperation, so that their previous classic games can be put on the Yunmeng game platform.
With Yunmeng’s current user base, it can definitely bring them huge traffic.
Although playing VR games in the virtual world, the exercise effect is completely lost...
And in this intuitive comparison, the immersion and experience that VR games once relied on have undoubtedly been directly crushed by virtual reality games, which also has some damage to future potential.
But everything has its own gains and losses. While weakening the advantage, it also expands the player base. The final result will definitely be much better than the situation they are facing now.
At least it can prolong your life for a few more months.
Moreover, the cost Yunmeng needs to pay for this kind of cooperation is really very low, or to be more honest - almost no cost.
As long as the game is on the shelves and the data interface is connected, the rest is waiting for the money.
A huge profit.
Even if this goes well, we can go a step further, such as making it compatible with PC and console games.
Although it is a bit strange to leave the computer on the table unused, put on the phantom, log in to the virtual world, and then use the mirage to control the real computer to play computer games.
But, well, players should have this demand, right?
Lin You pondered——
At least in the virtual world, no matter how long they play, players will not suffer from myopia, fatigue, lumbar disc herniation, or problems such as wrist soreness and tendon inflammation.
Thinking about it this way, it’s not just a need, it’s a necessity!
Is it not just a necessity for gamers but also for many professions that use computers?
Moreover, the openness of the computer itself also determines that it is very simple to connect the computer and the mirage and use the mirage to control the computer. There is no need to negotiate cooperation with anyone, it just needs to be directly compatible!
It’s totally doable!
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Saturday.
Unstoppable, Yunmeng once again launched a batch of [Mirage 2.0] consoles.
The number remains the same as last week: 25 million units.
And there is a small change: opening up cross-border purchasing rights in many countries in Southeast Asia.
This choice is because Yunmeng’s supercomputing center in Yangcheng has been put into operation and can provide high-quality network services to players in Southeast Asian countries.
However, the efficiency of Southeast Asian countries is obviously not as good as Yunmeng, and the large-scale rollout of mainframes will not be until at least mid-November.
Therefore, Lin You made an opening in advance to facilitate impatient players to get on the bus in advance.
Of course, it is not cost-effective to buy a host through this channel.
Waiting for their domestic partners to collect goods from Yunmeng and distribute them for sale, the price will be lower.
——Especially for the large number of first-generation Mirage consoles recovered by Daxia players as trade-ins. After being converted into second-generation consoles, basically all of them will be transferred here at a discount. It is also very reasonable to make them cheaper.
They need to make their own choice whether to spend less money or buy the latest console and play it quickly.
Of course, in addition to the above reasons, there is another reason——
Lin You has clearly felt that the rate of new users in Daxia has slowed down significantly.
Although last week's consoles were still successfully sold out, 25 million consoles only brought in 15 million new users, and the rest were all old consoles replaced with new ones.
According to Xiaomeng's calculations, if there are no unexpected circumstances, the number of users in Daxia may reach a ceiling of 200 million.
After all, no matter how good Mirage is, no matter how epoch-making, it is just an entertainment product, not a daily necessity like a mobile phone, or even a productivity tool like a computer.
Not everyone must have it.
Under such circumstances, there are only two ways to maintain growth.
One is to move itself from a mere "entertainment device" to a "productivity tool" and strive to swallow more of the office computer market.
In this regard, "cloud computers" are just the beginning.
The goal that needs to be achieved in the future is to truly build a "virtual computer" that can compare to, or even replace, the effects of real computers.
Another way is to explore foreign countries and open up more overseas player markets.
In this regard, Lin You was as cautious as ever, even a little cautious.
He plans to wait for Southeast Asia to spread before further expansion.
Moreover, in this step of expansion, we will only build servers as much as possible and will not build local production plants.
Of course, Lin You also knew very well that this might not be easy.
It may not be difficult for some less powerful countries to do so.
But for those who are powerful, even America and some powerful countries in Europe, if you don’t build factories, your equipment will not enter the market at all.
After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that compared to the existing game market, Mirage's advantages are completely overwhelming.
This is also the reason why Lin You often behaves cautiously in Daxia.
——He is sure that what he brings is good, but he is not sure whether it can have a good impact from beginning to end and every link.
In this case, it is certainly better to be cautious than to create a big problem and then try to fix it.
Even so, it is impossible to make mistakes every step of the way.
Just like now, a large number of anchors who previously broadcast VR games have experienced a significant decline in physical fitness just because they have played virtual reality games for a few months.
Such an obvious contrast cannot be ignored by netizens.
It is even less likely to be ignored by the media with keen sense of smell.
Yesterday during the day, "I was weak" was just a joke made by the audience to make fun of the host.
By night, it had become a social issue that the media was scrambling to pay attention to and discuss seriously.
Chapter completed!