Back To 1995

   Chapter 579 Thriving

   Looking at the high-priced game discs on the eBay platform, Cameron was a little fortunate that he started fast, otherwise he would be slaughtered!

Xue Leshan put a lot of game discs on the market, but after a few days of sales, there was a sudden "out of stock" phenomenon. In cities such as New York, Los Angeles, and London, the "StarCraft" discs suddenly began to be "out of stock". Out of stock", it will be sold at a higher price.

   At this time, many scalpers and erdao dealers have become active. They have grabbed a lot of discs when they were on sale before, and now they are finally starting to sell and stock up at high prices.

   "StarCraft" this time is not as outrageous as "Diablo" last time. Last time, it was really out of stock, and even money couldn't buy it. As a result, the more speculation it got, the higher the price.

   The reason why the price of "StarCraft" is increasing now is mainly because some people are stocking up.

  Like the stick, it is really out of stock. When the sales of "StarCraft" all over the world began to decline, the stick was a standout. For five consecutive days, the single-day sales exceeded 200,000 sets!

The popularity of Bangzi for "StarCraft" is much higher than that of America. In less than a week, StarCraft has sold more than one million in a region of Bangzi with a population of more than 35 million. On average, one out of every 300 people buys a set of games, and this purchasing power is comparable to that of America.

This ratio is a bit exaggerated. Ken Williams specially asked Xueleshan to "praise" the users of the stick on the official website. If all parts of the world support Xueleshan like the stick, why can't Xueleshan become the most profitable knife in the world? company?

  The crazy sales on the stick has made Xue Leshan continue to increase its support for the stick, and the game discs are continuously pulled to the stick.

  Some data agencies predict that the sales of "StarCraft" in the stick may reach an astonishing 4.5 million sets, or even 5 million sets, that is to say, an average stick family will buy a set of "StarCraft".

At the   TGA Awards Ceremony, we also reserved a place for stick game manufacturers and invited Nexon, NCsoft, and Actoz to participate.

   In addition, Xue Leshan was invited to announce that they will jointly build an e-sports industry with Bangzi, and will establish an e-sports base on Bangzi, and establish the TGA Bangzi Professional E-sports League!

This is also what Bangzi wants. Bangzi is very supportive for the game and e-sports industry now. It needs to be the right strategy, and it needs funds to be funded. Bangzi TV, the Cultural Bureau, the Sports Bureau, etc. all support it, and even encourage the people to buy "StarCraft". "Otherwise, how could it be possible to sell millions of sets in a week on the stick!

The reason why Bangzi does this is that on the one hand, he really wants to develop in emerging industries, to show his strength in this industry, to develop Bangzi's games, TV series, etc., to bring cultural output. On the other hand, it is also by Soros and Wall Street. Whoa, it's so miserable.

Even with the support of Wall Street and the Federal Monetary Fund, all the chaebols, corporations, banks, heavy industries, etc. have been bought out, and the entire company has been prevented from going bankrupt, but even so, if you want to recover, it will not be possible for a while. did it.

   Now the stick is on the brink of chaos. Playing games is better than running on the street, buying it for zero yuan if you have nothing to do, and going to the bank to "borrow money", so stick is very interested in the game industry.

Bangzi, Siam, Singapore and other places are basically the same, and the two evils are the lesser of the two. Even in some areas, games are not viewed or even boycotted, but at this time, they turn a blind eye. .

   After a few days of explosive sales, the sales of "StarCraft" finally began to become "normal", and the global sales slowly fell from more than one million sets in a single day to about half a million sets.

   But even so, "StarCraft" still shocked the entire game and Internet industry with the sales of 1.6 million sets in the first five days and 330 million US dollars in a week!

  The major Hollywood media have begun to report the debut performances of Xue Leshan and "StarCraft" this week, and even the best-selling Hollywood movies are incomparable.

   also makes Hollywood a little puzzled. Hollywood, which has always been on the throne of global entertainment, will be compared by a game.

  The movies made after so many superstars and movie stars in Hollywood can't compare to those pixelated things? !

   "This year, it is estimated that the sales of StarCraft will reach 10 million, but if it is more, I am afraid it will be difficult!"

  In the Bruno Family Club in San Jose, Ken Williams, Roberta, the Blizzard trio and other Snow Mountain executives came to take a break.

  Tomorrow they will leave for Los Angeles to attend the TGA Awards Ceremony. Song Yang will also participate. This is the first TGA Game Awards, Song Yang and the others will definitely be there.

In the distance, Jenny and Hailey are pulling Roberta to discuss the red carpet of the TGA Awards Ceremony. This time, the awards ceremony was a lot of battle, and the money-worthy Xue Leshan directly followed Oscar and Grammy's. Specifications, arranged the process for the TGA awards ceremony, and let many media TV stations broadcast the report

The presidents of game manufacturers who are invited to participate, as well as those famous game designers, can bring their female companions to the red carpet. In addition to the game Hall of Fame, Ken Williams is also preparing to wait until the completion of the New York e-sports base. On the street in front of the game e-sports base, there is a game industry version of the "Avenue of Stars", so that people in the global game industry are proud to leave their handprints on this street!

Song Yang listened to Ken Williams' words, and Huan Shou glanced at the club. Song Huiqiong, Zhou Guochang and his wife, Zhou Baihui, Zhou Bailin, etc., were all with members of the Bruno family such as Greck and Daana. Yara led Li Rouling to play wildly in the club, making the whole club a bit noisy.

   Hearing Ken Williams' words in his ear, Song Yang said, "Don't care about the voices from the media and Wall Street, Xue Leshan will continue to follow the original plan!"

The media and Wall Street are now touting "StarCraft", because it is profitable, as long as it has something to do with the concept of the game, the stock price will skyrocket, the media can get public relations fees, and Wall Street can hype and cut leeks, naturally it is happy to see it succeed , desperately touting the game sales of "StarCraft".

   The most outrageous, a Wall Street institution, gave a forecast that the sales of "StarCraft" will exceed 15 million units this year and 24 million next year. This is obviously **** and fanning the flames.

   But even so, the media are still eager to publicize it, and they dare to report all kinds of tigers and wolves. In the final analysis, it is still profitable.

   However, industries related to games have indeed made a lot of money, and even telecom, which seems to be out of reach, has followed suit.

  StarCraft has released three versions of the game this time, including the console version, the PC version and the digital version. The first two are game discs, but one is played on the console and the other is played on the computer.

The digital version of StarCraft is downloaded directly from the Xue Leshan online game platform. This does not require queuing, and there is no need to increase the price to purchase. It just needs to test the speed of the Internet and users who have installed broadband can download "StarCraft", although there are some It's hard work, but downloading and installing the game is no problem.

  Can include America, all over the world, still mainly use dial-up Internet access, relying on that speed to download "StarCraft", it is estimated that it will be downloaded to the next century.

   Therefore, the release of StarCraft has also driven the demand for broadband. The last release of "Diablo" added more than 100,000 subscribers to America Telecom.

After the release of "StarCraft" this time, major telecommunications companies have also begun to **** telecommunications users, and they have not let America Telecom enjoy this wave of experience, but America Telecom has added more than 60,000 users this week, nearly half of them. , are all attracted by "StarCraft". After all, the Xue Leshan online platform has indicated on the official website that it is a partner with America Telecom, and users are recommended to use America Telecom!

"Holding the TGA awards ceremony and e-sports competitions should attract some new users to buy StarCraft. Xue Leshan will continue to promote StarCraft while taking advantage of the popularity. In the second half of the year, Xue Leshan and other game manufacturers will release new games. game…"

   (end of this chapter)