My rebirth is different

Chapter 767 is free forever
Effie and Villefort discussed this game for a long time, and the final decision is that the game is completely free, and the guns and clothing skins in the game are charged!
Among online games, there has never been any game in free mode. Of course, there has never been a stand-alone game...

So this is a pioneering work!
In the beginning, Villefort was hesitant, fearing that the production cost of the game would not be recovered, but Effie showed the sales data of the commemorative skin box released before 2003 WCG.

After seeing it, G Fatty made up his mind. The Chinese region adopts a free model, and the pricing in other regions is also very low.

The reason why those areas in Europe and the United States are not free is because they are afraid of being sued by other game manufacturers. If others join forces to sue you for "malicious competition", it will be quite troublesome.

As for the mainland area, because there is an agent of Facebook Games, so you are not afraid of being sued, and there are no corresponding laws and regulations in the country that do not allow it to be free.

Because the sales data is used for WCG competitions and charitable donations, Villefort has no share.Moreover, commemorative skins were launched for several games at the same time, and the specific data of which game sold how much was not made public.

However, that shocking sales data still impresses many people, especially those in the game industry.

It can be said that if there is no such foundation, if Effie dares to say that CSOL is completely free, it is estimated that Fatty G will jump up and scold her.

It is not easy to develop a game. It takes a year or two at short time, or several years at a long time. Dozens, hundreds or even thousands of programmers work overtime.

Many people may think that there is no cost for software, games, etc., as long as there is a computer, isn't it all right?
But they may not realize that the time and energy invested by so many top programmers are also very expensive.

Everyone knows that the average salary in the IT industry is very high. Even in 2004, even in [-], programmers from major game manufacturers had salaries exceeding [-] yuan!
Hundreds of such programmers, the monthly salary alone is several million, and it may be hundreds of millions in a year.

There are also investments in messy equipment, computers, art plots, etc., so it is normal for a large-scale game to have a development cost of tens of millions or even over [-] million dollars.

In the game industry, it often happens that a well-known game manufacturer went bankrupt just because a big-produced game was not done well...

So at the beginning, when Effie proposed to adopt the free model, the people at Villefort couldn't understand.

What a joke, although CSOL is not a super masterpiece, it took more than two years and the hard work of hundreds of programmers to create a game.

The total production cost is over ten million dollars!
And with the popularity of CS, you should not worry about sales, sell the client at a moderate price, and then pay for the duration, and eat double the money, wouldn't it be flattering.

Don't say it's shameless to do so, but many online games are like this, especially in Europe and America!

But in the end, it was Effie who convinced them, and decided to adopt the strategy of free for the mainland area, super low price for the online version in other areas, and relatively low price for the CD version.

There are advantages and disadvantages to doing so, but it is hard to say whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages or the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

Of course, Effie thinks that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. She is convinced that her free model can help CSOL become a phenomenal online game.

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On February [-]nd, when many companies had just started working, and colleges and universities had not yet started school, the Facebook game official website, including the game platform, issued another announcement.

CSOL is coming!
If it was just announcing the launch of a new game, it wouldn't cause much of a stir, because CSOL's early trailers have been released several times, and everyone knows that the game will be launched soon.

Those who should pay attention have already paid attention to it. People who don't like this kind of game naturally don't care when it will be launched.

However, today's announcement quickly caused a sensation all over the Internet, just because there was such a word in the announcement.

"Forever Free"!
Yes, this online game represented by Facebook Games will be operated in a forever free mode.

In the announcement, the Facebook game company promised that the game CSOL will always be free, and will not charge players any fees for the game itself and the duration of the game!

In other words, if you don't spend money, you don't need to pay a penny, and you can also play this game forever, as long as the game is still operated by Facebook Games.

Free stuff is most welcome at all times.

Who doesn't want to be able to play their favorite games without spending money, but it has never been done before. Even if you buy a pirated version, a CD will cost several dollars!
Not to mention that CSOL is still an online game. Since online games came out, except for the earliest text MUD games, there have never been free online games.

Does the Facebook game really have such a conscience?

Do you want to provide CSOL, a large-scale online game, to all players for free?

Therefore, the discussion about "CSOL is forever free" quickly fermented, starting from the Facebook game official website, then broke out on Facebook, and then spread to various websites and forums on the whole network, especially the game-related forums, all of which were about "CSOL is forever free". "The post refreshes the screen!

It can be said that on February [-]nd, the attention of the entire Internet was focused on this topic.

This day will inevitably live forever in the history of the game industry!

Because of this forever free mode, it opens a door to a new world for all game companies.

Of course, many people didn't realize at the time that their peers were wondering what the hell the Facebook game was doing.

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"This...isn't this fake news? Facebook game actually made CSOL free? I don't believe it."

Inside Shanda Company, Mr. Chen asked with a look of astonishment on his face. The person sitting opposite him was the company's vice president in charge of game operations. This vice president had just reported the news to Mr. Chen.

"It's true. I carefully read the announcement on the official Facebook game website three times. It really says it will be free, and it promises to be free forever. That is to say, as long as the Facebook game agency operates for one day, then this game will not be charged. .” The vice president of operations said with a bitter face.

During this period of time, his life was not easy.

After the launch of World of Warcraft, the data of the legendary game was directly cut in half!

Whether it is point card revenue, the number of active players, or the online time of players, all of them are greatly reduced!
Obviously, this is all influenced by World of Warcraft.

It is conceivable that these lost players are probably playing World of Warcraft with great interest...

Every time he thinks of this, the vice president of operations hates it, of course he hates the Facebook game company.

Because it was just in time for this time a year ago, Legend suddenly turned into a downturn, causing him to take a lot less bonus at the end of the year!

When he was making a year-end work report, the scene almost turned into a "public trial" meeting. All the directors of the board of directors were asking him why he failed to take effective measures in time, and why he did not respond quickly to the ferocious attack of World of Warcraft.

Without the launch of World of Warcraft, this kind of year-end work report should be harmonious. All the directors have always praised him.

In fact, the vice president of operations is also very wronged. He went up to experience World of Warcraft for a long time on the first day it was launched.

But after playing, he didn't say a word.

Because there is nothing to say, World of Warcraft is absolutely crushing legends!
Whether it's plot, graphics, game engine, character plasticity, dungeon playability, map exploreability, etc., I don't know how many blocks the legend has left behind.

Sure enough, it is a super big production that Blizzard has worked on for ten years, he is convinced!
In this case, Legendary will take the lead to compete with World of Warcraft?
After hearing what the vice president of operations said, Mr. Chen immediately opened the browser and entered the Facebook game official website to see the announcement.

Sure enough, the announcement clearly stated that the CSOL game will be permanently free.

The game body can be downloaded through the Facebook game store, and there will be no charge for a penny!
At the same time, promise not to sell point cards, no matter how long you play, you will not be charged for the duration.

Mr. Chen frowned. Could it be that the Facebook game is going to be a "charity" this time?
He started out as an online game player. Of course he understands that an online game, especially a popular online game, has a very high operating cost!
The legend of Shanda Company is a very popular game. After several years of operation, he has a very good understanding of these.

Just buying a server requires a lot of money.

At the same time, you have to pay high broadband fees every month, and you have to support a large number of technicians, server maintenance, game patch upgrades, etc., all need technicians.

Similarly, the promotion of the game, including customer service, is not a small amount of money.

If the production cost of a stand-alone game is one-time, as long as it is produced, the follow-up cost will be very low or even disappear.

Then online games are a continuous investment!

As long as this game is not offline, the corresponding expenses will be paid every month, and every cent will be indispensable!
Why does Facebook Game dare to make such a promise, why is it permanently free...

Thinking about it, Mr. Chen's heart skipped a beat. He remembered another big action of the Facebook game that shocked the industry a few years ago.

That is the method of raising prize money for the 2003 WCG competition, opening the box...

The model of opening the box and producing the skin launched by Facebook Games at that time taught the entire industry a lesson, making everyone realize that if the game wants to make money, it does not only rely on game sales to make money.

As long as your game player base is large enough and your popularity is high enough, you can make unbelievable money with any peripherals!
It’s just that everyone hasn’t thought about how to learn that model, because other companies don’t have that kind of conditions except for the Facebook game that has the confidence to play like that.

Holding the super IPs of CS, Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo, Facebook games can really play well.

But other companies don't have such a super IP. Anyone who dares to imitate it casually may die a miserable death.

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After associating with the "open box" mode, Mr. Chen felt suddenly enlightened, and he already knew why the Facebook game dared to use the permanent free mode.

It's not that they don't want to make money anymore, but they want to make more!
Use permanent free to attract players, and attract a large number of original CS players, even players who are not interested in CS, to CSOL.

Turn this online game into an online game version of CS, gather hundreds of millions of players, and then make money by selling gun skins, clothing and other peripheral products...

Boss Ai is really amazing. It's no wonder that he has been the most popular person in the game industry in the past year!
Of course, everyone knows who the man behind Effie is.

It is because of his existence that no one dares to laugh at any shocking move made by the Facebook game, but to study it humbly as soon as possible.

Facts have already proved that all the actions of Facebook companies are not joking or nonsense, but have their deep meaning.

(End of this chapter)