giants of the era

Chapter 453 For the Horde! (Second more)
The development of Shanda IM by Shanda Group is kept secret, in order to prevent Tencent from thinking of a way to deal with it in advance.

In fact, Tencent QQ is the wind from the southeast to the northwest, and I stand still.

Game IM belongs to a weak relationship chain.

Players stop playing this game, and this IM game has become an "isolated city" or "ghost town", losing a lot of popularity.

In the long history of IM development, many companies such as Shanda Group and NetEase have developed game IM, but what happened?

But QQ is different. Relatives and friends are all on QQ. This relationship chain is extremely difficult to break, just like a steel city wall.

As we all know, according to the Dunbar number principle, a person’s stable daily social network is about 150 people, that is to say, if you want another IM to replace qq, then you have to mobilize at least 50 to 100 people to use the new product, otherwise You will definitely fall into loneliness with no one around.What's more, many people's address books are far more than 150 people.What is the cost?It is simply an insurmountable gap! !

Therefore, Shanda IM, which Shanda Group places great hopes on, is destined not to replace the position of qq.

Chen Tianqiao, Sun Zhengyi and others are secretly proud or ambitious, but they will all be disappointed in the end.

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The Flamingo company has two platforms, one is the Flamingo game console platform, and the other is the Battle.net platform!Originally, Battle.net was only a part of "Flamingo Game Platform", but Battle.net and Battle.net Points are too famous, so Flamingo Company decided to change the name of "Flamingo Game Platform" to Battle.net.It is not uncommon for a website to change its name because a product brand is more famous.

Right now, Battle.net has developed into the largest gaming platform in the world, with more than 5 million users.

The world's top games will be released on Battle.net, such as South Korea's "Legend of Blood", the production is poor, the graphics are rough, and it is suspected of imitating "Dark Destroyer", so it is not eligible to be on the Battle.net platform.

I didn't expect it to be a mess in China, and it almost fell through the eyes of many people.

In fact, "Legend of Hot Blood" is not popular in other countries except China, including in South Korea.

On November 11th, Shanda Group will release "Legendary World", and before that, advertisements have been overwhelming the Internet.Obviously want to take advantage of "Hot Blood Legend" to make a big hit!
Naturally, Battle.net and Tencent cannot sit idly by and remain indifferent.

Just the day before Shanda Group officially released "Legendary World", Tencent and Flamingo Company made an agreement."World of Warcraft" developed by Blizzard, a subsidiary of Flamingo, will be jointly represented by Tencent and Battle.net!

The in-depth cooperation between Battle.net and Tencent, and the two jointly represent "World of Warcraft", shows how much the promotion of this game is!
"World of Legends" and "World of Warcraft" seem to be playing against each other.

It's all "World", who is strong and who is weak, and which game is fun, which has attracted the attention of the media and players.

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On the evening of November 11th, Shanda Group.

"I knew Tencent would make a big move!" Chen Tianqiao gritted his teeth with a gloomy face, and said bitterly, "It's just that I didn't expect Tencent to join forces with Flamingo! Usually, Flamingo's games Just let Battle.net sell exclusively or act as an agent..."

"Mr. Chen, the situation in China is different. The cooperation between Tencent and Flamingo is indeed a win-win strategy!" a Shanda executive analyzed, "In China, Tencent has a very large number of QQ users, so many Flamingo also wants to turn these users into its own users. Blizzard is originally a subsidiary of Flamingo. The more Blizzard earns, the more Flamingo earns. Obviously, World of Warcraft "If Tencent is entrusted as an agent, it can get a large number of users, and Flamingo will earn more. At the same time, it can also deal a heavy blow to Shanda, Ninetowns, NetEase, Giant Network and other companies!"

"Yes!" Chen Tianqiao couldn't help but nodded.

Afterwards, everyone began to discuss how to deal with it.

Chen Tianqiao and the others are still full of confidence in "Legendary World".

"I won't say which game is fun, after all, we haven't played "World of Warcraft". But as far as I know, "World of Warcraft" has high requirements for computer configuration. Considering the current computer configuration of Chinese Internet cafes, it may be difficult It can move this game! This has already limited the development of "World of Warcraft" in China!"

"Hehe, yes, watching the promotional video, the picture quality of "World of Warcraft" is amazing, and the computer in an ordinary Internet cafe will definitely not be able to handle it! Just imagine, playing a game and still fucking lagging all the time, who the hell is in the mood to play!"

"Ha ha……"

There were bursts of laughter in the conference room of Shanda Group.

It's just... Didn't Tencent, Flamingo, Blizzard, and Li Zetian realize that the computers in Chinese Internet cafes can't carry "World of Warcraft"?
Since Blizzard developed "World of Warcraft", Li Zetian has thought about this problem for a long time.

Indeed, the development of the Internet in China is slower than that in Europe and the United States, and the replacement of computers in Internet cafes is also slower.

In order to promote "World of Warcraft", we can only improve the computer configuration of Internet cafes.

To this end, Li Zetian has made a detailed plan.

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Shenzhen, Ant Factory.

In many workshops, countless workers are producing computers from Lenovo and Mango Computer.

No matter how other Internet cafes are, the Glory Internet cafe chain under Li Zetian's name will be completely updated before "World of Warcraft" officially lands in China!Sell ​​those old computers.

Li Zetian believes that as long as other Internet cafes see the popularity of "World of Warcraft" in the glory chain Internet cafes, many Internet cafes should be moved.At this time, Lenovo and Mango Computer can take the opportunity to launch an installment payment activity to attract some Internet cafe owners who are insufficient or hesitant.This has boosted the sales of computers; secondly, the configuration of computers in Internet cafes has improved, so there will naturally be more people playing "World of Warcraft"!
November 11th is here, and "Legendary World" is hotly launched.

"World of Warcraft" is also open beta in North America.

"Legendary World" is similar to "Legend of Blood". The players' sense of curiosity and anticipation is actually not strong, and it only caused some sensation in China.

However, "World of Warcraft" is a game that players all over the world are looking forward to. Looking forward to the stars and the moon, this game is finally here.

On the day of the "World of Warcraft" game public beta, countless American players fell into a state of madness, sitting in front of the computer, looking forward to the opening of the game, and shouting slogans along with the music.

"For the Horde!!!"

"Orcs are never slaves!!!"

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PS: At least 6 updates today, well, this is called an outbreak, right...

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