giants of the era

Chapter 454 Chronos·Li Isn't Joking (Third)
Although it is only a public beta, "World of Warcraft" is extremely popular!

Players of the public beta received unanimous praise, saying that "World of Warcraft" is the most well-made and classic online game!
The major media in the United States also praised it.

For a time, newspapers, TV, and the Internet were full of reports on "World of Warcraft".

A few days later, the popularity of "World of Warcraft" in the United States spread to China.

The Chinese media and the Internet have reproduced it one after another.

"On November 11th, not only Shanda Group's "World of Legends" was released, but "World of Warcraft" developed by Blizzard in the United States went into public testing. During the public testing period, it is hard to find a public testing account number one!"

"Blizzard's product must be a boutique! On November 11th, the public beta of "World of Warcraft" developed by Blizzard received an enthusiastic response, and it was praised as 'the most fun online game'!"

""World of Warcraft", hundreds of millions of players around the world are looking forward to it! Players from Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, South Korea, Japan and other countries have requested Blizzard to officially release the game as soon as possible!!!"

"..."

After reading the news, Chinese players and netizens were all surprised: "Damn it, is "World of Warcraft" really that fun? It's so popular in the United States?! Play it when the game is released in China."

Of course, there are also many fans of Blizzard in China. They have been paying attention to Blizzard's dynamics, and they are also looking forward to "World of Warcraft".

"Ah, the long-awaited "World of Warcraft" has finally launched its public beta. I hope Blizzard will release the game in China as soon as possible!"

"Yeah, we have been waiting for several years, so hard!"

"When the blizzard comes out, who will fight!"

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Internet cafes all over the country.

What do netizens mainly do in Internet cafes?There is no doubt that of course it is to watch a small movie!

Of course, playing games is also one aspect.

If the owner of an Internet cafe wants to have a good business, then there must be "small movies" and games on the computers of the Internet cafe.

Therefore, every Internet cafe owner has dozens or even hundreds of G of "good things", and he must always pay attention to the game industry.

Which game is popular, Internet cafes must install this game.

The current Chinese netizens are very young, and in fact most of them are novices on the Internet. They don't know how to download or install games... only register and log in.If there are no games in the Internet cafe computers, the Internet cafe business must be poor.

"Damn it, "World of Warcraft" requires such a high computer configuration, my computer in this Internet cafe can't handle it!" An Internet cafe owner said distressedly.He saw that "World of Warcraft" is so popular in the United States and even the whole world, so it must be very popular in China too!What made him depressed and helpless was that "World of Warcraft" had too high a requirement for computer configuration, and it would cost a lot of money to replace all the computers in his Internet cafe.The owner of the Internet cafe is a little bit reluctant.

Internet cafe owners all over China have the same idea. Many people are hesitant, but some don’t even plan to install "World of Warcraft", thinking, anyway, the Internet cafe business is good, and it is a waste of money to replace the woolen computer with a new computer.

Indeed, these days, China's Internet cafe business is very hot, and there are still a small number of users who can afford personal computers.

However, there are still many players who are rushing to "World of Warcraft", which has more or less affected the business of Internet cafes.In the last life, Ninetowns acted as an agent for "World of Warcraft", and its agency ability was criticized by many players, who were sprayed as dogs, commonly known as "Dog City".In the eyes of many people, the popularity of "World of Warcraft" basically relies on word of mouth, and there is not much shadow of Ninetowns.

This life is represented by Tencent, so the situation is completely different.Tencent's strength is strong, relying on the huge number of QQ users, it will definitely make "World of Warcraft" several times more popular than in the previous life!
At that time, if Internet cafes do not support "World of Warcraft", then the business of Internet cafes will definitely become light.

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The Glory chain of Internet cafes began to gradually upgrade their own computers. Many people knew that this was in preparation for the release of "World of Warcraft" in China.

A large number of "World of Warcraft" advertisements appeared on various platforms under Tencent, warming up the game in advance.

United States, Blizzard headquarters.

"World of Warcraft" fees have become the focus of discussion.

Ma Huateng, as a representative of Tencent, also appeared here.

Li Zetian looked around and said indifferently: "What do you think about the charging of "World of Warcraft"?"

"Mr. Li, nowadays, most online games are charged by point cards!" Mike Mohan said, implying that "World of Warcraft" is also charged by this model.

But as a traveler, Li Zetian is not optimistic about this charging model.

Point card charges are actually a threshold, which will restrict a large number of people.

People love free games.

Therefore, free is king!
The game never mentions fees, but vigorously promotes free, and waits for users to play addicted, and then charges for items.

I want to get off after getting on the car, ha ha, but it's not that easy!
If you like this game, then you are definitely willing to pay for it.

Of course, these fee-based props cannot affect the balance of the game, so you have to grasp a certain degree, for example, you can have mounts without any attributes, pets, transmogrification equipment, small speakers, props obtained by improving experience, battlefield lucky charms or similar something and so on.

Cleverly designed item charges can not only increase the income of the game, but also will not cause resistance from players.Coupled with the large number of players and users, game revenue is definitely much higher than card point revenue.In 2016, which other Internet company is engaged in card point income, isn’t this courting death?

In addition, there will be many more people playing "World of Warcraft" without point card charges.With more people, the IP value of "World of Warcraft" can be increased. In this pan-entertainment environment, Blizzard can completely start with super IP, so as to obtain higher profits!

Mike Mohan and others, including Ma Huateng, were actively discussing, but no one could speak to Li Zetian's heart.Li Zetian kept a faint smile on his face, and he didn't interrupt them, but let them continue their discussion. He thought to himself, although he was far-sighted and didn't care about the ideas of Mike Mohan and others, there was no need to laugh at them They, after all, are limited by the times, and their eyes can only see so far.

Everyone discussed for a long time. At this moment, Mike Mohan looked at Li Zetian and asked, "Mr. Li, what do you think..."

"I think so," Li Zetian paused, then smiled and said, "The point card charging model of "World of Warcraft" is a bit outdated, and should be discarded! "World of Warcraft" should be free..."

As soon as the voice fell, the audience was in an uproar. Everyone was dumbfounded, and they rubbed their ears unconsciously, thinking that they had heard it wrong.

free? ? ?

Oh God, Chronos Li isn't kidding...

(End of this chapter)