Back To 1995

  Chapter 1154 Overwhelmed

At the beginning, after touting Song Yang first, Ken Williams got to the point, "The purpose of the Sierra game has always been to focus on players, to provide players with the greatest gaming experience, so that they can play in the game, Able to experience a second "life" and launch more playable games!"

   “World of Warcraft is divided into two factions: Horde and Alliance. Players can choose their own faction, and they can choose one of the top ten races to create a warrior character, such as dwarves, gnomes, humans, night elves, etc. to enter the game adventure!”

  Every time Ken Williams mentioned a game race of World of Warcraft, a game character of this race appeared on the huge screen above the e-sports base. Cameron and the countless players on the scene all stared wide-eyed.

Cameron originally thought that at his current age, he would never be so excited for a broken game again, but when he saw the characters in the game, his heart beat unsatisfactorily When he got up, it was like the first time he came into contact with "Diablo".

"Each race has different talents, characteristics, and skills. Currently, the highest level of a character is level 50. World of Warcraft is divided into main missions and dungeons. In addition, it supports players to form teams, establish guilds, and supports PK between players and camps. ..."

When Ken Williams said this, there was a burst of applause like a tsunami at the scene. The game has developed to the point where it is today. Players have long been numb when fighting NPCs. Diablo could Players PK each other, which has attracted countless people into the pit. After all, fighting with others is a lot of fun. This alone is enough to attract Warcraft and Diablo players to enter the pit.

The entire game conference basically lasted for 40 minutes. After Ken Williams, the three founders of Blizzard also came to the stage to introduce the players. A band was also invited to perform live after the prelude to the dead , another soundtrack for the World of Warcraft game "Stormwind".

The two equally astonishing pieces of music made countless players in front of the TV feel the sincerity of Xueleshan and Blizzard, and... the rich and powerful, Overture of the Dead and Stormwind City are adapted music, and now they can play live, If it is used as background music in the game, it must have acquired the original copyrighted music. In addition, professional composers and bands are invited to produce and sing, and the cost is estimated to be even greater.

These two songs, almost as soon as they came out, swiped the screens of IGN, Yahoo Game Channel and other major game-related forums and portal channels. There are even "insider sources" on IGN who revealed that Xue Leshan and Blizzard are the players for the World of Warcraft game. The background music prepared is not two, but more than ten. The major cities in the game have their own background music, and there are other theme music that are being produced. Only the music related to these background music Copyright, Xue Leshan cost more than six million dollars!

   Such news has shocked countless players, and made countless other game peers feel a lot of pressure. World of Warcraft has almost made the game the ceiling of the industry and set a new standard. How can other games mix? !

After being introduced by three people including Ken Williams and Mike Mohaime, Cameron and countless players have a general idea of ​​the gameplay of World of Warcraft, and they also know that starting at 12 o'clock tonight, World of Warcraft will be launched. After the three-day free public beta, World of Warcraft will be very "intimate" and launch a game point card charging system, rather than the previous game buyout system.

According to Ken Williams, a veteran in the game industry, the reason why the buyout system is not adopted, but the point card fee is to prevent players from suffering. The North American point card fee standard of World of Warcraft is 15 dollars You can buy 2,400 minutes of games. If the player feels that it is not fun, he will suffer a loss of 15 dollars at most. Compared with buying a game before, it costs 60, 70, or even hundreds of dollars. The result is not fun. strong? !

  When I first heard this, Cameron also felt that Xue Leshan was really caring. He was really a fat man in the game world, and he would never let leeks suffer.

But when he left the e-sports base, Cameron suddenly thought of something. If the **** likes this game, as a **** player, even if he plays less, he will definitely be online for more than a day. Three hours and 2,400 minutes of game time can last half a month at most, and if you get more obsessed, you may run out of cards in a week.

Think about it, $15 a week, $60 a month, and $720 a year are spent on World of Warcraft. Even Cameron, who is now an engineer and has a decent salary, can’t help but take a breath. I was so angry, I felt a little pain in my waist!

After the game press conference, Ken Williams, Mike Mohaime and others began to wait anxiously for the arrival of 12 o'clock in the evening. No matter how hype they boasted, it all depends on the number of World of Warcraft beta testers and the game after it goes online Only by the number of people online can we know whether this game can be played. This is the most important moment since the reorganization of Xueleshan. It has become the leader of the global game industry and re-formulated the rules of the game industry. If you lose, don’t say it It's going to hurt a lot, but at least it has to slow down. It is impossible to directly overwhelm the opponents of Nintendo, Sony, Activision, and Ubisoft.

   "The TGA game retail store sold 4.35 million dollars of goods today?!"

After entering the office of the TGA e-sports base, Ken Williams received the sales report sent by the head of the sales department. He couldn't help but glance at it before asking, during this time, he will stay in New York to sit in town. New York is the largest consumption place in America, and it is also the gathering place of major players. He must keep an eye on this place, and the Sierra Carnival that will be held soon, he must also be here.

The head of the sales department nodded. A game conference sold 4.5 million US dollars worth of shelves. He didn't know. How much can you sell?

Ken Williams put down the report in his hand, and the same idea as the sales executive came to mind. The carnival in Sierra Mountain will not only involve offline stores, but also e-commerce companies such as Sierra Mountain’s online platform, Amazon, and eBay. The platform will also participate. On that day, he can't even imagine how many goods will be sold at that time.

But at this time, instead of thinking about cutting leeks, Ken Williams said to the directors of the headquarters of the TGA e-sports base in front of him, "The TGA e-sports base also needs to cooperate with the promotion of World of Warcraft, and prepare for the Xuele Mountain The game carnival is held!"

After the World of Warcraft game conference ended, apart from Song Yang's three major TV station media groups ICNC, NBC, and CNN, the rest of the Internet media platforms were also fully fired, and they worked hard to wave the flag for World of Warcraft. ICQ , Twitter, Sierra Online Platform, AOL Portal, PayPal, Fortinet, Google, Wikipedia, Firefox, Symbian Music Store, Symbian Software Store, eBay, Amazon, etc. There was an ad for World of Warcraft.

  In overseas markets, Sohu, 8848, Yinghaiwei, Kongkong.com, Hotmail, Nippon Yahoo, and Yeadex also touted World of Warcraft. On the global Internet, there was overwhelming news about World of Warcraft.

Even Silicon Valley and Internet colleagues have seen Song Yang show off his power as the master of the Internet more than once, but every time he sees it, it makes people feel terrified and envious. Such a huge Internet power , enough to destroy most of Song Yang's opponents in the Internet industry!

After the game conference, North American players who pre-booked World of Warcraft on the Xueleshan game platform directly broke through the 600,000 mark. On game forums such as IGN and Gamestop, posts about World of Warcraft were even more noisy. Many posts They are all waiting for the arrival of twelve o'clock in the evening, and they will immediately enter the "World of Warcraft".

"For the alliance!" The slogan of this sentence has begun to be swiped on the screens of major game forums and game channels. Whether it is just playing memes or really wanting to play this game, the popularity of World of Warcraft has already To the point of astonishment!

After returning home, Cameron sat in front of the computer after flushing. According to Cameron, he just waited and took a critical look at World of Warcraft, which will be launched later. The game has "little interest".

When the hour hand turned to 12 o'clock, Cameron immediately opened the Xueleshan online game platform, clicked on World of Warcraft on the homepage, and was about to enter the game. Then Cameron stood there dumbfounded, and couldn't help but say, "These guys are too shameless!"

  On the computer, there was a sentence displayed, "Of course there are too many players logged into the game, please log in later!"

The server of World of Warcraft was actually overwhelmed by players, making it impossible for Cameron to even enter the game. He still remembered that the group of six-year-olds on the IGN forum swore that they would not play even if they starved to death. World of Warcraft is a sensational game, but now so many people, where did they come from? You must know that this public beta is only open to North American players, and they are so crowded that they can't get in the game? !

  Just three minutes after World of Warcraft opened, Yahoo reported that World of Warcraft's servers were directly overwhelmed due to too many players, causing an uproar in the entire game industry.

  The Xueleshan game also had to be announced on the platform. After the server opened at 12:00, World of Warcraft had an influx of over 490,000 players. Now that the server has been added, players can enter normally.

  But three minutes after Xueleshan released this announcement, the World of Warcraft server was once again overwhelmed...

  (end of this chapter)