Chapter 53: Let the Bullet Fly for a While


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    That’s right, NetDragon had a global distribution channel.


    Both games and VR equipment were distributed globally. However, unlike in China, where blockbuster games were exclusive to their own equipment upon release.


    NetDragon wasn’t as dominant in the global market, and some games would also beunched on otherpanies’ devices.


    Especially in some rtively conservative countries, they directly stipted that games could not be exclusive, and if they wanted to beunched, they must bepatible with other devices.


    To achieve a great start, NetDragon didn’t even make “ze 3” exclusive to their own devices in China, but instead simultaneouslyunched it on the Flying Fox and Wild Ind devices.


    That was quite unprecedented.


    Before that, leadingpanies had agreements on sharing games across all tforms, but the requirements in the agreement were not strict.


    In the past, main titles were exclusive upon release and wouldn’t be avable on otherpanies’ VR equipment until the second year.


    This would maximize their own device’s market share while increasing game sales as much as possible without affecting market share.


    The fact that “ze 3” directlyunched on all three major tforms showed a great determination.


    yers were naturally overjoyed, rubbing their hands in anticipation of a good battle.


    Meanwhile, Randall was also looking forward to swinging his hoe and stealing NetDragon’s thunder.


    Lincoln was also rubbing his hands, ready to stab a knife in at a crucial moment.


    Of course, yers wouldn’t see the behind-the-scenes conspiracies, they just ce orders for games, download, and start ying.


    The streamers, too, were indulging in the frenzy, with even greater momentum than “Traveler of the Wind.”


    After all, there were only 200,000 units of the Cloud Dream console, so the yers who managed to get one were ultimately few in number, and the streamers who got their hands on one were even scarcer.


    On the other hand, NetDragon’s “ze 3” was different – as long as you had the VR equipment of the three leadingpanies, you could buy and download it immediately online.


    How many VR units were there in China?


    At least 20 million.


    Which was 100 times the number of Cloud Dream consoles!


    Not to mention the “ze” series, which had a good reputation from the first two games.


    NetDragon even lowered the price from over 800 dors to 648 dors, aiming to grab all the yers’ attention at once andpletely obliterate the Cloud Dream console and “Traveler of the Wind” from yers’ memories!


    Lincoln didn’t pay much attention to the current public opinion, as the NetDragon game had just been released and yers were still excited.


    Moreover, with Randall leading an experienced team to polish “ze 3” in its early stages, the quality was beyond question.


    The only problem was that earlier yers would experience more and more pressure but also have clear battle goals. However, the biggest emotional explosion point had vanished and would only reappear after a few months when the DLC was released.


    Now, yers who reached the critical point under pressure, ready for an emotional explosion, would only find themselves in a small-scale battle before the game suddenly halted.


    yers were left hanging, which was even worse than not allowing an explosion of emotions.


    As for the big explosion a few monthster? Who could wait that long? The yellow flower dish would be cold by then!


    Lincoln, however, had the patience to wait.


    At this time, Yue Pengju drove him to the Experience Store. Liang Tian had already purchased the materials and equipment, which were ced on the central disy tform in the store.


    Lincoln didn’t waste any time. He pulled out a curtain to project blueprints, put on headphones and, with Mavis’ help, began working on this special craftsmanship.


    On the NetDragon side, Henry was thrilled to see the real-time sales numbers for “ze 3.”


    The numbers were skyrocketing every minute and every second. Less than 20 minutes after the release, domestic sales had already broken one million.


    After reaching millions of sales, the growth rate no longer showed explosive growth, but it was still very stable, with no signs of stagnation.


    Lincoln couldn’t see overseas sales data, which was gathered by the overseas branchpany.


    But just looking at the domestic sales numbers made him feel breathless and excited!


    Wasn’t this the result he had been working towards during this past half month? Getting the best-selling record-breaking numbers for the blockbuster game he nned, and naturally, fame and bonuses will follow.


    He didn’t wait any longer and immediately printed out the sales data and walked briskly to his boss’s office, eager to report the good news.


    “Boss! Good news! We’ve broken 1 million domestic sales in 20 minutes! The growth rate has not slowed down significantly, and ording to this trend, monthly sales are expected to exceed 6 million copies, with the final domestic sales possibly reaching 10 million copies, setting a new record in the gaming industry! ”


    Richard nodded in satisfaction, as he also had sales data from various global divisions.


    He paid close attention to this game release, having requested various distribution channels and overseas postings in advance to provide data every five minutes for the first hour after the game was released.


    Apart from some regions with drastic time differences, the data was generally very optimistic.


    Not only was it about breaking domestic sales records, but also the global top ten sales were at stake.


    The reason for only targeting the top ten was not that all global gamepanies were so strong that even the leading Chinesepany NetDragon couldn’t keep up with them.


    Rather, the top ten in sales were mostly home console and personalputer tform games, and VR tform games were difficult to catch up with in sales numbers because of their high prices, unless they were downwardlypatible with consoles andputers.


    But once madepatible, without the support of VR equipment, these games did not have a significant advantage over native console andputer tform games, and the boost in sales was not significant.


    It was only this violent explosion of sales that gave Richard hope.


    However, contrary to his thoughts, the massive explosion of sales was not because “ze 3” was so powerful and invincible.


    The real reason waspletely different from what he imagined—


    “Come on, your “Traveler of the Wind” already has a white robe and all patterns! You can’t keep ying until Lincoln releases a new game!”


    Shuihua dragged Camille Victoria to an eSports club, where, thanks to having friends, they borrowed VR equipment and tried the popr VR game “ze 3”.


    “I’m not interested in this kind of game,” Camille Victoria was a bit resistant.


    “Besides, I’m enjoying ying ‘Traveler of the Wind’ and don’t feel bored at all.”


    “We used to have no interest in all games! Didn’t ‘Traveler of the Wind’ give us a surprise? Maybe this one is the same? Give it a try-”


    “Alright then…” Princess didn’t say anything else and followed Shuihua in.


    At the same time,rge inte cafes across the country discovered a strange phenomenon: arge number of people who had never been to an inte cafe before suddenly appeared, trying VR games for the first time.


    Arge number of people, whose curiosity was aroused by Princess’s gaming videos and further aroused by Lincoln’s “Traveler of the Wind,” have gradually been converted into new yer groups.


    But they couldn’t buy the Cloud Dream console now, so they couldn’t y the increasingly anticipated “Traveler of the Wind.” Instead, they started trying other games out of love for the Cloud Dream.


    And that’s when “ze 3” caught the heat.


    So the explosive growth of sales wasn’t due to any breakthroughs made by “ze 3” itself, but rather the rapid increase in the number of yers in a short period of time.


    However, Richard and Henry still didn’t know this, or they wouldn’t be so happy.


    If they had known that the reason these people had no interest in the game, let alone taking a look, wasn’t groundless…


    It’s just that it’s not clear whether NetDragon can withstand the bacsh from this powerful force when it begins to backfire.


    Lincoln waspletely unaware of this, engrossed in cutting wood,pletely oblivious to the outside world.


    Since he could guess the general trend, he no longer bothered with too many details.


    What was needed now was to wait for everything to ferment.


    Let the bullets fly a little longer..