"Is this for real?"
"Oh my God!"
"This data is too exaggerated!"
"Are we … are we going to fucking defy the heavens?"
"I have a feeling that our company is really going to shock the entire world this time!"
Everyone was gasping. Some of them were standing still, some of them were clutching their thumping hearts, and some of them were so excited that their hands were trembling. They did not know how to express their emotions anymore. At this moment, it seemed like all the shouts and exclamations of surprise had faded away. This was because this data was too unbelievable. It was so unbelievable that this group of people even had the strength to scream in shock!
The vice president said in a trembling voice, "Fat Sis."
Another vice president was also sweating profusely as he asked, "Are we going to announce this data? Announce it now? "
Fat Sis's mental fortitude was much better than theirs, but at this moment, she was also sweating profusely. She wiped it away and said, "Don't announce it for now. I doubt that anyone would believe it even if we told them. Everyone, keep a low profile for now and focus on today's promotions and other tasks. We'll announce the overall data 24 hours after the game's release tomorrow!"
"Alright!"
"Understood, understood!"
Fat Sis suddenly thought of something. "Oh yes, tell Teacher Little Zhang that he's the biggest contributor. Teacher Zhang also has a share in this game, so there's no need to hide it from him."
"Alright!"
Fat Sis waved her hand and said, "Hurry up and get back to work!"
Her voice was a little weak and trembling — this was clearly a side effect of her heart beating too fast and her blood circulating too fast.
...
Caishikou.
At Zhang Ye's parents' house.
When Zhang Ye received a call from Fat Sis's company, he immediately found out about the four-hour download count of Plants vs. Zombies. When he heard the number, Zhang Ye took a deep breath and knew that the momentum was set. No one would be able to stop Plants vs. Zombies from rising in popularity! However, he was not as shocked as the group of people from Fat Sis's company. Firstly, Zhang Ye had been through a lot, so how could it not be bigger than this? His mental fortitude was naturally quite good. Furthermore, Zhang Ye was probably the only person in this world who knew the ins and outs of Plants vs. Zombies. In his previous world, how much money the game had sold and how many downloads it had, he knew it best!
...
Online.
The discussions were getting more and more heated!
"Quickly go download Plants vs. Zombies! It's so fun! I guarantee it on my honor! "
"F * ck, who was the one who dissed this game two days ago? You keep saying that it's trash, but I downloaded it today with the mentality of trying it out. In the end, I got addicted to it! In the past, the reason he played puzzle games was to relax, but Plants vs Zombies wasn't as simple as relaxing. It was addictive, just like playing an RTS game! Awesome! "
"What's the download count?"
"I have no idea!"
"Who knows? Tell me! "
"They didn't announce it, so who knows the specific data!"
"I think the number of downloads for this game won't be lower than Fishing Master 2. At the very least, it'll be about the same! Otherwise, there would be no justice in this world! "
Many of the netizens downloaded the game and were having a lot of fun playing it. Seeing all the discussions about Plants vs Zombies online, everyone knew that there would be a lot of people playing the game. However, they didn't know the exact number, so they could only rely on the numbers to speak for themselves.
A lot of people were waiting, waiting to see the results of Plants vs. Zombies!
Around 3 PM in the afternoon.
A staff member of a game download website suddenly moved on Weibo. He said, "Everyone, please prepare yourselves. The download figures for Plants vs. Zombies might have already exceeded everyone's expectations. I don't have the total download figures for this game, but based on the download figures and traffic on our website, I can roughly estimate it. Don't say I didn't warn everyone, please prepare yourselves!"
When the netizens heard that, they all pounced on him!
"How much is it?"
"Fuck, don't keep us guessing!"
"Aren't you just keeping us in suspense? How many downloads did your website get? "
"Your sister, hurry up and tell us!"
"Prepare yourselves for what? Don't tell me Plants vs. Zombies can break two hundred thousand downloads on the first day? You must be thinking too much, right? Fishing Master 2 only had around ninety thousand downloads on the first day. Could Plants vs. Zombies have twice that? It can't be that high, right? I know Plants vs. Zombies is fun, but Fishing Master 2 is a classic sequel from the US. Its popularity was inherited from Fishing Master 1, so it's not a pushover! "
"Don't tell me! I'm dying of anxiety! "
"Could there really be two hundred thousand downloads on the first day?"
"Damn, if that's really the case, then wouldn't Plants vs. Zombies be OP?"
"Or maybe it's one hundred and fifty thousand downloads on the first day?"
"One hundred and fifty thousand is already quite high!"
Everyone was making their own guesses!
A few industry insiders of the gaming industry also showed up to speculate and analyze with everyone else.
However, only those insiders who were in the know were very quiet at this moment. They did not say a word. A gaming magazine reporter called a certain website to ask about it, but the reply he got was that they should prepare themselves mentally, but the exact figures were not revealed!
It was too suspenseful!
The more it was like this, the more curious everyone was!
One hour …
Two hours …
Some things might be hidden from the players, but it was impossible to hide from the industry insiders. They were all in the same industry, and everyone had their own networks. Very soon, countless industry insiders had gotten wind of the number of downloads for Plants vs. Zombies from various channels!
At this moment, the gaming industry suddenly fell silent!
It was as if they had turned on silent mode. Suddenly, everyone was silent!
Amidst this strange atmosphere, Plants vs Zombies ushered in the crucial twenty-four-hour window for the release of the game!
The next day.
8: 20 AM.
Under the watchful eyes of the entire country, the producers and publishers of Plants vs. Zombies announced the download figures for the game's website. A total of twenty-three download sites were listed one by one. The final result was: The total download figures for Plants vs. Zombies in the past twenty-four hours:
1580000！
"Ha, it's out!"
"The statistics are finally out! I've been waiting for so long! "
"How much is this?"
"Eh, why are there so many zeros?"
"Let me count the zeros!"
"A million, a million, a million, a hundred … a million?!"
At first glance, no one had the concept of such a number. But when they started counting zeros by zeros, everyone was dumbfounded by the numbers in front of them!
"What?"
"Holy shit!"
"1.58 million!?"
"This, this number …"
"I … I'm f * * king going to your lungs!"
"Why is it so f * * king high!?"
"What kind of numbers are these?"
The gamers were dumbfounded!
The media reporters were dumbfounded!
Even the industry insiders who were mentally prepared for this were dumbfounded!
This was obviously not the number of downloads a small puzzle game could achieve. Not mentioning puzzle games, even the world's famous RPG, ACT, and FTS games did not have this kind of sales on the first day! Much less a niche casual game??
Over a million downloads?
This was either an error in the statistics, or the gamers had all gone crazy!
Wasn't Fishing Master 2 awesome? This was the most popular puzzle game of all time, yet it only had less than 100,000 downloads on the first day of its release in China! It was only able to achieve such a heaven-defying result because of the huge amount of popularity from its previous game! But Plants vs. Zombies? A brand new game from a game company that no one had ever heard of, and it was even a domestically produced game. Its first day of downloads was more than ten times that of Fishing Master 2??
The gaming world was in an uproar!
The gamers were also crying out in disbelief!
Over the past few days, Plants vs. Zombies' reputation was well known by everyone. After trying it out, it felt really good, with many people praising it non-stop. The industry insiders also had very high opinions of it. But even so, when the results were released, everyone was still shocked. Groups of people fainted from fright!
More than 1.5 million downloads on the first day!
Not to mention all the puzzle games in the world this year, even if you looked at all the puzzle games in the history of the world, there had never been such a result on the first day of their release!
This was a new record for puzzle games in the world!
And it was a record that had been broken by several times!
The game that came closest to Plants vs. Zombies' results was a game called My Orchard from five years ago! It was released in America, and it had 420,000 downloads on the first day! It was the most popular casual game in the history of the world! But Plants vs. Zombies was a good three to four times better than the number one puzzle game in the history of this world!
"Oh my God!"
"Oh my God!"
The internet blew up. There were countless astonished comments everywhere!
Their domestically-produced game had actually won against a foreigner's game once? And not only did it win, it was a complete fucking crushing!
Based on the number of downloads on the first day, could it be that Plants vs. Zombies would hit a hundred million downloads in half a year to a year's time??
Thinking of this, everyone was shocked once again!
A hundred million downloads?
Was this still a fucking puzzle game?
Was this still a fucking puzzle game that couldn't be more niche?!
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