The new promotional video gave the players another shot in the arm. Then, everyone watched the sales figures of the Matrix game pod slowly move towards 20 million.
In fact, even if Chen Mo didn't pay for the game and didn't do all these activities, the sales of the Matrix gaming pod would reach the target of twenty million one day. Moreover, this was only an in-progress goal and was far from the end.
This was the trend of the times.
The rapid development of virtual reality and the continuous improvement of the virtual world would eventually create an unprecedented market.
However, Chen Mo didn't want to wait. It wasn't his style to wait for the market to expand on its own.
As the sales grew closer and closer, Thunderbolt Entertainment's testing of World of Warcraft was progressing in an orderly manner.
At this stage, humans didn't need to do the testing anymore. Large amounts of artificial intelligence used for testing would strictly follow the testing process and generate test feedback. Jarvis would then modify the game based on the feedback …
Hmm, automated production was great.
However, although everything seemed to be going well, both within the project and outside the industry were still worried about World of Warcraft's charging model.
Many people thought it was too risky to rely on time to charge for the game.
Chen Mo didn't care and waited patiently for the sales of the Matrix gaming pod to reach twenty million.
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On the internet, the players were even more anxious than Chen Mo.
"What's the sales now?"
"I don't know, it should be soon. The last time Chen Mo announced it, it was nineteen million. It should be in the next two days, right? "
"Rich players, hurry up and buy more gaming pods! We're about to reach our goal! "
"I feel like I'm becoming a spiritual shareholder of Thunderbolt Entertainment. It doesn't matter to me how many Matrix gaming pods are sold, I can't afford them at all. I've been scrolling through Weibo every day, waiting for the latest sales of the Matrix gaming pod."
"Spiritual shareholder 666, but so am I. Although I can't afford a gaming pod, I'm still waiting for World of Warcraft to be released so I can be a cloud player."
"It's all your fault, I spent half a year's worth of savings to buy one … Luckily, I heard that World of Warcraft doesn't burn money and is very cheap. Now I'm just waiting for World of Warcraft to be released!"
"It's here, Chen Mo made a new Weibo post! Announcing that World of Warcraft will be released in a week! "
"It's finally here! But why not tomorrow, not now, but a week later? "
"Hurry up and take a look. We need to update the system for the Matrix game cabin, download game resources, and buy new functional components!"
"A new function component?"
When the players heard the news, they were dumbfounded. Why did it take a week before they could play the game?
After seeing Chen Mo's Weibo, the players were all confused. What kind of new trick is this? What the hell was a new function component?
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The first two sentences of Chen Mo's new Weibo post were the usual thanks to the players. After all, everyone was so enthusiastic about buying, buying, buying, and allowing the Matrix game cabin to quickly reach 20 million sales. Of course, he had to thank them.
But the next part was the highlight of the show.
World of Warcraft would be released in one week. Before that, the players had to make some preparations.
First, players needed to activate the game. The specific method was to purchase a RMB 200 Point Card or a RMB 500 Monthly Card on the Thunderbolt Gaming Platform.
Second, download the client of World of Warcraft. Since World of Warcraft was different from other 3A games, the client was huge, so players needed to download it in advance. If players didn't want to download because their internet speed was too slow, they could purchase the Collector's Edition on the official website for 598 RMB. It included a physical disc, a limited edition Frostmourne weapon accessory, an art collection of the World of Azeroth, and two large cards of game time.
Third, to play World of Warcraft, players needed to purchase a new function component and install it in a specific location in the Matrix game cabin. In addition, the system of the Matrix game cabin had to be upgraded.
The new function component wasn't cheap, it cost five thousand RMB.
The players were dumbfounded. Wasn't it too expensive? That's too much!
Five thousand yuan was enough to buy a phone, a computer, and two or three VR games. The Matrix gaming pod was good to play. Who would want to spend money on these strange components?
Most importantly, it wasn't necessary to buy the function component.
The developers only said that it was recommended, but they didn't say that players couldn't play World of Warcraft if they didn't buy it.
If that was the case, what was the use of the new function component? Why was it so expensive?
The developers' explanation shocked many players. [Sleep Mode can only be activated in the game cabin after installing the function component!]
The players rubbed their eyes, afraid that they were hallucinating.
"What the heck? Sleep Mode?! "
"F * ck! We can play games in sleep? Really? How come there's such an awesome piece of technology?! "
"Look at the specific parameters. F * ck! The time in sleep mode is 1: 2? I can sleep for five hours, and I can play for ten hours in the game?! "
"No wonder it's so expensive. Not to mention five thousand RMB, it's worth even fifty thousand RMB! It's so worth it!"
"We can play games with this piece of technology?! It's such a waste of time. How many words can we memorize and how many supplementary questions can we do?! But … I like it! "
"Normal Mode and Sleep Mode can't be played on the same server?"
"Of course. It would be great if it could be played on the same server. How are we supposed to play together when the flow of time is different? You play for five hours, I play for five hours, and you play for five hours, I play for ten hours. Just thinking about it makes my mind go haywire! "
"Doesn't it mean that we don't have to worry about not having time to play games? No matter how busy we are, we can at least get eight hours of sleep every day, which means that we can play games for several hours every day! "
"Not necessarily. Do you know what Los Angeles looks like at four o 'clock in the morning?"
"I know. I just got home from work at that time."
"… Sorry for disturbing you."
The players thought that this function component was too expensive. Would anyone be stupid enough to buy it for 5,000 RMB?
However, after reading the introduction of the new function component, the players found that 5,000 RMB was no different from giving it away for free. Only an idiot wouldn't buy it!
If you bought this item, you would have 10 hours of game time every day of your life. If you could play for 50 years, wouldn't that mean that this item would only cost 100 yuan a year?!
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