In the studio.
The atmosphere was joyous.
Everyone was a bit depressed when the sales figures for the first day of Minecraft were released. Although the sales weren't bad and the game was selling well, it wasn't a huge hit. It was completely overshadowed by Thousand Hells and fell short of everyone's expectations.
However, the situation after that was very unexpected and kept giving people pleasant surprises.
From the first week's figures to the first month's figures, Minecraft's sales and revenue continued to rise. It was also very popular on video streaming sites, streaming sites, and gaming forums. By the time it was released a month ago, it had completely overshadowed Thousand Hells!
This also swept away the depressing atmosphere in the entire studio!
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Qian Kun was working hard on building houses in the PC version of Minecraft.
He still had a ready-made building blueprint in his hands, and as he compared it to the blueprint, he built one square at a time in the game very carefully.
Su Jinyu looked at him from behind, "You sure are patient."
Qian Kun said as he focused on building blocks, "It's not that bad. After discovering the joy of building blocks, it's really easy to get addicted to it. An entire afternoon would pass if I wasn't paying attention."
Zheng Hongxi said, "I think compared to patience, the bigger challenge is how to deal with the manager's attacks."
Su Jinyu couldn't help but laugh, "Yeah Qian Kun, the building you spent a few days building would only take ten minutes for the manager."
Qian Kun was a bit speechless, "Can you guys not attack me like that? The manager... the manager is an anomaly, he's a cheat-type player. I wouldn't be able to play any games if I were to compete with him. "
Su Jinyu nodded, "That's true … Speaking of which, where's the manager?"
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Chen Mo was making a video on the second floor of the experience store.
This video was a bit different, it wasn't one of the Forbidden City or the Old Summer Palace.
Construction videos were indeed impressive in the beginning, but as the players' intelligence was fully utilized, more and more professional construction teams appeared in the game, and more and more good buildings were created.
The players were slowly getting used to all sorts of crazy buildings after being baptized by 'other people's worlds'.
What Chen Mo needed to do now was to create a promotional video that would make the players feel the charm of Minecraft more than a construction video.
In-game recording, editing, post-production. Chen Mo took care of everything. Since it wasn't anything too difficult and any video uploader could do it, it was even easier for Chen Mo.
The production of this video wasn't difficult, the difficult part was that only Chen Mo had access to some of the in-game data and perspectives.
Seeing that there were no issues, Chen Mo opened up Weibo and posted the video online.
Chen Mo's Weibo had become the best way for players to learn about new games. Many players would check Weibo every day to see if Chen Mo had any updates.
As soon as this Weibo post was posted, it was reposted crazily.
Weibo content: "Minecraft's big data! Come and take a look at what these naughty brats have made! "
The players were puzzled. Big data?
"Big data" was a relatively high-class term. It was generally more popular in the IT industry. It mainly referred to the sorting and summarization of some very large amounts of data and information, and the analysis of some special trends and prospects.
Of course, this term was also misused. It was also used to describe some of the more impressive data.
But normally, the video game industry didn't use the term "big data". Although there was a lot of data in the game, it was usually kept by the designers and rarely made public.
What was this "big data" that Chen Mo was talking about?
He opened the video.
There wasn't anything special about the video, it was just some live footage of Minecraft. The key was the information that was revealed in the video.
"Minecraft has more than three million players in a month since its release."
"There are currently thirty servers in Minecraft with a total surface area of three million square kilometers, roughly the size of our country's oceans.
"Each server has a surface area of one hundred thousand square kilometers, roughly the size of a province in real life.
"So far, the actual surface area that the players of the 30 servers have actually modified is 158038 square kilometers. On average, the actual surface area that each server has modified is 9 square kilometers, which is roughly half of the initial planet."
"On average, each player has modified (dug or built) 520,000 cubes.
"The player with the most modified cubes is Lin Zhan from server one, thirty thousand cubes. If these cubes were laid out on a flat surface, it would be roughly the size of one hundred and forty soccer fields.
"The guild with the most modified cubes is Hua Xia Geography Association from server three, 8.3 billion cubes. If these cubes were laid out on a flat surface, it would be roughly the size of Magic City.
"Do your families know how good you are at digging? (Manual comedy)
"Next up are some interesting server ecosystems.
"Server one was the first server, it's the home of the architects. This is the server with the most architects in real life (I heard). These architects are also doing their best to show off their high-end construction skills to us. "
"For example, a city in the sky made entirely out of glass, an underground cave that leads straight to the lava, a pyramid in the desert that gets taller and taller … I heard that these people are planning to dig through the entire planet and build a train to the core of the planet. I really don't want them to do that.
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"The biggest guild in server three is Hua Xia Geography Association. They are a guild whose mission is to modify the terrain of the entire planet. They are trying to modify the terrain of the entire server into the terrain of China.
"Of course, this is a very grand project. So far, they have already modified many well-known terrains such as the Hengduan Mountain Range and the Tianfu Basin. But it is also because of this that the technological level of this area is extremely backward, still stuck in the era of cold weapons."
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"Server seven is where the warmongers gather. There are all sorts of chaos and explosions here every day. Thirteen major guilds are working together to fight each other, causing the entire planet to be engulfed in the flames of war.
"Of course, server seven is also the server with the best military technology. All of the technology trees are used for war. Currently, server three has four large airports.
"Server eight is a peaceful server. Their only hobby is to climb the technology tree, and their ultimate goal is to carry out human spaceflight. They are currently heading underground, searching for all sorts of rare minerals in order to produce the necessary parts for rockets.
"Let's look forward to the day they carry out human spaceflight and make history in Minecraft's online version!"
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"Server fourteen is the server with the most tycoons. The entire server has spent 1.94 million on blueprints, although most of them aren't enough to build anything. (Manual comedy) "
"On the other hand, Seraph and Milk Bread from District 14 are the two tycoons who bought the most blueprints at the moment. The former bought the entire Central City, while the latter bought all the buildings in Stormwind City, Lordaeron, and the entire Western Fantasy District."
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