The sales of Minecraft left the entire video game industry speechless.
It may have been the cheapest selling VR game in history, and it wasn't the most profitable either, but its sales were growing at a terrifying rate.
In China, there were over 1.3 billion mobile phone users, around 500 million PC users, and only around 100 million VR users.
There were currently 5.6 billion people who owned cars in China, and considering that many cities had purchase restrictions, the number of people who could afford a car was probably much higher than that.
Normally speaking, anyone who could afford a car would be able to afford a VR gaming pod. However, VR gaming pods were purely for entertainment, so the number of players who actually bought one was only around 100 million.
But that was still a very large market.
VR gaming pods were more common in developed countries like Europe and America than in China, and the market was also very large.
From the looks of it, Minecraft sold over three million in the first month, and it wouldn't be a problem for it to break ten million in a few more months. This meant that one out of every ten gaming pods would have Minecraft installed by then.
This also meant that the game was about to become the most installed VR game ever.
After Minecraft's miraculous sales, the video game industry began to study it. Even the Game Committee sent out reviewers to analyze the uniqueness of Minecraft.
"Minecraft is a very unique VR game, and the most unique thing about it is that it's a game that fully utilizes the imagination and creativity of the players.
"Most games are based on abstracting a few rules from entertainment activities in the real world, and then building the entire game world.
"In these types of games, the players follow the simple and easy to understand rules, and work hard to achieve their goals in order to get a sense of satisfaction. That's the basic joy of these games.
"But these types of games are strictly defined. The rules are fixed and can't be easily changed, and there's a limit to how much you can expand.
"But if you add more playstyles to the game, it would dilute the original joy of the game, and even cause problems with the goal of the game being unclear.
"But this doesn't happen in Minecraft."
"There's a lot of playstyles in the game. You can survive, you can form teams, you can create, and you can use redstones to build all sorts of fun things.
"A thousand people have a thousand ways to play. Everyone can find the fun they want in this game."
"It's hard to say what the fun in Minecraft is. All I can say is that it gives you a space to have fun. All you have to do is put the fun you want into it and enjoy it."
As its popularity continued to rise, Minecraft became the most talked about VR game of the month, completely overshadowing Thousand Hells.
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Inside the experience store.
Chen Mo was lying on the sofa, testing out Minecraft on the tablet.
The effect was alright, but it definitely couldn't compare to the VR version.
Chen Mo made a PC version of Minecraft before porting it to VR. As for Minecraft on mobile, it was just something that happened along the way.
But the problem was that compared to the VR version, the PC and mobile versions of Minecraft were incomplete. This was because the VR version of Minecraft had been modified, while the other two versions of Minecraft were only at the same level as in his previous life.
This meant that the PC and mobile versions of Minecraft didn't have an online mode or a sightseeing mode (Chen Mo's world), and the art style was a bit behind.
The PC version was a bit better, but the mobile version had a huge problem with controls. In terms of movement, the joystick wasn't that comfortable in the 3D world, and it wasn't very convenient to do things like 'click to place, press to dig'.
Moreover, the mobile version was limited by the size and size of the phone, and it definitely wouldn't be able to move large buildings. If they couldn't move large buildings, the most players could do was build a small wooden hut in single player mode and play survival mode, which would be a lot less fun.
With how popular the VR version of Minecraft was, it was only natural that there would be a PC and mobile version. Chen Mo wouldn't miss out on this opportunity, but he still needed to improve on some of the details.
As he was thinking, two people walked into the experience store.
It seemed to be a father and daughter. The father looked younger, around forty, and the daughter was around twelve or thirteen.
The daughter held her father's hand, "Dad, is this where Minecraft was made?"
Her voice was so soft that it could melt a person's heart.
The father bent down and patted her head, "Yeah, you'll be able to play Minecraft soon."
Chen Mo was a bit surprised, as he rarely had kids in his experience store.
The rules were the same as internet cafes, minors weren't allowed online.
Although minors could try out mobile games for a short period of time with their parents, it was too rare. Who would bring their kids to an experience store to play mobile games?
The father and daughter came to the front desk.
The father said to the front desk, "Hi, can I try out Minecraft here?"
Su Jinyu was no longer working at the front desk as it was now a young woman who had just graduated from university.
She was a bit embarrassed as she said, "I'm sorry, but Minecraft is a VR game, and the experience store only has computers and mobile phones, so it's not possible to try it out."
The father was shocked, "Huh? You can't even try out your own games in the experience store? "
The woman at the front desk said, "I'm very sorry, but Minecraft is our company's first VR game, and the experience store doesn't have enough VR gaming pods, so I'm very sorry."
The father was a bit disappointed, but still nodded, "Alright, thank you."
The little girl pouted, "Dad?"
The father held her hand and knelt down, "Nini, there's no Minecraft in the experience store, maybe I'll think of something else."
The little girl's eyes were a bit red as if she was about to cry, but she still nodded, "Alright, let's go then dad."
The father pinched Nini's cheeks guiltily and stood up to leave.
"Wait," Chen Mo stood up, "Are you guys going to play Minecraft?"
The father was shocked, "Yes, you are?"
Chen Mo extended his hand, "I'm Chen Mo, the designer of Minecraft."
The father shook Chen Mo's hand, "You're the designer of Minecraft? Nice to meet you. "
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