It wasn't just the matrix game capsule itself. The content of Detroit: Man Change also made many players feel that it was very cool.
The players transmigrated into the body of an android and could experience all kinds of cool skills, such as scanning, data analysis, scene reconstruction, and so on. This feeling was as if they had obtained superpowers or a futuristic technological brain. When Connor made some special movements that were difficult for humans to do, the system would automatically complete them, and the players could also experience this feeling in all aspects. It was simply exciting and thrilling.
Many people couldn't wait to post online after trying it out. "Come and experience the gaming pod! You won't lose out, you won't get tricked! "
Even many people with physical disabilities came to line up. Whether they had poor vision, hearing, or physical disabilities, as long as they had a normal brain, they would feel the same as a normal person in the gaming pod.
The players present were also very friendly. When they met people with physical disabilities, they would let them go to the front of the line.
A disabled person who lost his left arm in a car accident had tears in his eyes after trying out the gaming pod. He went to the staff in the testing area and asked to buy it. The staff could only explain, "It's still in the preparation and testing phase. These are all samples for display and not for sale." It would be officially released in a few days.
As more and more players revealed it online, the popularity of the gaming pod skyrocketed. It didn't need much promotion to become the hottest topic.
On the Internet and in private, it seemed like everyone was discussing how the Matrix game cabin would change people's lives.
The only problem was …
Then, where could they buy it?
Soon, Thunderbolt Gaming Platform and Le Hui announced the exact date and price of the gaming pod.
February 16, Saturday, 10 am, officially on sale.
The price was 298888 RMB and they would get the next generation VR game Detroit: Changed People for free.
The first batch of 17000 units would be shipped. 3,000 of them would be given priority to the disabled and they would receive a 10% discount. There were no plans to sell it overseas.
Many people were quite puzzled. Why was there a whole number of units being shipped? Was it hard to get twenty thousand units?
And wasn't 17000 a little too little? Even though the gaming pod was expensive at three hundred thousand, you only shipped 17000 units. There was definitely a shortage of supply.
They had to fight over it again!
Many players lamented, "Zhou Jiangping, when are you going to change your monkey habit?" You don't lack capital anymore. You're now a giant in the field of smart glasses. How can you produce 17000 units of a product? Isn't this clearly asking us to snatch it?
Serves you right for cross-dressing!
In fact, Zhou Jiangping was the one who was suffering. The first batch of Matrix gaming cabins was 50,000 units …
A gaming cabin was worth 300,000 yuan. 50,000 units would be more than a hundred small goals. Moreover, it wasn't just a matter of capital. If they wanted to mass-produce, they would have to build production lines. They would have to increase their production capacity to produce more. After all, this was a brand new product. It was not easy to produce 50,000 units in the first batch.
As for why there were only 17000 units left on sale? It was simple, they had all been purchased …
The military, hospitals, sanatoriums … There were so many sanatoriums in the country, and each of them was equipped with one or two. In an instant, there weren't many left.
These special units would definitely take precedence over individual consumers. And it wasn't just these special units. Many people came to Zhou Jiangping through various channels to ask for gaming pods.
For example, some of the leaders of the Game Committee, some of Zhou Jiangping's close friends, some of the top video game designers in the country. Some of them were for personal use, and some were gifts. Some of them even offered to buy it at a higher price. How could Zhou Jiangping not give it to them?
Zhou Jiangping couldn't say no to the fact that Chen Mo wanted to leave a portion of his experience stores across the country.
Luckily the Matrix gaming pod was a new product. Many people were looking at the risks involved, so they didn't fight over it too much. It wasn't easy to keep 17000 units, which was already quite good. It would be a joke if they ran out of stock right after the release date was announced.
But Zhou Jiangping couldn't explain this to the consumers. The Game Committee wouldn't take the blame, and Chen Mo wouldn't either. He could only trouble Zhou Jiangping to take the blame himself …
This was definitely a robbery. In order to prevent scalpers from selling it at a higher price, strict restrictions were put in place. Players had to fill in their personal details before buying. They could use it for themselves or give it to others, but every gaming pod had to be tied to a citizen's ID. If the user's information didn't match, they couldn't use it. If they wanted to change the owner's information, they would have to go to Thunderbolt Entertainment's staff.
As for the overseas market … Sorry, the players in China can't even buy it. You guys can wait a bit.
The Matrix gaming pod was sold for three hundred thousand, which was more than what most people could afford. After all, for many people, no matter how amazing this thing was, it was just an entertainment device, a large sized game console. In some smaller towns, you could even afford a down payment for a small apartment with a little bit more money.
But it had to be said that the number of rich people in this world was beyond imagination …
Three hundred thousand was only enough to buy a fifteen square meter bedroom in a second tier city. In a first tier city, it was only enough to buy a few bricks in a school district.
In some cities, forty or fifty million RMB houses were sold out in an instant, which made people wonder, "Do your families run banks? Why do I look so poor? "
For these people, three hundred thousand RMB for a next-gen VR gaming pod? Buy it, are you human if you don't buy it at such a low price?
Don't even mention three hundred thousand, if a scalper were to sell it at a higher price, they would even buy it at five hundred thousand!
Everyone knew that as a mass-produced digital product, the Matrix VR pod would only get cheaper in the future. However, its greatest value lay in the fact that it could give players a unique experience, and this "feeling" and "experience" was priceless. Whether it was a young rich second-generation heir or an old rich man in poor health, this kind of next-generation VR experience was something they desperately desired. In the past, it was something that couldn't be bought with money.
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Zhou Jiangping's phone was ringing non-stop on the eve of the sale. Some of Le Hui's executives, some of the Game Committee's leaders, and some of Chen Mo's subordinates were all calling him like crazy, trying to get their hands on a Matrix gaming pod through their connections.
But Chen Mo was adamant that the gaming pods would be sold directly to the market. Whoever wanted one would have to fight for it, it was all about luck, there was no black market. If it was a favor that couldn't be rejected, then Chen Mo would tell them in a roundabout way that the next batch of gaming pods would be ready for production.
Although there weren't many Matrix gaming pods being produced, they still had to make sure that players who truly loved games could buy one.
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