The players were shocked when they heard this.
Chen Mo is going overboard, he's going to make a loss again?
They had never heard of a digital product being upgraded for free after it was sold!
Moreover, the upgrade of the hardware was too powerful, increasing the storage capacity by ten times!
If it was calculated according to the market price, Chen Mo would be making a huge loss. How much would a hard drive with ten times the storage capacity cost?
Many players thought back to what Chen Mo said in the interview, "Grand Theft Auto will be released when the hard drive storage technology is improved."
Isn't this happening way too soon? It was as if Chen Mo was able to predict that the hard drive storage technology would be improved at this time!
Mmm, he must have gotten some insider information, that must be it!
Many players in the Matrix were overjoyed at the fact that they got a high-end hard drive for free. At the same time, they were also looking forward to Grand Theft Auto, which Chen Mo didn't announce a release date for, being released soon.
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In reality, Chen Mo didn't make much of a loss.
The new hard drive storage technology was a huge improvement compared to the previous technology, but the cost wasn't as high as ten times. It was only about twice the cost of the original hard drive storage technology.
Moreover, this technology wasn't completely ahead of the times, nor was it unbreakable. As long as a foreign technology company got their hands on the new hard drive, they could probably make it after a year or so of research.
Therefore, this technology provided Chen Mo with a time gap. Within this time gap, Chen Mo could do whatever he wanted, but he wouldn't be able to completely leave the other technology companies in the dust.
Moreover, Chen Mo had left a lot of room in the price of the Matrix gaming pods, especially the foreign gaming pods. The extra money was enough for them to buy more than a hundred gaming pods …
But no matter what, the players were truly grateful for Salent's actions, and they all exclaimed that Salent was too kind.
More importantly, the new hard drive was pre-installed with resources related to Grand Theft Auto, as well as some other resources from the library. The resources in the hard drive were all encrypted, and the resources in the storage had intellectual property rights. Other video game companies would face lawsuits if they tried to use it.
Chen Mo's Grand Theft Auto had an unprecedented amount of resources. The next generation of VR technology had a higher demand on the game's capacity. Most of the resources were pre-installed on the hard drive, allowing players to activate the game after purchasing it. It was quite convenient.
After replacing their hard drives, the players in the Matrix game pods discovered a very exciting piece of news. The game entrance to Grand Theft Auto had appeared in The Oasis!
It was a helicopter. A new landing pad had appeared behind the player's seaside mansion, and the helicopter was parked there. Unfortunately, players couldn't open the helicopter's hatch, much less operate it.
However, it was obvious that Chen Mo didn't just make a helicopter for the players to play with. The helicopter was probably the entrance to Grand Theft Auto, but it wasn't activated yet.
Afterwards, Chen Mo announced a piece of good news. Due to the development of storage technology, Grand Theft Auto could provide the best next-generation VR experience for players. Therefore, the release date of the game was set, June 7th!
As for the price, it was 3,680 yuan domestically and 660 dollars internationally.
This price was out of the expectations of many players, as it was too expensive!
In reality, it was rare for Chen Mo to sell a single game at this price. Normal VR games were sold for around 1,980 yuan, and those that were sold for over 3,000 yuan were games with rich content.
But this time, it obviously wasn't a game. Grand Theft Auto was a single VR game, but it was nearly twice as expensive as the average 3A game.
Of course, different platforms would have different development costs, but the difference wouldn't be this huge. It could be seen from the price of Detroit: Changed People that the price of Grand Theft Auto was definitely on the expensive side.
Although a large number of players left messages saying 'goodbye' after seeing the price, the players in the Matrix game pods were quite calm, and looked forward to the game even more.
Based on his years of experience, Chen Mo wouldn't set a random price, he would always set a price that was worth it. Since the game was so expensive, it meant that the development costs were much higher than other games. Moreover, for the players that were willing to spend three hundred thousand yuan on the Matrix game pods, it wasn't completely unacceptable for the game to be more expensive than other games. The key was to see how well the game could be done, and how the players would feel.
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On June 7th, Grand Theft Auto was officially available for purchase.
As soon as Thunderbolt Gaming Platform made Grand Theft Auto available for purchase, a large number of players poured into the game, paying for the rights to play Grand Theft Auto.
Most of these players were Chen Mo's loyal fans. On one hand, they had faith in Chen Mo's new game, and on the other hand, Matrix games were really rare. Up until now, most of the players were sick of Detroit: Man Breaker, and desperately needed a better game to continue their transmigration experience.
Naturally, the domestic and foreign streamers all started to livestream "Grand Theft Auto" as soon as they could.
Speaking of which, the next generation of VR technology wasn't very friendly to streaming, as the viewers wouldn't be able to experience the complex emotions that the streamers experienced in the Matrix game pod. The viewers would only be able to experience the visual and auditory stimulation, which was much worse than playing the game themselves.
Fortunately, the Matrix game pod's movie mode made up for this problem to a certain extent.
Thunderbolt Entertainment HQ's VR experience zone was naturally packed, but the experienced players were all queuing up early so they could be the first to play.
Zou Zhuo had already booked a Matrix game pod, ready to stream Grand Theft Auto.
It was impossible for him to buy the Matrix game pod, as why would he buy one when it was so expensive? He could only use the Matrix game pod in the experience area to maintain his stream.
After lying down in the Matrix game pod, he woke up in the seaside mansion.
After playing with his dog for a bit, Zou Zhuo finished chatting with the viewers and went to the entrance of Grand Theft Auto, which was the helipad.
This time, the door of the helicopter was already open. Zou Zhuo didn't even need to do anything as the helicopter started up by itself and flew into the air.
The sound of the propeller was very loud, but the feeling of sitting in a helicopter was very refreshing. Zou Zhuo observed the situation outside through the glass.
It didn't take long for the helicopter to reach the surface of the sea. About two minutes later, Zou Zhuo could see the coastline and the outline of Los Santos.
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