On the 5th of May, at 8 AM in Los Angeles, Warcraft, which was the focus of tens of millions of players, was finally released online.
Since the first 100,000 people downloaded the game for free, countless players all over the world were waiting in front of their computers before the release.
When it was close to 8 AM, experienced players kept clicking the download button on the webpage.
In the past, many game companies were worried that the servers would not be able to handle the swarm of players downloading, so they released the game three to five minutes in advance.
However, Storm Game Company's Warcraft did not do so. Since their servers were bought by Xiao Yunhai for tens of millions of dollars, the capacity was huge and could accommodate 100 million people online at the same time. If the backup servers were turned on, even 200 million people would not be a problem, so there would not be any bottlenecks.
Storm Game Company Data Room
Xiao Yunhai and the people from the game company sat there, waiting for the results.
Raúl, Christy, and the others wanted to come over, but Xiao Yunhai stopped them and told them to do their jobs and not to worry about the game.
Perhaps because the war was coming, the atmosphere in the room was heavy and depressing. Xiao Yunhai looked around, clapped his hands, and said with a smile, "Don't be too nervous, everyone. We have done what we should do, what we can do, the rest is out of our control, the players have the final say. No matter what the final result of Warcraft is, in my heart, I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart. Believe in yourself, Warcraft will do well. "
Although Xiao Yunhai's words were very provocative, everyone did not relax at all. They were a little absent-minded when they spoke, their eyes fixed on the computer screen.
Xiao Yunhai smiled bitterly and shrugged, there was nothing he could do.
At 8 AM sharp, Warcraft was finally released online, and it exploded with strong momentum from the beginning.
In less than three minutes, the number of downloads broke through a terrifying one million, and it was still increasing exponentially.
1.2 million.
1.5 million.
2 million.
.....
3.2 million.
4.6 million.
5.8 million.
.....
Crazy. Warcraft had gone completely crazy.
In just fifteen minutes, the number of downloads of Warcraft had exceeded six million, surpassing more than ninety percent of online games.
"Haha, I got a free download of Warcraft, and there's even a three-day free period. This is great."
"God, it's too fast. I just arrived at eight o 'clock and pressed the download button. I didn't expect that in the end, it was still ranked after 200,000. This is too crazy. "
"I'm so f * cking unlucky. The computer's speed was too slow, and I was ranked out of the top three million, so I had no choice but to buy it in full. By the way, isn't everyone working at this time? "
Many players did not rush to play Warcraft after downloading it. Instead, they started posts on the forum.
Looking at the numbers that were still increasing crazily, the entire data room was in jubilation.
"We did it! We did it!"
"6.3 million downloads in 15 minutes. This is the first time in the history of video games."
"That's great. Our efforts were not in vain."
Everyone clapped their hands in celebration, extremely excited.
Xiao Yunhai frowned and said loudly, "Everyone, it's too early to be happy."
Hearing the boss's words, everyone stopped celebrating and looked at him.
"The reason why we achieved such results in the early stages is not because of how good our game is, but because of our promotion. In other words, the players actually downloaded the game with the mentality of picking up a bargain. The key factor is the game's reputation and the number of people playing the game online. Therefore, it's best if you don't get too excited. “
Xie Momore nodded and said, "The boss is right. We did lose our composure just now."
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "That's normal. Anyone would be excited to see six million downloads in less than ten minutes, let alone designers like you. "
On the other side, Spencer Ackerman, the person in charge of Steer Game Company, opened the Warcraft website and saw that there were already six million downloads. He could not help but frown.
Could it be that this' Warcraft 'would really become popular all over the world? Or was it because of Kungfu Xiao's strong influence that caused such a high number of downloads?
Spencer Ackerman thought for a long time, then picked up the phone and dialed a number. He said, "According to the plan, immediately let our water army attack Warcraft on the forum. No matter what, we have to stop its momentum."
Although Spencer Ackerman told David Steer that there was no way to stop Warcraft, the necessary actions still had to be done.
Soon, a lot of posts attacking Warcraft appeared in the forums on the Internet.
"What's wrong with Warcraft? My internet speed is so fast. How can my ranking be less than two million? Is there something fishy going on? "
"Mine too. The computer I just bought is so fast that even the computers in internet cafes can't compare to it. It actually reached 870,000. What kind of international joke is this? "
"Strongly protesting against Storm Game Company forcing us to buy Warcraft. I only wanted to compete for the top 100,000, but in the end, I only got 630,000. I had to spend 50 USD for nothing. Kung Fu Xiao is too good at making money. "
"I strongly suspect that Kungfu Xiao is using the free download for the top 100,000 to scam us players."
"F * ck, what kind of game is this? It's not fun at all. "
"I only played Warcraft for half an hour and I can't take it anymore. No wonder it's free. If it's not free, who's going to play it? "
"I spent 50 USD for nothing. It's such a loss."
The Internet Water Army fully utilized their abilities. In a short period of time, a wave of anti-Warcraft was stirred up on various well-known forums.
Xiao Yunhai did not need to guess to know that this was done by Steyr Networks.
He had already expected this.
Just as he was about to let the marketing department take care of this, who knew that the players would make a move first.
"I'm willing to bet that the person above is a water army. I can prove that Warcraft is free. I'm 98,200th and didn't spend a single cent. "
"Me too. Not only did I not spend a single cent, but I also played for free for three days. This is awesome."
"Even though I spent 50 USD to download the game, I'm not angry. This is normal. There's no game that doesn't cost money. Kungfu Xiao is already doing a good job. "
"The person above must be a water army from Steyr Networks. Kungfu Xiao beat them up at the conference. Of course they want revenge."
"Saying that the game is bad? Haha, I'm about to laugh. Are you a player or not? Can you find a game with more detailed graphics, simpler controls, and better settings than Warcraft? Even though I only played for half an hour, I'm really attracted to it. This game is amazing. "
"Support Storm Game Company, support Warcraft."
Looking at the countless players spontaneously attacking the water army on the forums to prove Warcraft's reputation, Xiao Yunhai was moved.
"Seymour, make a public announcement in the game and let all players know. Say that we've decided to make the game free for the first three days to thank the players for supporting Storm and Warcraft. "
"Boss, if we do this, we'll lose a lot of money."
Xiao Yunhai said, "It doesn't matter if we lose some money. The most important thing is to win the hearts of the people."
Seymour nodded and said, "Okay, boss. I'll get the technical department to release the news."
Five minutes later, all the players who were playing Warcraft received the news, and it set off a frenzy.
"Generous. Warcraft is free for three days. Kungfu Xiao is really generous. "
"Just based on Yun Huang's actions, I'm going to support Warcraft too."
"Yun Huang must have seen the posts on the forums. He's really a man of character."
"Good luck Storm Game Company, good luck Warcraft."
Once the news was released, more players downloaded Warcraft. Before midnight, it had reached 15 million people, and 9.6 million people were online. More importantly, the game's reputation was through the roof.
Any player who played Warcraft had nothing bad to say about it.
Thanks to its reputation, 32 million people downloaded Warcraft on the day it was released. The highest number of people online was 29.8 million, setting a new gaming record.
On May 6th, 48.6 million people downloaded Warcraft. The highest number of people online was 44.6 million.
On May 7th, 66 million people downloaded Warcraft. The highest number of people online was 62.8 million.
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