Seeing such a large number of people, Smith couldn't help but worry about whether his Qian Ji could be shipped normally. After waiting in line for more than two hours, Smith finally entered the steam game store.
What made Smith feel relieved was that after taking out his order voucher, he quickly bought his Qian Ji and Pokemon Kim Silver game cartridge.
In addition, there was a smaller box containing the Legend of the Sword and Fairy game cartridges. Other than the Qian Ji which was priced at 299 USD, Pokemon Kim Silver was priced at 59 USD.
Although this price was a little expensive, it was still cheaper than the N64 game cartridges. Smith was very satisfied. After buying his Qian Ji game cartridge, Smith began to leisurely tour the steam game store.
Just like when he came here before, the steam game store's decoration style was all white, full of sci-fi style. It was very high-end, a decoration style that he had never seen before.
Of course, if Smith had been to Hua Xia before and seen the Daqian 4WD Research Institute, he would have found that the decoration style here was actually the same as the 4WD Research Institute.
After admiring the decoration style of the steam game store, he looked more at the goods in the store.
For example, there was a super deluxe gift pack version of the Qian Ji. It was packaged in a huge iron box, and it was priced as high as 599 USD per box. According to the description on the box, in this super deluxe gift pack version, in addition to the Qian Ji, a box of the Legend of the Sword and Fairy, there was also a set of spare batteries and charging tools, two spare handles, a custom-made umbrella for the Qian Ji handheld, a Pokemon Kim Silver fossil helmet exchange code, an exclusive Grand Theft Auto sports car exchange code, etc. There were also several peripheral goods. According to the Daqian's marketing, many of these things could only be bought in the super deluxe gift pack. They couldn't be bought outside no matter what.
Smith thought that the super deluxe gift bag, which was worth $599, would not sell well. He did not expect to see at least 25 boxes of the super deluxe gift bag sold while he was in line. It was terrifying. Smith looked at his wallet and shivered.
In fact, this gift pack was quite cost-effective. After all, the price of the battery and charging tool in the store was 99 USD. The price of the two spare controllers was also 99 USD. In total, the cost of the gift pack was 499 USD.
Ai, in the end, it was because Smith wasn't rich. If he was rich, Smith would definitely buy this set of super luxurious gift packs!
Smith sighed, but when he thought about the dozens of dollars left in his pocket and saw the various game cartridges in the store, Smith thought that he should bring another game cartridge back.
Smith's original plan was to only buy Thousand Transformations and Pokemon before returning home. After all, the remaining pocket money would support Smith's expenses for three months. However, when Smith saw the dazzling array of other games in the store, he changed his mind.
More importantly, there was a TV in the store. It was playing live game demos of various games, especially a new game called Plants vs Zombies. Smith's heart was itching to try it out.
Smith's intuition told him that Plants vs Zombies would be very fun.
Therefore, after struggling for a while, Smith finally picked up the Plants vs Zombies game cartridge, which was also priced at 59 USD per box, and resolutely walked towards the cashier.
So, about Christmas Day, Smith would have to eat dirt.
The same scene was happening all over the world. All the newly opened steam gaming stores were crowded for a week. Countless players were rushing to buy the Thousand Transformations. If Boss Jia did not stock up on 5 million units of the Thousand Transformations in advance, the store would have been sold out.
However, the problem was that 5 million units did not seem to be enough. After the Thousand Transformations had been on sale for half a month, there were already a dozen countries and regions that were running low on Thousand Transformations.
Fortunately, Boss Jia was not Nintendo. Especially after producing tens of millions of N64 and Thousand Transformations, the Daqian had a lot of experience in producing them. Therefore, in half a month, another 3 million units of the Thousand Transformations were distributed all over the world. Other than a few regions that were out of stock, the sales of the Thousand Transformations were basically guaranteed.
This caused the Daqian to be praised by the players. At the very least, it was much better than that f * cking Nintendo. A console that could delay them for a few months was too f * cked up.
Therefore, after a month of sales, the sales of the Thousand Machine Transformation handheld gaming console broke through 8 million units, officially surpassing the sales of the N64 and becoming the best selling handheld gaming console in 1996. As time passed, this number would only grow larger.
Now, the question that people in the gaming industry were most concerned about was whether the Thousand Transformations could break the global sales record of 120 million units set by GB.
However, this record was set by GB in 8 years. Now, there was only one month left. Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, the Daqian still had a lot of time to set a new record.
However, Boss Jia knew very well that there was not much time left. This era was not like the past where one game console dominated the gaming industry for 8 years.
At most, in another 5 years, a better console would appear. Even if other companies did not come out, the Daqian itself would come out with new products to replace it. Therefore, there was not much time left for the Thousand Transformations.
However, our Boss Jia had a way!
Therefore, on September 1st, 1996, one month after the Thousand Transformations was released, the Daqian Games once again made a big announcement in the gaming industry. The Daqian announced that they would be launching a trade-in service. They would be able to use their old consoles to buy the new Thousand Transformations.
The Daqian said that they had received many letters from old players in the past month. They said that they were loyal players of Pokemon Red and Green. However, Pokemon Kim Silver had been moved to a new platform and they did not have the money to buy a new Thousand Transformations. Therefore, they hoped that the Daqian could consider their situation and solve their problems.
Therefore, the Daqian decided to help these old players and launched the trade-in service.
Simply put, as long as the players handed in an old GB console, they would be able to buy a new Thousand Transformations console at the price of 149 USD.
Oh right, they also had to bring a Pokemon Red and Green game cartridge to prove their identity as an old Pokemon player.
As soon as the news was released, the results were predictable. In just one night, more than 3 million old players brought their old GB consoles and requested to trade in their old consoles.
It couldn't be helped. The newest, highest-performance gaming console in the world could be bought for only 149 USD. Was there anything better than this in the world?
Of course, the Daqian did not lose anything. Since they bought the Thousand Transformations console, they should buy a few more games every year. Who do you think is the winner?
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