"Zhong Yu, how was the E3 this time?" Boss Jia only started to care about what happened two months ago after he was done with the disaster relief.
"How should I put it? It was basically normal, but there were some surprises!" Zhong Yu said with a smile. Then, Zhong Yu gave a detailed report to Boss Jia.
The so-called 'basically normal' referred to Da Qian dominating the entire E3 as usual. He had the largest venue, the largest audience, and released the best game in the entire E3.
At this year's E3, Daqian released a total of eighteen games. Among them, there were many games that were famous in another world. For example, Blizzard Studios' Warcraft 2, which was delayed, and R-Star's Grand Theft Auto 2, which was a series of sequels to previous classic games.
Other than that, there was also a new game like Lone Gunman.
Similarly, this year's E3 also had the most exciting sequel, Pokemon: Water: Fire. Unknowingly, the third generation of Pokemon games had arrived. [Actually, the name of the third generation is "Pokémon Ruby – Sapphire – Emerald." However, Boss Jia felt that it was different from the previous words. It was a little discordant, and his OCD acted up, so he changed it to Water – Fire.]
However, to be honest, the third generation of Pokemon didn't improve much. It basically continued the style of the second generation of Pokemon: Kim Silver.
Although there was a lot of improvement in the graphics, there were also many new ways to play the game. For example, there was a new personality system and grand competitions.
However, there wasn't much improvement. After all, the platform was still the Thousand Machine Transformation. If the hardware level didn't change, then the quality of Pokemon wouldn't improve.
However, even though it was a game that was somewhat based on its previous experience, just the announcement of the pre-sale time and the release of the first promotional trailer at the E3 immediately caused the audience to go crazy.
It was said that at that time, more than twenty thousand audience members rushed to the Daqian's booth. Many of them even sang Pokemon's most classic first-generation TV animation OP, "I've Chosen You!". Countless people were moved to tears when they saw this scene.
The results of the pre-sales didn't disappoint either. They achieved an unimaginable number for both players and manufacturers.
Ever since Daqian released a new game at the first E3 and started to pre-sell the game, after two to three years of development, E3 became the best place for all game manufacturers to pre-sell or release a new game.
The reason was very simple. If the manufacturer held a separate pre-sale of the game, there was a high chance that no one would be interested in it. It was a one-man show, and not many players would come to support it.
Not only was it very awkward to write like this, the publicity effect was also very bad.
However, it was different at E3. First of all, there was not enough traffic at E3. Any pre-sold game would be noticed by players.
Secondly, because there were many players paying attention to it, as long as the quality of the pre-sold game was good enough or the production of the promotional video was reported, it would be able to further attract the attention of the media and achieve good sales results.
As a result, many gaming companies released new games at E3. As a result, many gamers developed the habit of looking for interesting new games at E3, which further encouraged manufacturers to release games at E3.
With such a positive push, E3 naturally became the best place to pre-sell and release games.
Since the steam game store had basically dominated the entire offline game sales market, the steam game store would announce the pre-sales results of the E3 after the end of the E3. Then, it would release a leaderboard. This would become the place where countless game companies competed.
Well, although the number one and top three of the rankings every year were basically products of Da Qian Games, as long as they could enter the top ten, it would be enough.
As for the Daqian, it was a monster. Everyone could just pretend that it didn't exist.
However, this year, the game manufacturers realized that they couldn't just pretend that the Daqian didn't exist. This was because the Daqian's Pokemon Water Fire managed to sell an unprecedented 4.62 million copies in just three days of pre-sales.
4.62 million copies were sold in just three days, a result that would make countless video game companies kneel. You should know that Warcraft 2 was in second place.
Three days of pre-sales only amounted to 500,000 RMB. This result of 4.62 million RMB made countless gamers feel as if they were being crushed by the Himalayas.
Even the combined sales of all the games from many gaming companies couldn't reach such sales figures. In just three days, Pokemon had sold close to five million copies. It was no wonder that Pokemon was the number one gaming IP in the gaming world. It was simply too amazing!
Yep, the main reason for this amazing result was that the Daqian Games had launched online pre-sales for the first time.
While all the standalone games were still being released on offline platforms, Boss Jia had already set his sights on the internet and launched online pre-sales.
Gamers didn't need to attend E3. All they had to do was move their fingers and enter Pokemon's official website, register as a member, and they would be able to pre-sell the game.
Moreover, pre-sales didn't require a single cent. All they had to do was register their name, address, ID, and the steam game store they planned to purchase from.
This was the main reason for the explosive pre-sales results. Otherwise, there would only be around a hundred thousand views in three days of E3. There wouldn't be a 4.62 million pre-sales result.
However, it was undeniable that this world's Pokemon had more influence than the other world's Pokemon under the Daqian's management.
After all, Pokemon was an animated movie that grossed a few hundred million USD every year. There were two episodes of TV animation every week. There were also Pokemon electronic pets, Pokemon World Championships, and all sorts of other activities. All of these helped to expand and promote Pokemon's influence.
This was much more than the Nintendo of the other world. Other than games and TV animation, Nintendo didn't do any promotion for Pokemon.
The promotions that you see are actually the result of many brands using the influence of Pokemon. They even have to pay for the licensing fees. From this, it can be seen how f * cked up Nintendo in the other world.
Compared to Nintendo, Da Qian in this world was much better at maintaining and promoting Pokemon. Every year, tens of millions of USD of publicity funds were invested in the global market.
It wasn't just in developed countries. It was said that Pokemon advertisements could even be seen on billboards under the scorching sun in Africa.
Pokemon was the most famous game in all the countries in the world. It was the number one IP in the gaming industry.
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