The clever strategy of queuing up to download completely angered all users because Microsoft ignored a basic common sense, that is, in the United States, or the world, the Internet fees are still charged based on time.
Perhaps many people never knew that until around 2006, the Internet fees were calculated based on minutes. The number of minutes you use the Internet every day, you have to pay the Internet fees.
The United States is almost the same. The mainstream charging strategy of the operators is based on minutes. Only Fusang's Xiamu Network has started a monthly charging model in advance.
After all, Boss Jia himself had forgotten that he had once lived in the days when the internet fee was 10 cents per minute. Instinctively, he set the fee of Xiamu's internet to be charged on a monthly basis, and realized the great progress of this internet ten years in advance.
But obviously, most players in the world are not so lucky, so when they saw that they had to queue up to download Super Sunshine Mario, they were completely desperate.
This was because they had to maintain a network connection in the queue. Even if they only needed to wait for 24 hours, it was still a huge cost. If they waited for more than 72 hours, they could buy a copy of "Super Sunshine Mario" with the internet fee.
So, these players can only choose to give up the download in despair, and then they swore in their hearts that they will never open this broken website again.
Five days later, Microsoft finally fixed the server, and the download queue was lifted. Microsoft then confidently announced that everyone can download Super Sunshine Mario.
Then these players went online one after another, entered the website, and downloaded Super Sunshine Mario.
However, after the successful download and installation, these players only played for more than an hour before they immediately logged out of the game. Then, they simply chose the refund function and directly returned the "Super Sunshine Mario" that they had already purchased. Only then did they discover that what they returned was the box points. Obviously, these points can only be used to purchase other games.
It was hard to describe the feelings of the gamers. They didn't want to buy games from the box gaming platform anymore, but they didn't want the game points to be wasted on the box gaming platform. A strong sense of revenge began to brew in the hearts of the gamers.
But what can they do with the Box Points if they don't buy games in the store?
Just as many players were racking their brains, a genius player suddenly saw in the announcement of the box game that the box points could be used to purchase items from the offline box game store.
According to the description in this rule, players can choose to use points to buy the physical game when purchasing the game, and then someone will deliver it to their home.
Or, he could directly go to the offline store of each box game and use his points to buy various goods in the box game store.
In fact, this was also the main point that triggered the players' anger. When the download exploded at the beginning, many players thought of simply buying offline physical games through the website.
After all, that was how the steam game store next door worked, and the experience was very good. As long as one was not in a remote area, one could receive the game within 24 hours.
Although he had to pay a tip of about three dollars, the delivery experience was still very good.
Originally, they thought that since the box game had nearly 20,000 stores around the world, the delivery speed would be faster. However, when the users chose to buy the physical goods, the website actually told the players that there were no units nearby that could deliver the goods offline.
"But there is a box game store on the street next to my house!" After seeing this message, many players angrily called the customer service to question them. But the customer service either did not answer their calls or told them that they were unable to deliver the goods.
Many players were infuriated.
Actually, the box game store could not be blamed. It was because the box game store and the franchisees had a tense relationship. The franchisees were against online game sales, and now, they had to support online game sales and deliver goods to their customers. This was wishful thinking.
Although there was a tip of three dollars for each delivery, the three dollars belonged to the deliveryman. It had nothing to do with the franchisees.
The franchisees could not earn a single cent, and that's why they rejected the request for offline delivery. The Deputy Secretary wanted to release the game as soon as possible, and he had no choice but to give up on this feature. He decided to teach these insensible franchisees a lesson in the future.
But the players did not know about this. They thought Microsoft and the box game store were making fun of them. Even the franchisees were furious with the box game store until they found out that they could use points to buy goods in the physical stores.
Therefore, the gamers who had refunded rushed to the nearby steam game store and took out their gaming box account to purchase items from the store.
At first, the franchisees were dumbfounded. They didn't know what these players were doing. Later, when these players found out about the rules, the franchisees were even more dumbfounded. Some franchisees even had tears in their eyes.
They could not live anymore.
Some of the franchisees might be curious. These players had spent real money to buy the goods in the physical stores. What's wrong with using the same amount of points to buy the goods in the physical stores? Why are they so sad?
Of course, the franchisees were sad because the money they spent to buy the points was directly collected by the company's headquarters. They had already paid the money.
As for the consumption of points, it was these franchisees that allowed the players to directly take the real goods from their shops. Although Microsoft stated that they will distribute the points to the franchisees, it must be calculated according to the online version of the sales agreement. That means Microsoft will only give the franchisees some money, and the rest of the profits will be split between Microsoft and the game developers. The franchisees will not get anything.
The franchisees will not do such a foolish thing. That's why they rejected the players' requests.
However, these players were also stubborn. They were filled with anger and wanted to use physical goods to recover their health. But the box game store wanted to take all their money. They did not even acknowledge the terms in the contract.
Hmmm … the Americans like to smash things. Once they are in this mood, many shops that insist on refusing to sell the box games are filled with gunshots.
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